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Offaly (Kings) / Re: Blong in Ireland
« on: Monday 07 December 09 19:19 GMT (UK)  »
There were Blongs in or around the Edenderry area between 1900 and 1950s - maybe still.   I remember an older family member from there mentioning the unusual name.  I thought it must have been  Blanc originally, and in local/Irish  pronunciation just lost the final 'c' .......?
                                                  MW.
  Just looked it up : the name  IS  still ther, in the phonebook.

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Offaly (Kings) / Re: McDonald in Offaly
« on: Monday 13 April 09 01:47 BST (UK)  »
Tom ~
          Thank you for such a prompt reply.  My McDonalds  were around  the Rogerstown/Monasteroris area, and the Hacketts were in Monasteroris....but it's quite possible they were originally from some other townland......The WW1 connection is a total unknown, but possible.  Further searching necessary.    Thanks again for your help...keep up that 'lurking around' the archives !
                                         MW.

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Offaly (Kings) / McDonald in Offaly
« on: Friday 10 April 09 20:46 BST (UK)  »
McDonald/Hackett and McDonald /Lenehan......any info on these related families in Co. Offaly, 1800s to present.

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Offaly (Kings) / Re: Knocknagalla
« on: Thursday 12 June 08 23:15 BST (UK)  »
I'm afraid  family history has been very much on the back-burner in recent months. I did have a bash at Laois, but no luck ....Knocknagalla will have to wait for another time.
   Thanks again.
                               MikeW.

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Meath / Re: Tully or Donahue families
« on: Friday 06 June 08 00:48 BST (UK)  »
Kilskyre (usual spelling) is a village about five miles from Kells. I think the parish of  Kilskyre is now joined with Ballinlough (just a few miles away)...... and there are some  RC records from about 1784. Should be possible to find SOMEthing useful !
                                            MikeW.

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Meath / Re: Death (information) Kells area, Co Meath
« on: Friday 21 March 08 00:36 GMT (UK)  »
I haven't got  a detailed copy of the original GV list for the rural areas, but the online version shows a

   Michael Duffy   -  Maperath(townland) -  Parish of Loughan.

 Dulane townland is just over a mile or so outside Kells; another mile or two along the same road is the townland of Maperath........which is listed as in the 'parish of Loughan', but people might well have come into Kells parish instead.  Carnaross parish (chapel/priest)
would be the one to inquire at, if they were born/married in
' Loughan '  parish.  All of these placenames are within a radius of just a few miles. If/when I'm in the Co. Library(Navan) again, must look up the GV for the area.
                         Regards - 
                                           Mike W.

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Meath / Re: Death (information) Kells area, Co Meath
« on: Wednesday 19 March 08 23:19 GMT (UK)  »
If you look up the Griffith Valuation  for Ireland (Duffy/Co. Meath) you'll find some listed as Maperath townland, and Loughan. The date for those is around 1848-plus. Loughan would be Carnaross parish (It's only three miles from Kells); but I know there are some Maperath references in the Kells parish record. Don't get too excited : a search is only as good as the searcher ! 
       Happy hunting !
                                 Mike.

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Meath / Re: Death (information) Kells area, Co Meath
« on: Tuesday 18 March 08 22:25 GMT (UK)  »
    I should have said :   Write to  the  'Parish Secretary'.....he's the one who would be dealing with your request(not one of the  priests), and a suitable donation in Euros/Pounds would be in order.... after all, there's little or  nothing 'free' anywhere  these days, if you want some serious results.  The parish  has a computer printout of the same  available  parish-info (1791-1901) held in the  heritage centre.
   
             {{ Parish Secretary
                  St Colmcille's  RC  Presbytery
                  Headfort Place
                  Kells
                  Co. Meath
                  Rep. of  Ireland }}

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Meath / Re: Death (information) Kells area, Co Meath
« on: Monday 17 March 08 21:00 GMT (UK)  »
If they were in Carnaross parish, why not try the Parish Priest in Carnaross, Kells, Co. Meath ?    If you think they were attached to Kells (town) Parish, try there.   The RC records date from 1791...and you'd probably have better luck than wasting time and money in the  Meath "Heritage" centre.
                            MikeW.

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