St. Patricks Church Castletown-Kilpatrick.

[tazzie]

I have read somewhere that the church is now in a state of disrepair, I would like to know if there is still a tablet with the following inscription......

This church was rebuilt by order of The Rigt Hon &Rigt Revd Th. Lewis Lord Bishop of Meath.The Rigt Revd Robt Longfield rector .Henry Owens Esq & Henry Liscoe church wardens.Robt Wiggins builder.

 I am interested in Henry Liscoe and am trying to track my Irish family.
 Does anyone know if the tablet is still there  Thanks

             Tazzie

[Christopher]

Hello Tazzie,

This looks like the article you read about St Patrick's Church being in a state of disrepair. http://homepage.eircom.net/~kellsnet/churches/castletown.htm
Joseph Liscoe of Yellowleas, Castletown, Co. Meath is mentioned in Griffiths Valuation for Co. Meath conducted in 1855. I spotted your message for Joseph Liscoe and Mary who married in 1790 and presume that Joseph mentioned in the Valuation may be a descendent. Is the name Joseph still in the family? 
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,71735.0.html

Best Wishes, Christopher

[tazzie]

Hi Christopher,

I am trying to find the link between the families. My side all seem to be in the areas around Bermondsey /Southwark in London. However a  Liscoe left Ireland for America (via Canada) around 1843. His family founded Lisco Nebraska. Most of those in America have dropped the "e". As the name is unusual I was hoping to find some common ground. A "rellie" in America mentions the family being at Yellowleas so look like I will have to dig further.

              Thanks
                   Tazzie

[GerryS]

Hi Tazzie,
I know you posted this some time ago (!!) but just came across it. I am also researching ancestors in the Castletown Kilpatrick area. I happened to be over to the St Patrick's Church of Ireland church and graveyard last weekend and I have attached a photo I took. The church is very much in a state of disrepair, as is the graveyard (which is mixed Church of Ireland and Catholic).
Hope this is useful.
Let me know if I can give you any other info from there.
All the best
Gerry

[tazzie]

  Hi Gerry......

  Wow!  That is fantastic thank you so much for the photo. Shame that it is being left in the state it is. I am still at a loss to connect the Irish and south London lines but it has to be there somewhere as the name is rare. The Liscoe's had a small holding called Yellow Leas which is mentioned by the American side of the family but I cannot match to Thomas & Samuel Liscoe who where both wharfingers in the port of London.... Samuel being at Hays wharf and well documented was also a member of the Royal Society. The story of William who left Yellow Leas is that he had to leave on religous grounds in the 1820's and at some point was smuggled back into the country. This is from a story passed down so how true I cannot say.
 I will fish the details out and see who else is mentioned.

  Once again thank you so much for thinking of this post.
  Best wishes

  Tazzie

[GerryS]

Hi Tazzie,
There is a Yellowleas House in the parish of Castletown-Kilpatrick. I believe it is still there. In fact there is a townland called Yellowleas in Castletown-Kilpatrick - you can see it listed in the 1911 Ireland Census.
I believe the Church was abandoned as the number of parishoners dwindled, long ago I would have said.
I'm not in that area so can not look at the graveyard there - but from my wander around there at the weekend and from my very dodgy memory there are Liscoes buried there.
Hope this is helpful
All the best
Gerard
PS I have one or 2 other overall photos of the church which I can mail you if you PM me cos they seem too big to post here

[john56477]

http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME&regno=14310007#

Quote:

Description
Board of First Fruits church, built 1820, now derelict. Comprising two-bay side elevation to nave, with three-stage tower having castellations and pinnacles to west. Rubble limestone walls with string courses to tower. Pitched slate roof. Pointed arch door opening, with carved limestone surround, comprising of flanking pilasters, having plaque and pediment above. Pointed arch window openings to nave. Medieval windows of earlier church inserted to tower. Fragment of fifteenth century female effigy over east window. Various upright and recumbent grave markers to graveyard. Bounded by limestone wall with dressed stone gate piers.

[tazzie]

  Hello John .....

  Thank you for the link I have not come across it before. How sad the church looks now. The Liscoe name is so unusual that there must be a connection with my London ancestors I have details of the Iris ones that are mentioned in Griffiths valuations so will have to try digging even deeper on this line to establish a link.

 Thank you and Gerry once again for renewing my interest in the line as I had come to a complete stop with them and went off on a tangent.

 Have a lovely Christmas both.

  Tazzie

[john56477]

Google Earth Coordinates
 53°47'12.20"N     6°42'52.57"W

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.786718,-6.714456&spn=0.000697,0.002411&t=h&z=19&lci=com.panoramio.all

up this lane http://goo.gl/maps/gdN1

The graves are really old, many from 1700's  And I could not read most of them.

But I did find one recent Liscoe headstone from a 100 years ago.
It has a metal railing completely surrounding it.
Its near the door of the Church.