Townland Of Ballybog

[Fozzy Bear]

 I have been looking at a record of one of my Ancestors
Her Birth place was given as Ballybog
Does anyone know where this is
She Married a man from Gurteen near Killeigh/Tullamore
so I expect it is near there
 Anyone know for sure

[heywood]

Do you think it could be Ballyboy parish?

[Pat Reid]

Fozzy:
I think Heywood has it. Ballyboy.


BALLYBOY, a parish, in the barony of BALLYBOY, KING's county, and province of LEINSTER, comprising the market and post-town of Frankford, and containing 4182 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the road from Tullamore to Parsonstown, adjacent to the Silver river, and comprises 8861 statute acres, as applotted

Here is a good site for Offaly.  http://www.offalyhistory.com/index.html

Good luck,

Pat
 

[Fozzy Bear]

 Thanks for the help Folks
I had considered the name might be  miss read as Ballyboy too and I had found the name Delaney listed there in 1856 so that looked  quite interesting
But now when I "Googled".. Ballybog,,, i see one listed in conection with a place called ...Croghan
Would anyone know where this is in relation to the other townland ?

[WELCOME]

Hi Fozzy,
       There is a townland in Croghan with the name ballybeg and there are Delaney families living there.


WELCOME.   

[Fozzy Bear]

Thanks a million...I did come across another mention somewhere which seamed to showed that both spellings have been used..Didnt know that there was Delaney family still living there..Its not an uncommon name in county Offaly but I guess that its quite possible that they might be my distant cousins from the 1700s...how good would that be !!!!!.
Thanks again...are you from Offaly yourself

[KildareIRE]

Hey Fozzy, Just to let you know if it is Ballybeg and Croghan you're looking for, there's quite a number of Delaneys buried in the New Croghan Graveyard (1st resident buried 1919). You might find some info of use to you there: http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GRid=155417614&CRid=2285074&

There is an Old Croghan Graveyard (on the hill) which hasn't been catalogued yet. I'm going to try to get to it although I know many of the graves are weathered and illegible.

Best wishes.