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Offline aghadowey

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Re: St. Nicholas Combined N & E
« Reply #9 on: Monday 24 November 14 10:46 GMT (UK) »
Elsewhere, the RC Parish title of St. Nicholas North and East is suffixed by the words (Market Street). 
So was there an RC church of St Nicholas in Market Street, somewhere in West Galway?

There's this church but it's Church of Ireland (Lombard St. is a continuation of Market St.)
St. Nicholas Collegiate Church, Lombard St.- http://www.stnicholas.ie/
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Re: St. Nicholas Combined N & E
« Reply #10 on: Monday 24 November 14 10:57 GMT (UK) »
1854 directory is online and lists R.C. Catholic Chapel, Lower Abbey gate St. which is near Market St. (but clergy all listed as Market St.)
http://www.failteromhat.com/slater/0019.pdf

Have a look at Google Maps for Abbey St. Lower/Middle Street where Cathedral Buildings are marked on Middle St. then go into Streetview and see the building on the corner which looks like a former church. Could this be it?
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Re: St. Nicholas Combined N & E
« Reply #11 on: Monday 24 November 14 14:54 GMT (UK) »
Wow! Brilliant piece of detective work. I've looked on the old 2.5" OSI maps and it has that building marked as RCC. It also shows the Augustinian Church further down Middle St. but your directory reference lists that as a nunnery.
I'll settle for this - until someone comes up with something better!
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Re: St. Nicholas Combined N & E
« Reply #12 on: Monday 15 December 14 15:59 GMT (UK) »
If my GG Grandparents were married in an Anglican Church in 1847, was there a legal reason?  At that point in time, did the government recognize the Roman Catholic rite as legally binding?  By 1859, the Regans and Caseys had relocated to Roscommon, and my great grandfather, John C Regan, was baptized in the Roman Catholic church.  At least, given the date of the marriage, I can deduce that my great grandfather was one of the younger children.

Is it reasonable to guess the Regans had enough money to survive the Famine, because my great grandfather did not leave Ireland until 1880-1883.

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Re: St. Nicholas Combined N & E
« Reply #13 on: Monday 15 December 14 16:16 GMT (UK) »
If my GG Grandparents were married in an Anglican Church in 1847, was there a legal reason? ... Yes.


At that point in time, did the government recognize the Roman Catholic rite as legally binding? .... No.

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Re: St. Nicholas Combined N & E
« Reply #14 on: Monday 15 December 14 16:42 GMT (UK) »
Thank you, Hallmark.  My Regan ancestors, at least the ones I knew ( maternal Grandfather) were staunchly Catholic.  Somewhere in my room, I have a CDV of my Grand Father and Great Grandfather taken on Palm Sunday:  they are both wearing little crosses made of palm leaves on their lapels.

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Re: St. Nicholas Combined N & E
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 20 June 17 17:00 BST (UK) »
Kiki, I realize I'm a few years late to the party, but I'm having the same issue. On Ancestry.com, I was directed to a Baptism record at St. Nicholas N&E also known as Bohermore Catholic Parish. Seems they do have a burial ground (shared by Catholics on one side and Protestants on the other, aka the "New" Cemetery - this may or may not be right). But I can't for the life of me find the church. Some research led me to St. Patrick's. I'll keep looking. Please let me know if you're still on and if you've had any luck, and I'll be glad to do the same. Best wishes from Pittsburgh, jon

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