Shillelagh

[npl]

Hello Rootschatters,

Happy New Year to you all.

I am wondering if anyone can please advise me.

I have an ancestor born in Shillelagh in 1875. Where would the nearest Catholic parish church be?

Thank you in advance.

Nora Lush

[athacliath62]

probably Tomacork-Carnew but worth checking the adjacent parishes also. Given the date involved it's also worth checking civil birth records, the registration district for this area is named after the town of Shillelagh

[Kiltaglassan]

Agree with athacliath62.

St Mary's RC Church, as the crow flies 3.5 km SSE of Shillelagh, in the townland of Deerpark.

https://www.townlands.ie/wicklow/shillelagh/carnew/coolattin/deerpark/ at its southern most point.

OpenStreetMap
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4536746#map=14/52.7401/-6.5213 (click in a couple of times).

GeoHive National Townland and Historical Map Viewer - Historic 6" Last Edition B&W (on Basemap Gallery).
https://arcg.is/0avK04

KG

[npl]

Thank you Athacliath62 and Kiltaglassan for the advice on this.

I at least have points of reference now that I can search through.

Kindest regards and Happy New Year.

[Wexflyer]

Hello Rootschatters,

Happy New Year to you all.

I am wondering if anyone can please advise me.

I have an ancestor born in Shillelagh in 1875. Where would the nearest Catholic parish church be?

Thank you in advance.

Nora Lush

Do you mean in Shillelagh the poor law Unior/Superintendant Registrar's District? Or do you mean the village?
If the former, then many Catholic parishes. You need to specify exactly where the child was born, not just the Union.