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Title: Catholic church records
Post by: NRT on Saturday 28 June 08 01:32 BST (UK)
What Catholic church served the Kilmacahill, Ballinvally area in the 1840's? Are there records available online? Also, what events about 1854 would have caused a family to go to Canada? Wasn't the worst of the famine over by then?
Title: Re: Catholic church records
Post by: Christopher on Saturday 28 June 08 03:06 BST (UK)
Hello NRT,

Welcome to RootsChat.

1845 - 1849 The Famine (or Great Hunger)
1849 - 1854 Over 250,000 Irish were evicted

Christopher
Title: Re: Catholic church records
Post by: NRT on Saturday 28 June 08 06:18 BST (UK)
Hi, Christopher,

Thanks for the insight into evictions. I hadn't thought of that. How would a family of 5 have enough money for passage? Why Canada and not the U.S.? Any thoughts?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Catholic church records
Post by: Christopher on Wednesday 27 August 08 14:57 BST (UK)
Hello NRT,

Some Irish landlords offered free passage to their tenants and their families to emigrate to Canada or Australia. Many families availed of the offer as the only alternative was eviction.

Christopher
Title: Re: Catholic church records
Post by: NRT on Wednesday 27 August 08 18:33 BST (UK)
Christopher,

Thanks for the information. Were there any names of ships or ports that are known to have carried passengers from Kilkenny to Canada?

Thanks
Title: Re: Catholic church records
Post by: shanew147 on Wednesday 27 August 08 22:07 BST (UK)
I looked through old newspapers recently for Co. Wicklow, not at as far back as 1850 but in the late 1800 there were ads most weeks for 'free' land in Canada, about 100 acres per farm as far as I remember with quotes like no bad winters, easy farming etc. There were also ads for ships to Canada wit prices etc - but I dont remember the ports involved.


Shane.
Title: Re: Catholic church records
Post by: MickPat on Tuesday 28 October 08 12:57 GMT (UK)
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/caparish_kilkenny.htm

The above link gives Catholic parishes in Kilkenny. 

Kilkenny parish records are now mostly on line:  See

 http://kilkenny.brsgenealogy.com/generic.php?filename=main_index.tpl&selectedMenu=showmap