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Re: Do you need help in Athy, Co Kildare
« Reply #9 on: Friday 29 September 06 11:11 BST (UK) »
Hi John , Kill is about 50 kilometres from me on the road into Dublin. Its a very pretty little village now bypassed by a new motorway. the Church of St Johns is now a "Church of Ireland" church as all protestant churches became know here. The records for Births ,deaths and Marraiges would be held at the church but are also held in the National Archives of Ireland in Dublin, http://www.nationalarchives.ie/
 as are the Estate records so you would get the tenants rent rolls etc there for Bishops Court Estate which still exists but is not open to the public so must be privately owned still as far as i can tell. woth your while to post for a lookup there I know lots of rootschtters spend a lot of time in both the archives and Library and are usually very willing to do lookups.

http://www.irisharchitecture.com/buildings_ireland/kildare/naas/bishops_court.html
I will post you another message in a few minutes with some links on the village of Kill, the Bishops court estae etc that I hope you enjoy also there is a preservation group for St Johns I will give you their contact details and I'm sure they will also be very helpful for you in the meantime but I will take your information and a camera with me on my next trip through to Dublin next week and see what I can come up with for you with regards to graves, if you get any more information on them in the meantime let me know regards Damsel
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O'Brien, Dublin, Kavanagh, Dublin, Owens, Dublin and Wales, Gibbs, London and Kent, Hill, London and Cork, Goldfinch, London and Kent, Connelly, Dublin

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Re: Do you need help in Athy, Co Kildare
« Reply #11 on: Friday 29 September 06 12:00 BST (UK) »
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Re: Do you need help in Athy, Co Kildare
« Reply #12 on: Friday 29 September 06 15:42 BST (UK) »
Hi Again PJC , I called to St John's Cemetry this afternoon after hunting it down, for future reference it is quite small and located behind a shop called Shaws just off the main street in Athy. There is only one small Iron Gate and it is kept locked but I am told that there are community workeres working there on and off tidying it up andI had just missed them and they would be back from lunch at 2 I waited for them to come back till half but no luck they must have decided to know off early being Friday and all.
I will check again on Monday and if necessary "Charm" my way inside for you , honestly the things we root chatters will do for each other, giggles ;) but otherwise have a few leads as to to where I can obtain the key for the gate so "A hunting I will go" on Monday, have a nice weekend regards Damsel
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Re: Do you need help in Athy, Co Kildare
« Reply #13 on: Friday 29 September 06 18:17 BST (UK) »
Many thanks Damsel

I have had a quick scan of the websites you've provided & I will have a more in depth look at the weekend. Note the link to Irish.Architecture is being redirected to Seeq ?

Also thanks for the PM - I will be following that lead as well

Cheers John
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Re: Do you need help in Athy, Co Kildare
« Reply #14 on: Saturday 30 September 06 14:26 BST (UK) »
Damsel,
My GG and GGG grandfather's were both named Adam Talbott (often misspelt Turbett -in Griffiths, or Torbet in other areas). The first died in 1877 and the second in 1881. Both were from Glenbawn, Burtown, just east of Athy. They were not Catholics , possibly CoI or Presbyterian.  The original Adam came from Scotland. I cannot find where they were buried only the death dates and location of the farm on which they lived.  They leased the farm from the Duke of Leinster.
I would be really interested in any info on when they came to Ireland, the circumstances, and where they are buried.  If you come across any info I would be most greatful.

Rory Talbot
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Re: Do you need help in Athy, Co Kildare
« Reply #15 on: Sunday 01 October 06 11:15 BST (UK) »
Hi  - many thanks for your efforts - I look forward to your next reply.   I remember that laneway that goes up to the Christian Brothers school where I spent many happy  :P days (There was a house called St. John's)

Peter

Hi Again PJC , I called to St John's Cemetry this afternoon after hunting it down, for future reference it is quite small and located behind a shop called Shaws just off the main street in Athy. There is only one small Iron Gate and it is kept locked but I am told that there are community workeres working there on and off tidying it up andI had just missed them and they would be back from lunch at 2 I waited for them to come back till half but no luck they must have decided to know off early being Friday and all.
I will check again on Monday and if necessary "Charm" my way inside for you , honestly the things we root chatters will do for each other, giggles ;) but otherwise have a few leads as to to where I can obtain the key for the gate so "A hunting I will go" on Monday, have a nice weekend regards Damsel
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Re: Do you need help in Athy, Co Kildare
« Reply #16 on: Monday 02 October 06 13:40 BST (UK) »
Hi PJC  have manged to get into St Johns cemetry this morning it would seem there is only one grave for your Molloy family it would also seem that all of the people on that list are buried in what would have been from what I can see a double width grave, the headstone is faded but was just about readable and says it was originally erected by your Robert in the memory of his children ; Hannah Anne died 5th September 1824 aged 9 months Frederick 12th August 1825 aged 3 months and William 20th september 1826 aged 4 months the slab above the grave seems to have all of the other family members names on it but is impossible to read, I spoke to the workman there and he says there is only one grave for Molloy, I have photos of it for you if you can send me an email address on a personal message I will forward them to you, I assume as you knew the most of them were on your tree that you already have all other relevant information regarding to them? regards Damsel
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Re: Do you need help in Athy, Co Kildare
« Reply #17 on: Tuesday 03 October 06 11:04 BST (UK) »
Hi Damsel,

The story goes that my Corrigan ancestors were evicted from the Athy area sometime around 1800. There is a particular mention of Ardscull Moate but I'm not sure how accurate this information is. I checked the Athy Catholic parish records, and the main entry which I was interested in referred to a place called Tankardtown or perhaps Tankardstown. Do you know where this is? I also checked the main cemetery in Athy but with no success. Is there another cemetery which people from Tankardstown might have used?   Thanks