Do you need help in Athy, Co Kildare

[corisande]

Thanks very much for the list, I have sent you a PM as well 

[tishee]

Hi I am trying to check whether my great grandfather Patrick Flood (born about1845)was buried in old graveyard in Moone I think it may be called Killelan. He died about 1911/1912 , particularly interested to know if his wife was also buried there. I am not sure of her first name. Any help would be appreciated. thanks

[Celtic Damsel]

Hi There you dont say if your folks were RC or COI ? The church in Moone is called the Blessed Trinity I have tried to contact them unsuccessfully this morning (their number seems to be disconnected or out of order) to find out if the cemetry records for the period you are looking for are still held there I will keep trying for you I have emailed them also so fingers crossed.
There are some volumes held at the National Library in Dublin also from the two cemetries in Moone, people who transcribed gravestones there before they faded with time if you ever get to Dublin, unfortunatly I am finding more and more in Kildare that registers which are handed on to the local County Council offices for safe keeping seem to dissapear without a trace ! I will keep you posted on progress re me contacting the church, regards Damsel

Killelan Killelan IGRS DCL
Kilteel Kilteel IGRS DCL
Moone Abbey Moone IGRS DCL
Moone Parish Moone IGRS DCL

Hi I am trying to check whether my great grandfather Patrick Flood (born about1845)was buried in old graveyard in Moone I think it may be called Killelan. He died about 1911/1912 , particularly interested to know if his wife was also buried there. I am not sure of her first name. Any help would be appreciated. thanks

[Celtic Damsel]

Hi Richard, I have not come across that cemetry as of yet, but I am making enquiries on your behalf here today about it so bear with me a while,  there is a church in Kildangan close by and a cemetry, and also it is possible they could be buried in Monasterevin, as the children were baptised there, where have you tried for death records for them ?regards Damsel

Hello Bernadette

Do you know anything about the churchyard at Cloney, a little way north of Athy just off the road to Monasterevin? I know from an archaeological report I found on the planning pages of Kildare County Council that the church that used to be there is now virtually gone and the churchyard is surrounded by a farm, but the graveyard appears to be still in use.

I know from the Griffith's Valuation and that my Kelly family lived at Cloney in the 1850s, but I haven't been able to trace a death certificate for the parents - Dennis Kelly and his wife Bridget Murphy - and I wonder if they might be buried at the little churchyard at Cloney, or if they're more likely to be buried in Athy itself? They had seven children, three baptised at Monasterevin (Judith 1823, Catherine 1828 and Peter 1832), then another four children baptised at Athy (Dennis 1835, Michael 1837, Martin 1840 and Francis 1843).

Any suggestions from your clearly extensive local knowledge appreciated!

Many thanks
Richard.

[tishee]

Hi

They were RC.  I can't get to Dublin as I live in Australia. Thanks for your help.

Hi There you dont say if your folks were RC or COI ? The church in Moone is called the Blessed Trinity I have tried to contact them unsuccessfully this morning (their number seems to be disconnected or out of order) to find out if the cemetry records for the period you are looking for are still held there I will keep trying for you I have emailed them also so fingers crossed.
There are some volumes held at the National Library in Dublin also from the two cemetries in Moone, people who transcribed gravestones there before they faded with time if you ever get to Dublin, unfortunatly I am finding more and more in Kildare that registers which are handed on to the local County Council offices for safe keeping seem to dissapear without a trace ! I will keep you posted on progress re me contacting the church, regards Damsel

Killelan Killelan IGRS DCL
Kilteel Kilteel IGRS DCL
Moone Abbey Moone IGRS DCL
Moone Parish Moone IGRS DCL

Hi I am trying to check whether my great grandfather Patrick Flood (born about1845)was buried in old graveyard in Moone I think it may be called Killelan. He died about 1911/1912 , particularly interested to know if his wife was also buried there. I am not sure of her first name. Any help would be appreciated. thanks

[Celtic Damsel]

ooops sorry, would be quite a day out all right giggles, well I will find out about the records for you you may be able to write to them and enquire or I will call up there for you if they have them at the church, regards Damsel

[RichardK]

Hi Damsel

Thank you for getting back to me.  I haven't managed to find death records for any of this lot, apart from Dennis junior who moved to England.  I've tried and failed to find death certificates for the parents Dennis and Bridget - there was only one plausible looking death for Dennis senior in the index, but it wasn't him, whereas there are lots of Bridget Kellys!  It's possible they may have been buried at Kildangan or Monasterevin too, of course - my only reason for trying Cloney first is that it's closest to where they lived.  Anything you are able to find out about it would be very gratefully received!

Many thanks

Richard.

[chris_good]

do you by any chance know st michaels old and new cemetery located on the dublin road in athy town?

i have relatives buried there and am having trouble finding more info out about them.

in the old cemetry there is a patrick born 24 jan 1908-died 28 May 1968 and a kathleen doody born 17 nov 1918-died 19 oct 2005 (nee tallon or fallon not sure which)

and in the new cemetry there is an agnes walsh (nee doody) born 4 sep 1909 and michael walsh i think who is patrick doodys sister

patrick was born and died in athy and i am trying to trace his parents or at least his father who i am told could of been from moone county kildare

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[compostellan1]

I am trying to find out more about my Barrington ancestors in Ireland. My great grandmother was Catherine Barrington born in "Queen's County" in about 1872. Her father was John. The family were Church of Ireland. Her sister was Frances (Fanny) who was born about 1864.

I have found references to the marriage of John Barrington and Margaret Greenham (at St Catherine's Dublin) and the christenings/birth registrations  of their children Charity, Frances (1864), Elizabeth, Kate, Henry, and Margaret (1872) in Stradbally/Athy.  I have found no mention of Catherine who might have been the twin of Margaret.

Catherine Barrington married David Edge in Rathdrum in 1896. Her father was named as John Barrington. One of the witnesses was Elizabeth Barrington. I have found Frances (1911) and Catherine Barrington (1901 and 1911) in the Irish censuses.

Do you have any information available on the birth of Catherine? (Note that another Catherine Barrington was born to Michael and Bridget Barrington in 1872). Do you know anything more or have any leads on the Barrington and Greenham families of Stradbally? Is there any known connection with the Jonah Barrington family?