Devine Family

[johnros]

I note you live in Ireland.
Cloonown is not a Catholic parish.
I suggest you check your local library for the 2000 publication “The Diocese of Elphin, People, Places and Pilgrimage”. By Fr. Francis Beirne, Four Roads, Co. Roscommon. The book is still in print.
The map of the parish of Athlone (aka Athlone and Drum) includes the small section West of the Shannon transferred to County Westmeath in 1898.

The Catholic records for Athlone Catholic are on LDS film 1789 -1880 various. Films 989750 & 989754. Check the content of the films http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp

You can view the records at the National Library in Dublin Film number  P.4615 http://www.nli.ie/en/parish-register.aspx

For the definition of Civil and Catholic parishes see
http://www.roscommonhistory.ie/People/JohnHunter/Notes.pdf and
http://www.roscommonhistory.ie/People/JohnHunter/Index2.pdf

The LDS British Isles Vital Records Index set of 16 CDs contains

Athlone & Drum (C) 1789-1853: St Peter's 1855-1864

The CDs are available at major libraries worldwide.

[lbud]

Thanks.   I assume the records for a parish as large as St. Peter's must be extensive and I wanted to make sure they were the correct ones before I went trawling through them.

I was confused because there is currently a church in the townland of Clonown (mentioned at http://www.clonown.com/) and I was wondering when it was built, and if there were BMD records for it.  I suppose it must be recently built. 

Apologies for dragging this post off-topic.

[VH]

Hi Mags,
There is a Devine living in Ardkeenan still  whose father was a Brian Devine. I think there is a connection. My husband grew up in that townland and knows this family.  It is about 5 miles from Athlone.  The postal address is Ardkeenan, Drum, Athlone, Co. Roscommon.  There has been a RC church and graveyard in Drum for centuries.  Marriages and baptisms more than likely took place in Drum church.  It is part of St. Peter's parish.
Did you get the family in 1911 census (now free online for country)?  Can view the actual census form which gives more detail than 1901.
 

[VH]

Sorry Mags,
Only noticed your post dates 2008. Expect you already have all the family history at this stage (should have put on my specs sooner). Cheers