Help please

[BevL]

I have been given a birth for one of my ancestors which says the place of birth is Cousleigh, Co Kilkenny, but for the life of me I cannot find it anywhere.
Is is the right county or has the name been translated wrong on something somewhere?
Can anyone help please
Kind regards
Bev

[shanew147]

You can check place names in Ireland on the townland database at www.thecore.com/seanruad

The closest name to Cousleigh that I see listed in Co. Kilkenny is possibly Courstown..  I dont see anywhere listed as Cousleigh in any county.

Do you have the place name on a document like a census ?
Maybe a small image extract might help, in case anyone can offer an alternative interpretation ..



Shane

[BevL]

Hi Shane
I got it from someone else, but have been trying to confirm it ever since and so far I cannot reconcile the date of death given me to anything here on the BMD's pioneer site in Perth WA.
Will keep trying so I can purchase a certificate and see what it really is.
Thank you for confirming that it isn't a place name and I will keep in mind the town of Courstown.
This is really how things can go wrong without confirmation isn't it?
Kind regards
Bev

[aghadowey]

Have you tried looking in places like 1901/1911 census and Griffith's Valuation to see where the surname might be found? of course with a very common surname this probably won't work but might be worth a try

[BevL]

Hi Aghadowey,
Unfortunately the surname is Carroll, but on my grandmother's death certificate her father was shown as O'Carroll.
I am beginning to suspect that the person shown as born in 'Cousleigh' is one that someone has found a date for on the BMD;s pioneer index and used it, but will follow it up next week.
Just thought - another way is that he arrived in WA as a 'pensioner guard' in 1850 and I may be able to get some information if I delve into that as well.
Kind regards
Bev

[EMH]

I have an ancestor named Patrick Carroll that is listed as being from Cousleigh in county Kilkenny. We might be related whoever said they were a Carroll. It’s likely a small town in Ireland too.

[conahy calling]

https://www.townlands.ie/kilkenny/gowran/shankill/shankill/coorleagh/

Coorleagh?

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https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0722?locale=en

Link Paulstown RC parish registers. Some are very difficult to read, but Coorleigh (which may be a variation in spelling) occurs in them.

[conahy calling]

https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kilkenny/Shankill/Coorleagh/1449052/

Census link shows a Mary Carroll in this household at Coorleagh.

In the 1911 census the townland is spelt Coorleigh.

https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1903/05669/4596988.pdf

Link for Mary Carrolls death. (near the end of the page)

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spelt Coorleagh in Griffiths Valuation.
There is a Michael Carroll in Griffiths Valuation at Coorleagh.

https://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/reels/tab//004625717/004625717_00259.pdf
Tithe applotment link ...  Laurence Carroll at Courleigh.