Dear Patrick from this week's Derry Journal: "Hannah's funeral took place last Wednesday, with Requiem Mass being celebrated in Ballinacrae Church and burial taking place in the adjoining cemetery." Mark Lusby Derry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Stone" <pstone8@msn.com> To: <DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 2:25 PM Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] St. Columba's, Ballincrae?, Lower Moville > Hello, list -- > > An ancestress of mine was baptized in 1886 in a Church of St. Columb[a], > "Bailinacrae". I'm trying to determine the exact location of that church. > > She later lived in Balleeghan, Greencastle, Lower Moville. The entry in > *Lewis's Topographical Dictionary* for Lower Moville mentions Roman Catholic > chapels at Ballybrack and "Ballynacree". Googling produces St. Mary's, > Ballybrack, and St. Columba's, "Ballincrae" -- though, unlike Ballybrack, > Ballincrae doesn't seem to be the name of a townland -- as well as a St. > Pius X in Moville and a St. Columba's in Drung, County Donegal. > CatholicIreland.net lists, for Moville, St. Mary's, Ballybrack; St. [Pius] > X, Moville; and St. Columba's, Ballinacrae. > > Would any of you be able to help me sort this out? Is Ballincrae the > modern/"official" name? Is this a town, or an area, or...? Is there a map > available that would show the location of Ballincrae and/or St. Columba's? > > And, of course, the next step, fingers crossed: what would be the nearest or > most likely cemetery? > > With thanks, > > Patrick Stone > > > ==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== > Donegaleire listowner is Carol Queen. > Visit my homepages at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ > QUEENSCASTLE BRANCHES AND BOUGHS > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/