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
Dear Patrick I suspect that St Columba's serves Carrowmenagh as the following article indicates: "Renovations have now been completed at St. Columba's Church, Ballinacrae. The new look Church, with its new sound systems, wiring, carpet and freshly painted, will open for Sunday Mass on Sunday, 9th March at 10.30 a.m. Thanks to all involved in the Carrowmenagh Community Centre Committe, for all their hard work in preparing and making the Centre available for Sunday Mass during the last few months." 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/