Hello James, I have also had similar thoughts about how various boundaries changed over time. I *believe* (i.e. I'm not 100% sure) that I read that the the RC Parish of Roslea split off from the RC Parish of Clones in the mid-1800's. I haven't been able to find any maps showing this, but what I find startling is that all of the maps I can find online or in books don't correctly show the boundaries of the RC Parish of Clones with respect to St. Macartans/Aughadrumsee which is west of Roslea. Thus, you have an island of the RC Parish of Clones that's not corrected to the rest. The parish website clearly shows this to be the case: http://www.clonesparish.com/ As for the RC Parish of Roslea, I cannot find a website for them, but I do find a listing for them under the RC Diocese of Clogher: http://www.clogherdiocese.ie/parishes/. As you can see there, the list also includes an RC church across the border in Magherarney,Smithboro, County Monaghan. It's too bad that the Clogher website doesn't include the names of the churches themselves, but I found that information here: http://www.catholicireland.net/mass-times/?county=Co.%20Fermanagh http://www.catholicireland.net/mass-times/?county=Co.%20Monaghan Maybe one day there will be an interactive map that can show the various overlapping boundaries between the various political and religious borders and how they have changed over time. That would indeed be very handy. Regards, John in NC On 2016/04/01 15:00 , James Mullan via wrote: > This is going over ‘old ground’ maybe, but it arises now because many pre-1862 church records of baptisms and marriages did not record the residents’ townlands. Only the (church) parish e.g. Tydavnet, Roslea, Clones was noted. So the (church) parish boundary is important to trying to figure out where the families were living at the time. This is separate to the question of ‘civil parishes’ in which the constituent townlands are well defined and understood. > > My question is: > - In the 1800s, were any Monaghan townlands within the Roslea Parish boundary? Is yes, which ones? > - In the 1800s were any townlands in that area of Fermanagh/Monaghan switched from one (church) Parish to another, e.g. from Roslea parish to Tydavnet or vice versa? > > I have tried to find some references that might cover this with little success. Any suggestions are welcome. > > James > > > > ========================= > https://www.facebook.com/groups/FermanaghGold/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message