Please could someone tell me if Bennekerry is a parish within the town of Carlow or if it is a town nearby. I have William Walsh born 1st July 1836 in Bennekerry who I believe may have been the son of James Walsh, farmer. Please could someone point me in the right direction where to discover more about this family which is a complete brickwall. Many thanks Jackie --------------------------------- Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this month with Yahoo! for Good

Bennekerry 268 Carlow Carlow Ballinacarrig Carlow Leinster Bennekerry 361 Carlow Carlow Urglin Carlow Leinster >From the IreAtlas (all-Ireland) townland search engine at the Leitrim-Roscommon website. Key: Townland/Acres/County/Barony/Civil Parish/Poor Law Union/Province. Bennekerry appears to be a townland with records from two civil parishes to explore and the PLU town of Carlow would be the nearest large town and possibly the place of registration. Check out the data at www.ireland.com/ancestor/ - particularly what is available in the way of County Carlow records. They have a surname search engine and also (paid) info. on particular parishes where that surname are found. WALSH presents a challenge as a more common surname. Hopefully, another lister can give you more direction. Where they Catholic? There is a Bennekerry website: http://homepage.eircom.net/~bennekerry/index.htm#f BENNEKERRY PARISH The parish is located in north County Carlow between the towns of Carlow and Tullow. Contact & Info BINN an CHOIRE Gaelic name A parish of the Catholic Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin, Ireland. Address: Bennekerry, Carlow, Ireland. The Parish Church is located at Ballinakillbeg. A former church was located in the townland of Bennekerry. That remained the parish name. ------ Per John GRENHAM's "Tracing Your Irish Ancestors" There are also surviving Church of Ireland (Protestant) records for the Parish of Carlow: 1. Baptisms 1695-1885; Marriages 1695-1915; Deaths 1698-1894 in the Representative Church Body Library (Dublin). 2. Baptisms 1744-1816; Marriages 1744-1816; Burials 1744-1816 (Genealogical Office Dublin #578 extracts). 3. Baptisms 1698-1835; Marriages 1698-1835; Burials 1698-1835 in the National Archives Dublin #1073. 4. Check the LDS (Mormon) FHC records. . www.familysearch.org Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "jackie wing" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 1:23 PM Subject: [IRELAND] Bennekerry -Carlow > Please could someone tell me if Bennekerry is a parish within the town of > Carlow or if it is a town nearby. I have William Walsh born 1st July 1836 > in Bennekerry who I believe may have been the son of James Walsh, farmer. > Please could someone point me in the right direction where to discover > more about this family which is a complete brickwall. > > Many thanks > > Jackie

Thank you Jean. Some great links. Yes, I believe he was Catholic - at least William married in a Catholic Church in Newington, London (to a girl of Irish origins, although her father does not give his county of birth, simply Ireland) Walsh certainly is a challenge. I only found the name of William's father from the marriage certificate and have no idea idea when he came to England, although probably between 1851 and 1859. As William worked for the Post Office all his life in England, findmypast lists him among Civil Servants 1752-1948 ie if this is him. He is the only one listed from Carlow of the right age and a search usefully gives his date and place of birth. Unfortunately, there is nothing on IGI for him. Regards Jackie "Jean R." <[email protected]> wrote: Bennekerry 268 Carlow Carlow Ballinacarrig Carlow Leinster Bennekerry 361 Carlow Carlow Urglin Carlow Leinster >From the IreAtlas (all-Ireland) townland search engine at the Leitrim-Roscommon website. Key: Townland/Acres/County/Barony/Civil Parish/Poor Law Union/Province. Bennekerry appears to be a townland with records from two civil parishes to explore and the PLU town of Carlow would be the nearest large town and possibly the place of registration. Check out the data at www.ireland.com/ancestor/ - particularly what is available in the way of County Carlow records. They have a surname search engine and also (paid) info. on particular parishes where that surname are found. WALSH presents a challenge as a more common surname. Hopefully, another lister can give you more direction. Where they Catholic? There is a Bennekerry website: http://homepage.eircom.net/~bennekerry/index.htm#f BENNEKERRY PARISH The parish is located in north County Carlow between the towns of Carlow and Tullow. Contact & Info BINN an CHOIRE Gaelic name A parish of the Catholic Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin, Ireland. Address: Bennekerry, Carlow, Ireland. The Parish Church is located at Ballinakillbeg. A former church was located in the townland of Bennekerry. That remained the parish name. ------ Per John GRENHAM's "Tracing Your Irish Ancestors" There are also surviving Church of Ireland (Protestant) records for the Parish of Carlow: 1. Baptisms 1695-1885; Marriages 1695-1915; Deaths 1698-1894 in the Representative Church Body Library (Dublin). 2. Baptisms 1744-1816; Marriages 1744-1816; Burials 1744-1816 (Genealogical Office Dublin #578 extracts). 3. Baptisms 1698-1835; Marriages 1698-1835; Burials 1698-1835 in the National Archives Dublin #1073. 4. Check the LDS (Mormon) FHC records. . www.familysearch.org Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "jackie wing" To: Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 1:23 PM Subject: [IRELAND] Bennekerry -Carlow > Please could someone tell me if Bennekerry is a parish within the town of > Carlow or if it is a town nearby. I have William Walsh born 1st July 1836 > in Bennekerry who I believe may have been the son of James Walsh, farmer. > Please could someone point me in the right direction where to discover > more about this family which is a complete brickwall. > > Many thanks > > Jackie ------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- Sent from Yahoo! &#45; a smarter inbox.