Hi Jennifer, Thanks. Glackenstown was listed as place of residence for my great, great, uncle's baptism in the 1830's. Never found my great grandmother Mary McGauley...just her brother. Barb -----Original Message----- From: irelandgenweb-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irelandgenweb-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of jennifer osullivan Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:26 AM To: irelandgenweb@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Irish Genealogy] Parish of Kilmoremoy in 1828- CountyMayo vsSligo? Barb, I am living in Ireland and just looked up my AA Road Atlas, and I couldn't find Glackenstown. It is a townland or a large area of land, rather than an actual town or village, and the closest 'real' town is Wilkinstown, not far from Navan. Does that help? jennifer > From: babeckstrom@westshore.edu > To: irelandgenweb@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:53:18 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Irish Genealogy] Parish of Kilmoremoy in 1828- CountyMayo vsSligo? > > I does make you wonder why the library in Dublin didn't think of that..... > I'll have to try it. > Thanks. > Barb > > -----Original Message----- > From: irelandgenweb-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:irelandgenweb-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peter J > Wilkinson > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 6:48 PM > To: irelandgenweb@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Irish Genealogy] Parish of Kilmoremoy in 1828- CountyMayo vsSligo? > > Dear Barb > > After reading your email I went to www.maps.google.com and typed in the "search" box "glackenstown, meath, ireland" and up popped the map with Glackenstown clearly marked. All too easy. > > Peter Wilkinson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beckstrom, Barbara A" <babeckstrom@westshore.edu> > To: <irelandgenweb@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 2:29 AM > Subject: Re: [Irish Genealogy] Parish of Kilmoremoy in 1828- CountyMayo vsSligo? > > > > Something else you might want to think about: While in the Dublin > > library last year I found the baptism record for my great, great, > > uncle who lived in Glackenstown, County Meath. One of the employees > > checked every reference available to find where Glackenstown was. He > > couldn't find anything even close. Then another gentleman said he > > remembered a friend mentioning the name once. He called the friend and we found the area. > > Come to find out...Glackenstown was an area where many people with > > the name of Glacken lived. All the locals knew where Glackenstown > > was. In fact, while driving around the area we came across two > > surveyors on the road. We asked the men if they knew where > > Glackenstown was and a guy said yes....you're in it. He showed us > > his map with the name Glackenstown on it.....yet there is no record of this town's existance. > > > > I would guess this has happened a few times to others. > > > > Barb > > > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: irelandgenweb-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [irelandgenweb-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of DMc1026909@aol.com > > [DMc1026909@aol.com] > > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:16 AM > > To: irelandgenweb@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [Irish Genealogy] Parish of Kilmoremoy in 1828- County > > Mayo vsSligo? > > > > Barnyderg, I looked at the 1851 index to towns, townlands, parishes > > and baronies of Ireland and could not find it. It may misspelled or > > it may be a sub division of a townland. If it is a sub division the > > center may be familiar with it. I do talk to them on the phone every > > now and again so I'll check. > > Now your question about the county line between Mayo and Sligo. At > > one time the border ran right through the town of Ballina so part of > > the town was in Mayo while the northeast part of the town was in > > County Sligo. In the 1870s or so the border was moved about 3 or 4 > > miles northeast. So you could have been born in Co. Sligo and died > > in Co. Mayo but still living in the same place. > > That is part of the reason for confusion when looking in the parish > > of Kilmoremoy. > > Kilmoremoy had the large church there in Ballina called St. Murdachs > > and often priest were not always available in the smaller churches > > like those in Ballysakerry and Kilfian. So country folks would go > > into town, Ballina to get the services they needed. For babies this > > was very important as deaths were common and you might not want to > > wait for a priest to come to your parish. If you're a catholic then > > you know babies that died before being baptized would end up in > > limbo and could not go to heaven. May sound a little stupid but the > > Irish took all that very seriously. It may be changed today but I'm > > not into religion so I don't know. At any rate you will find records > > in St. Murdachs in the parish of Kilmoremoy for folks from outside > > parishes for these very reasons. From the center of the parish of > > Ballysakerry into the town of Ballina is about a three mile walk and > > for the poorer Irish it would be the two legs that did the trick. > > Ballina was also the place for fairs where country folk would sell > > their eggs, butter or whatever they could grow to sell. Now you need > > Discovery Map number 24. Call 515 232 1070 and let them know what > > you need. I hope they're still in business as i've not used them for > > sometime. This map will show you the location of all the townlands > > in this part of Mayo. It will not show the boundries of the > > townlands but at least you'll see where they are > > > > > > > > ************** > > Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? 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