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? Make meals for Under $10. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000002)

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? Make meals for Under $10. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000002) Check out the Ireland GenWeb website at: http://www.irelandgenweb.com/ Great place to get help with your family research. County Westmeath has been adopted! Help wanted: Still need County Coordinators ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRELANDGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message