Do  you know if this book is still in print and where it would be available? Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael purcell" <carlowmike@gmail.com> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:20:06 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] They First Arose Nationalist, September, 1967. Ballon writer launches new book. In the quite village of Ballon, local publican Mr William Nolan last Thursday marked the launching of his novel "They First Arose" , ---a two year labour of love --with a pleasant function in his home. A historical novel, centred around Ballon as it was in the latter part of the 18th century, has as its hero, a local man, Ned Hickey, who was involved in the "98 Rebellion. Mr Nolan (49) a Carlow County Councillor for twelve years, is married with two children. Deeply interested in local history and tradition since boyhood days, he started the book as a hobby. Mr Nolan maintains that we have failed completely in presenting history in an attractive form. He says: we must present our past in it true light to our young people and we must explain the motivation which eventually led to our independence, but we must do it attractively. ======================================= Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe to the List. Its FREE! --------------------------------------- To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com  with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

William's son had it republished in 2009, no idea where you might get it , On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 7:59 PM, <maryfr14@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Do you know if this book is still in print and where it would be > available? > > Mary > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "michael purcell" <carlowmike@gmail.com> > To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:20:06 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific > Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] They First Arose > > Nationalist, September, 1967. > Ballon writer launches new book. > In the quite village of Ballon, local publican Mr William Nolan last > Thursday marked the launching > of his novel "They First Arose" , ---a two year labour of love --with a > pleasant function in his home. > A historical novel, centred around Ballon as it was in the latter part of > the 18th century, has as its > hero, a local man, Ned Hickey, who was involved in the "98 Rebellion. > Mr Nolan (49) a Carlow County Councillor for twelve years, is married with > two children. > Deeply interested in local history and tradition since boyhood days, he > started the book as a hobby. > Mr Nolan maintains that we have failed completely in presenting history in > an attractive form. > He says: we must present our past in it true light to our young people and > we must explain > the motivation which eventually led to our independence, but we must do it > attractively. > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe > to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe > to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Michael P, my particular interest is in Rathvilly registers and I was hoping my g-g-grandparents' baptisms / marriage may have been in them. The LDS film of the registers is virtually unreadable and so I went to Dublin to look at the filmed copy there. This too had parts which were unreadable, mainly baptisms for years 1823-1825 & 1828-1832, but there were other pages that were difficult to read.. I know you managed to obtain copies of some years of the registers and recently made available for transcription baptisms for years 1828-1832. Is there any chance that further years of the registers may be copied to make transcripts available, or is that avenue now closed and did you get these copies direct from the church? If this is something that you currently may not have the time for, perhaps you could explain if anyone could approach the church for copies or did they only allow you access because of your background in genealogy and also your local standing of fine repute? Thanks for your time Michael. Regards, Tony.