Hi To the list Is anyone near Rathoe Church or has access to any church records trying to trace more information on my Shannon and O'Neill ancestors pluse the name L'Estrange. My Shannon's are from the Grange / Grangeford   I know my Great Grandparents and their parents are buried at Rathoe William Shannon 1836-1926 and his wife Anne McEvoy 1836-1909 and William Shannon 1875-1947 and Mary O'Neill 1891-1958, Mary was the daughter of Martin O'Neill and his wife Eliza (possible maided name L'Estrange) The Neill's were from Killee Fenagh Co Carlow.   many thanks Terry --- El jue, 13/5/10, michael purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com> escribió: De: michael purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com> Asunto: [IRL-CARLOW] The Great Famine+National Archives Para: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Fecha: jueves, 13 de mayo, 2010 09:56 *Sources in the National Archives for researching the Great Famine* by Marianne Cosgrave, Rena Lohan and Tom Quinlan: Introduction Download a .pdf version of this article<http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/famine/GF.pdf> . Administration during the Famine The Great Famine imposed a severe strain on the Irish government. Of the various offices and boards that constituted the Irish administration, the ones which were affected in a very direct way were:   The Chief Secretary's Office<http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/famine/cso.html>  The Poor Law Commission <http://www.nationalarchives.ie/research/poorlaw.html>  The Relief Commission <http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/famine/relief.html>  The Office of Public Works<http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/famine/opw.html> Additional online resources Relief Commission Papers database, 1845-1847<http://www.nationalarchives.ie/search/index.php?category=14> <http://www.nationalarchives.ie/cgi-bin/naigenform02@index=relief%2Bcommission%2Bpapers.htm>A large amount of related material may also be found in the article *Sources in the National Archives for research into the transportation of Irish convicts to Australia (1791-1853)<http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/transportation/transp1.html> * Ireland-Australia transportation database<http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/transportation/search01.html> This article is an attempt to bring to the attention of those interested in Famine research - whether at local or national level - collections in the National Archives which span the Famine period. These collections - information on which is provided via the links in the table above - not only document the actual measures taken to alleviate distress, but are also an invaluable source for other types of research, such as an analysis both of the extent of distress and of government response at local level, as well as the degree to which prevailing theories of government had an impact on the administration of relief. *Irish Archives* The following pages are an online version of the article *Sources in the National Archives for researching the Great Famine* by Marianne Cosgrave, Rena Lohan and Tom Quinlan. The complete printed version with illustrative examples of the document types mentioned, appears in *Irish Archives, *the Journal of the Irish Society for Archives<http://www.ucd.ie/archives/isa/isa-journal.html>, Spring 1995. ======================================= 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

. --- El sáb, 15/5/10, Terry Curran <terrycur16@yahoo.es> escribió: De: Terry Curran <terrycur16@yahoo.es> Asunto: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Rathoe Church Cemetery Shannon Neill and L'Estrange Para: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Fecha: sábado, 15 de mayo, 2010 02:20 Hi To the list Is anyone near Rathoe Church or has access to any church records trying to trace more information on my Shannon and O'Neill ancestors pluse the name L'Estrange. My Shannon's are from the Grange / Grangeford   I know my Great Grandparents and their parents are buried at Rathoe William Shannon 1836-1926 and his wife Anne McEvoy 1836-1909 and William Shannon 1875-1947 and Mary O'Neill 1891-1958, Mary was the daughter of Martin O'Neill and his wife Eliza (possible maided name L'Estrange) The Neill's were from Killee Fenagh Co Carlow.   many thanks Terry --- El jue, 13/5/10, michael purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com> escribió: De: michael purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com> Asunto: [IRL-CARLOW] The Great Famine+National Archives Para: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Fecha: jueves, 13 de mayo, 2010 09:56 *Sources in the National Archives for researching the Great Famine* by Marianne Cosgrave, Rena Lohan and Tom Quinlan: Introduction Download a .pdf version of this article<http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/famine/GF.pdf> . Administration during the Famine The Great Famine imposed a severe strain on the Irish government. Of the various offices and boards that constituted the Irish administration, the ones which were affected in a very direct way were:   The Chief Secretary's Office<http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/famine/cso.html>  The Poor Law Commission <http://www.nationalarchives.ie/research/poorlaw.html>  The Relief Commission <http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/famine/relief.html>  The Office of Public Works<http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/famine/opw.html> Additional online resources Relief Commission Papers database, 1845-1847<http://www.nationalarchives.ie/search/index.php?category=14> <http://www.nationalarchives.ie/cgi-bin/naigenform02@index=relief%2Bcommission%2Bpapers.htm>A large amount of related material may also be found in the article *Sources in the National Archives for research into the transportation of Irish convicts to Australia (1791-1853)<http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/transportation/transp1.html> * Ireland-Australia transportation database<http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/transportation/search01.html> This article is an attempt to bring to the attention of those interested in Famine research - whether at local or national level - collections in the National Archives which span the Famine period. These collections - information on which is provided via the links in the table above - not only document the actual measures taken to alleviate distress, but are also an invaluable source for other types of research, such as an analysis both of the extent of distress and of government response at local level, as well as the degree to which prevailing theories of government had an impact on the administration of relief. *Irish Archives* The following pages are an online version of the article *Sources in the National Archives for researching the Great Famine* by Marianne Cosgrave, Rena Lohan and Tom Quinlan. The complete printed version with illustrative examples of the document types mentioned, appears in *Irish Archives, *the Journal of the Irish Society for Archives<http://www.ucd.ie/archives/isa/isa-journal.html>, Spring 1995. ======================================= 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