Pat I will answer one of your questions Question: what is the appropriate protocol to ask for records from the Parish Priest? Call ahead? Write ahead? Answer: Write or Call ahead but - Money Talk's! Regards Michael Brennan Carlow Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/ My Laois Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 11:26:25 -0400 > From: Pat Coulter <pcoulter@pct.edu> > Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] visiting Ireland > Hi Folks, > > Several questions from my fellow listers. > what is the appropriate protocol to ask for records from the Parish > Priest? Call ahead? Write ahead? > Is there a physical central repository of data that I can visit in the > county? ( I appreciate that much of it is online, thanks to you guys..) > Will gladly take any recommendations for 'places to stay', preferably B&B > style, in the Borris area. > > Pat Coulter