Thanks Michael I was concerned because I had come across references to St Mary's and assumed it was C of I. As a matter of interest was the old church in the 1700s a Cathedral ? I assume the Cathedral at Old Leilghlin was the bishops seat before the reformation. Regards PP

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Peter Walker at gmail < 2peterwalker@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Michael > I was concerned because I had come across references to St Mary's and > assumed it was C of I. > As a matter of interest was the old church in the 1700s a Cathedral ? > I assume the Cathedral at Old Leilghlin was the bishops seat before > the reformation. > > Regards > > PP > ======================================= > 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 >

>From circa 600 there was St. Mary's Abbey on Castle Hill in the area adjoining where the Boot Factory was built in 1906.... ...the present-day St. Mary's Church is the Church of Ireland building alongside Castle Street........... from Penal times there was a Roman Catholic chapel also called St. Mary's near Shirley's Garage on the Dublin Road ........in 1787 Dean Staunton built a church , again known as St. Mary's, where the Cathedral now stands............in 1828 the foundation stone was laid for the Cathedral.......part of the old Staunton church was incorporated into the new structure........ I recall Aidan Murray telling us that the Bishop's seat was in Tullow prior to that,........... where the bishop's seat is placed is called "cathedral" so I guess Tullow church would have been Cathedral up to 1833!... ...Carlow Cathedral opened 1833...... On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Peter Walker at gmail < 2peterwalker@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Michael > I was concerned because I had come across references to St Mary's and > assumed it was C of I. > As a matter of interest was the old church in the 1700s a Cathedral ? > I assume the Cathedral at Old Leilghlin was the bishops seat before > the reformation. > > Regards > > PP > ======================================= > 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 >

The marriage cert for my g.grandparents in 1866 lists the marriage as taking place in the Catholic Chapel at Carlow. Regina -----Original Message----- From: michael purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, Apr 12, 2010 7:31 am Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Carlow Marriages extracts 1769-1779 >From circa 600 there was St. Mary's Abbey on Castle Hill in the area adjoining where the Boot Factory was built in 1906.... ...the present-day St. Mary's Church is the Church of Ireland building alongside Castle Street........... from Penal times there was a Roman Catholic chapel also called St. Mary's near Shirley's Garage on the Dublin Road ........in 1787 Dean Staunton built a church , again known as St. Mary's, where the Cathedral now stands............in 1828 the foundation stone was laid for the Cathedral.......part of the old Staunton church was incorporated into the new structure........ I recall Aidan Murray telling us that the Bishop's seat was in Tullow prior to that,........... where the bishop's seat is placed is called "cathedral" so I guess Tullow church would have been Cathedral up to 1833!... ...Carlow Cathedral opened 1833...... On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Peter Walker at gmail < 2peterwalker@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Michael > I was concerned because I had come across references to St Mary's and > assumed it was C of I. > As a matter of interest was the old church in the 1700s a Cathedral ? > I assume the Cathedral at Old Leilghlin was the bishops seat before > the reformation. > > Regards > > PP > ======================================= > 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