Elaine, The one caveat of not going might be the RC Church records, depending on the years of interest. The National Library does have microfilmed copies of the parish registers, but I believe they generally cut off in the 1880 - 1890 time frame. My family was from Ballintemple parish. By going through the actual register held by the parish priest, I found a lot of information that I could not have easily and inexpensively gotten in Dublin. Also by visiting a church cemetery, I came upon the grave of a set of GGrandparents. Our family has assumed they were buried in Ballinamore, Co Leitrim. I had gone to Ballinamore first, but had no luck finding any useful info. I could have paid for research at the Leitrim Genealogy Centre, but I hadn't reached that point of desperation yet. Then after visting the parish in Ballintemple where another side of the family was buried, voila! If the Lurgan RC records are of interest to you, you can do some work in advance of your trip and an LDS Family History Center. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?dis play=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=346856&disp=Parochial+register s+of+Lurgan+%28Cavan2++ And while in Dublin, don't forget about the National Archives. Enjoy your trip. John -----Original Message----- From: irl-cavan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-cavan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Beckstrom, Barbara A Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 11:16 AM To: irl-cavan@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] Bus from Dublin to County Cavan Elaine, I have to agree with Kat. We spent 3 days in Co Meath (right next door) but really found nothing. It was the 3 days in Dublin that was helpful. The County libraries really don't seem to keep much data. And the Meath Heritage Centre was the same as Cavan's..........you make a query, pay for it.......and they do the research. They don't allow you to look at the records. I would say Dublin will save you time. But ........... seeing the country is wonderful also. Barb in Michigan..USA ________________________________ From: irl-cavan-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of kat Sent: Mon 11/17/2008 11:10 AM To: irl-cavan@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] Bus from Dublin to County Cavan Hi, Elaine - I took the bus from Dublin to Cavan (Co. Cavan) three years ago while I was in Ireland on a genealogy trip. The scenery was beautiful, the people very friendly, it really gave me a flavor of the area -- and I would love to do it again! However, as a quest for genealogy records, you would do better to stay in Dublin - or go to Belfast. The librarian at the Cavan town library was exceedingly helpful and gracious, but they really don't have the records. He recommended my going to the Co. Cavan Heritage House where they had no records available for the public (I was told to write my query and pay for the research that THEY would do) although they did sell me a book of Cavan cemeteries...... I'm glad I took the trip just to see where my STEPHENSON ancestors came from - it's a lovely trip. Have a great time in Ireland!!!! Kathryn Hall Allahyari On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 bellemarco@gmail.com wrote: > Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:07:28 -0800 > From: bellemarco@gmail.com > Reply-To: irl-cavan@rootsweb.com > To: IRL-CAVAN@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IRL-CAVAN] Bus from Dublin to County Cavan > > We will be going to Ireland in April 2009. I am interested in bus service > from Dublin to Lourgan, County Cavan and where do I go when I get there to > look for genealogy records. I am not planning on staying overnight there > but can if need be. > > Thank you for any help you can give me. > > Elaine > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CAVAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CAVAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CAVAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.4/1794 - Release Date: 11/17/2008 8:48 AM