Margaret wrote: === Is anyone able to tell me what would be the nearest R.C. church for Dunmahon and Glanworth, Co Cork 1838 era please. Also what burial ground for someone who died 1839. === Margaret, The current information for the RC parish of Glanworth and Ballindangan is at: === http://www.catholicireland.net/parishes/parishdetails.php?ID=581 === If you are looking at only the civil parishes of Glanworth and Bunmahon, the Ballindangan church would not be included (although it is nearby). Both of the other churches are in Glanworth CP, one in each section of a geographically-divided civil parish (Dunmahon CP separates them, but it contains no RC church). Although the Ballindangan RC church appears to have been part of a different RC parish in the mid-1800's (according to Brian Mitchell's Atlas), it now is part of the Glanworth and Ballindangan combined RC parish. The Rockmills village graveyard (Ballyvoddy townland) is outside of Glanworth CP, but only a mile or so to the NW, along the R 512 connecting Glanworth and Kildorrery. The AINC book says it was "still in occasional use", as of 1984, and contains "headstones....mainly from the late 18th and 19th century". In the western section of Glanworth civil parish, you already have information of the graveyard in Boherash, at the ruins of the C of I parish church, immediately N. of Glanworth village. This graveyard was "still in occasional use", as of 1995, according to the "Archaeological Inventory of North Cork" book, "Burials throughout graveyard, concentrated to E and S; earliest headstone noted dated 1724." I don't have information on the St. Dominick's Old Cemetery in Glanworth, mentioned by Pat and Jan, but it is probably located at the old RC church, now used as a community center. The AINC book does not mention a cemetery there (perhaps, too recent for the book's remit). There was once a graveyard at the sparse remains of Templealour church at the S end of Glanworth village, but it is now occupied by a grain warehouse. Moving eastward into Dunmahon civil parish, the graveyard at the parish church ruin was, according to the AINC book in 1986, "Graveyard overgrown with mature trees; most graves marked by low, uninscribed grave-markers; earliest inscribed headstone noted dated 1774." However, the interior of the ruined church is "full of grave-plots". This would appear to be the only burial ground in the civil parish. There are three graveyards which are north of the western section of Glanworth civil parish, but lie immediately next to the parish border. In Carrigdownane civil parish, the ruined parish church is near the Glanworth CP border and, as of 1995, AINC wrote: "In use; burials, mostly marked by low uninscribed grave-marers, to S of and within church. Earliest headstone noted dated 1790." Less than a half-mile NE of this site, and across the Funshion River, is the ruined parish church of Derryvillane, also next to the Glanworth CP border. Here is the AINC description of the burial ground, in 1995: "Area to E, N and W of church inaccessible due to dense overgrowth but grave-markers concentrated here. Marked burials to S of church mostly 19th century, including canopy tomb of 1883; earliest headstone noted dated 1780." Farther N, but still adjacent to the Glanworth civil parish border (the village of Glanworth is about 2-1/2 miles south of this border) is the ruin of the Ballydeloughy civil parish church, and graveyard. Here is the AINC description: "Most burials to SE or E of church; headstones date from 1767; low uninscribed grave-markers concentrate to E of clutch with a few to S. Three 19th/20th-century headstones to W of church." Just to the N of Bunmahon civil parish is the unfortunately "reconstructed" early 12th century parish church of Killeenemer, surrounded by a graveyard.........which no longer seems to have any grave-markers (I wonder if this is a result of the 1979 "reconstruction"). It's a shame what was done to the ruined church (personal opinion, of course). Farther to the east is the eastern portion of the civil parish, and the location of the Curraghagalla church in the RC parish. I don't know if there is burial ground at that church, but just across the parish line to the North-ish (less than 2 miles from the church) is a graveyard at the site of the parish church of Kilphelan (no surviving trace). The AINC book does not describe the cemetery, although it gives the overall dimensions of it. Strange.......not very hopeful. I think those are the nearest burial sites to the civil parishes of Glanworth and Bunmahon, and the RC parish of Glanworth and Ballindangan. All of these locations are shown on Discovery map 73, except for the Curraghagalla church which is just barely across the border onto map 74. This is a very "busy" area of North Cork. If anyone knows of sites that I've missed, let me know so that I can add them to my collection [gr]. Pete - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts </HTML>