Hello Anthony, I hope you and yours had a wonderful Christmas? Many thanks for your reply, the child was actually born in the Rotunda, so she tells me, so I don't know! Later on in months, she was up for fostering/adoption by my grandmother, how this happened I'll never know, grandmother was widowed, deaf and mute and getting on in years too, there was also no paperwork - which assumes something amiss! Kind regards and Happy New Year, Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony J. Roche" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN-CITY] MORAN/FLANAGAN > At 09:17 26/12/2006, you wrote: >>I can't immediately help you with your Moran family, but there is >>something that strikes me about the details you give, and it is this - >>I am surprised that a family living in Crumlin or Kimmage would go to >>St. Andrew's Church in Westland Row to have a child christened, > > > The answer to is probably that it was the custom and practice for children > born in the National maternity Hospital in Holles Street to be Baptised > (usually the day after birth) in St Andrews which was just up the road > from Holles St. Interestingly, it was also unusual for the mother to be > present, the Godmother took the baby to be Baptised! > > Hope this sheds some light! > > Regards > > > Anthony J. Roche > Visit my home page at http://homepages.iol.ie/~ajroche/ > Good Dublin Links at http://www.rootsweb.com/~irldubli/ > > >