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    1. Re: Omey-CLOHERTY
    2. Marguerite at james.agnew@att.net writes: << Omey Civil Parish, town of Attigoddaun >> Marguerite, I think I can help you with this - especially regarding your trip there. I've been to the immediate area several times, the last this past May. Omey civil parish covers mostly the area west and northwest of the town of Clifden, and including it. It also includes Cleggan and back along the north of the Owenglin River to the Twelve Pins/Bens mountains. The townland of Attigoddaun is only a half mile north of Claddaghduff village - where the local RC church is. I've never noticed a cemetery there, but there is a graveyard in the townland of Emlagh (which I visited, but to look for Early Christian cross-slabs, not tombstones with names on them <gr>). This graveyard is less than a hundred yards from Attigoddaun townland. This area is well-shown on the Discovery map 37 (which you should get either in advance or at the tourist shop at the airport in Ireland), but the townland of Attigoddaun is shown only by its Irish name, Ait Tí Geadáin. The RC parish is Clifden (Omey and Ballindoon), and the webpage for the parish is: >> http://www.catholicireland.net/parishes/parishdetails.php?ID=1236 <<. The Claddaghduff church there is listed just as "Claddaghduff". No particular name. All I know about it is it is brown, and a friend of mine lives behind it <gr>. I can give you more information off-list if you contact me directly - stuff such as local B&Bs to stay, etc. It's a beautiful part of Connemara. But I can't help you with the records, as I don't do any genealogy. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts

    07/13/2005 01:00:21