Kilcloony parish (Ballinasloe) - Mathews/Matthews and Kimple/Kemple Also Loughrea parish - Mathews/Matthews My Galway ancestors Ross Mathews and Catherine Kimple were married in the Catholic parish of Ballinasloe in 1830, and their children Bridget and Ross were born there. I guess Ballinasloe would have been Catherine's parish. On the other hand, I suspect the Mathews family might have been from Loughrea, though I can't confirm the connection. Catherine and Bridget sailed for Liverpool, England, some time during the famine years. I have no idea what happen to the two Ross's. Stephen