Well I have never laughted so much. Imagine the poor locals having to tell where they were born.....how embarrassing. Couldnt they have named the town the Horses Head or Tail etc etc etc. Mary in a very frigid Nth Queensland with overnight temps of 6 degs celcius...... and they call this the tropics! ----- Original Message ----- From: <AFDboater2@aol.com> To: <IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 7:25 AM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Sullivan- Templenoe- Experience visiting the recordoffice in Kenmare > Hello Listers, > The family I am researching 'came from Kenmare'...that's as close as I was > able to determine their location. The name being Sullivan was absolutely > a > nightmare. Then, several months ago I found a W. W. I draft > registration card > for one of the family members that stated his birth location as > Templenoe, > Kerry, Ireland. What a find that was! All the others said 'Ireland' or > 'Kerry, Ireland'. > > Recently, I visited Co. Kerry, Ireland. I went to the presbytery in the > town > of Kenmare.and met Father Crean His secretary, Elizabeth, was very > accomodating in our search. We spent 2 hours searching through bith > records and > located 2 of 13 children that I was looking for. Wow, was I delighted! > (I found > out that they have no deaths records from about 1892 to the 1950's...they > just didn't record them). Well, I also learned that the parents, John > Sullivan > and Jane Downing (who both signed with and X), lived in Poulagoppal. I > said > to Father Crean..."I have a map, can you show me where that is?". He > said, > "I don't think that it is on any map..but it is part of Templenoe area. > It > isn't a very nice name. It means "Horse's Anus". You can imagine how > much I > laughed as my traveling companion, John Sullivan (whose family I am > working > on), was seated beside me. He said that his son, a VP of Bank of > America, > would not be too happy to learn of this. > > Anyway, Elizabeth directed me to the Registry Office for Births etc for > that region. Perhaps they could help me more. The office is at the > Kenmare > Hospital just down the road from Father Crean's residence. I went there > and the > secretary was very helpful. Through their Search Engine they were able > to > provide me with 6 birth certificates...6 children of John Sullivan and > Jane > Downing.....and all born in Poulagoppal! Each copy was 10 Euro. > > I did go to the Old Cemetery in Templenoe, on the banks of Kenmare Bay. > The > location is beautiful. The cemetery is in bad condition and all the old > stones are unreadable, overgrown, moldy. The ground is very uneven, > lumpy, and > bumpy. My companion, in his middle 80's, remained in the car while I > took > some pictures of the location and searched for 'Sullivan's'. I'm sure my > companion's relatives are buried there...but we'll never know for sure. > I also > went to the Old Cemetery in Kenmare, which is quite large. About 3/4 of > it was > 'kept up'. The other 1/4 needed to be week-wacked.....there's no way a > lawn > mower could work there. > I was looking for Downing's.of which there were many. > > The fellow that was weed wacking at the Old Kenmare Cemetery told me that > there was a woman who has transcribed the entire lot of cemetery stones. > I > told him that I would like to get in touch with her. He said her name was > Sioban Tangney from Killowen...just outside Kenmare. Well, she had no > phone > listed in the book. I tried an internet search for her > name...cemetery...every > which way...but no luck. Have any of you listers ever heard of her, or > know > how to contact her??? She has a wealth of information that many could > use. > > If anyone out there is researching the Sullivan's/ Downing's from > Poulagoppal ;-)...Templenoe contact me. John Sullivan and Jane Downing > had 13 children > and 11 of them settled in Norwich CT. > > Ireland was just as beautiful as ever (my 4th trip). I did the Beara > Peninsula twice! this time...going over the Healy Pass from each > direction. > Spectacular scemery as always. > > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message