Sorry! Just realised Brian had already posted the same link. I didn't read everything thoroughly! Regards Eoghan On 2 Apr 2013, at 07:44, <jagb@mcmedia.com.au> wrote: > That is interesting thanks Brian. > The Foundation Stone for the present Catholic Church at Geraldine (South Canterbury, New Zealand) was laid on 8th December 1935. The Church at Geraldine is the Church of the Immaculate Conception. > I know there were many from the Ballymacelligott Parish in Kerry who immigrated to the Geraldine area in New Zealand - including my great grandparents and other relations. > Makes you wonder if the Geraldine church was named by some of those early immigrants from Ballymacelligott in memory of their church at 'home'. > With thanks. > Jenny > > -----Original Message----- From: Brian Moriarty > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 5:25 PM > To: jagb@mcmedia.com.au ; REG VOLK ; IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Fwd: Has anyone ever come across one of these? > > There is a church listed in the parish of Ballymacelligott referred to as > the Immaculate Conception - refer the Diocese of Kerry website > http://www.dioceseofkerry.ie/parish.php?sec=mass_times&parish=Ballymacelligott > > Not sure of the address but Google should find it. > > Brian > Christchurch NZ > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <jagb@mcmedia.com.au> > To: "REG VOLK" <regvolk@shaw.ca>; <IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 6:10 PM > Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Fwd: Has anyone ever come across one of these? > > >> Hello Reg, >> The Mary SUGRUE in this record was the daughter of Cornelius SUGRUE and Catherine nee GORMAN of Commons West, Ardfert in Kerry. Mary SUGRUE died on 2 March 1892 at the age of 33 and is buried in the Ellesmere Catholic Cemetery, near Leeston in Canterbury New Zealand. >> Three years later in 1883, Mary would be joined in New Zealand by her sisters Ellen and Catherine. >> My Mary DUGGAN arrived in New Zealand in December 1879 aboard the Lady Jocelyn and in October 1880 married my great grandfather Timothy SUGRUE. >> To date I have not located any evidence that the SUGRUEs from Ardfert were close relations to my SUGRUEs from Dromavalla in the Parish of Ballymacelligott. >> My query was – had any person on the list heard the Catholic Church in Ballymacelligott being referred to as The Church of the Immaculate Conception. >> With thanks >> Jenny >> >> From: REG VOLK >> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 3:05 PM >> To: mailto:jagb@mcmedia.com.au >> Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Fwd: Has anyone ever come across one of these? >> >> So...who would this person be? >> >> https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FST2-3TY >> >> >> Reg >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 2013-04-01, at 1:48 PM, REG VOLK <regvolk@shaw.ca> wrote: >> >> >> Maybe try them directly: >> >> http://www.dioceseofkerry.ie/parish.php?parish=Ballymacelligott >> >> >> Reg >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 2013-04-01, at 1:03 PM, <jagb@mcmedia.com.au> wrote: >> >> >> In the 1940 New Zealand probate of my 80 year old great grandmother Mary >> (DUGGAN) SUGRUE, her daughter (my great aunt) signed an affidavit stating my >> great aunt had seen a Baptismal Certificate for my great grandmother Mary >> DUGGAN who had been Baptised on 7th October 1860 at the Church of the >> Immaculate Conception in Ballymacelligott County Kerry. >> This Baptismal certificate does not appear to still be in the family and the >> record does not appear in the Kerry Parish Records - there are no or very >> few pre 1868 records for Ballymacelligott on that site. >> However I have no doubts that Mary DUGGAN SUGRUE did indeed on her >> emigration to NZ in 1878 take her Baptismal Certificate with her from Kerry >> to her new home in New Zealand. >> I have to date not seen where the church at Ballymacelligott was named The >> Church of the Immaculate Conception. Has anyone every seen reference to the >> Church at Ballymacelligott having that name? >> With thanks >> Jenny >> >> _______________ >> --------------- >> >> Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html >> 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. >> >> To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. >> >> To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ >> >> Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. 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