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