Teresa at [email protected] writes: << Could anyone please tell me where I could find the names of catholic church parishes around Brownstown? >> Teresa, I can try...... but you might have a small problem. There are 6 listings for Brownstown townlands. Fortunately, 4 of them are all in a clump - sort of a square, with common boundaries inside. These 4, Brownstown Great, Little, Upper and Lower, are located a mile or two south of the military Curragh Camp, and three to four miles SE of Kildare town. For those in the upper quadrants of this Brownstown block, the St. Brigid's RC church in Curragh Camp would be only a mile to the north. For those in the southern part of the Brownstowns, St. Brigid's (remember, we are "very close" to Kildare <gr>) in the village of Suncroft would be only a mile or a mile and a half south. Now, we have only two other Brownstowns to deal with. One of them is just a mile up the Naas road from the small town of Kilcullen. It appears that the nearest RC church would be in Kilcullen, "Sacred Heart and St. Brigid" (there's that name again). The least likely Brownstown (only about 7 buildings there currently) would be 2 to 3 miles NW of Athy town, near the southern bank of the Grand Canal. There is an RC church in Kilberry, about a mile and a half NNE of Brownstown, which is a "branch" of St. Michael's in Athy. But by the time someone from Brownstown wanted to get to Kilberry, they'd have to cross the Canal and the River Barrow, and the bridges are such that it might be a longer distance than going to Athy itself (just don't try to drive in the town - ugh <gr>). I would guess that St. Michael's would be the best contact for this particular Brownstown, although Athy also has RC "churches" at St. Dominic's Priory and St. Vincent's Hospital. That's all I've got. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts