This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WWC.2ACI/3222.1 Message Board Post: Your first assumption with just "at the foothills of the castle" might be that this is Kilkenny Castle itself in Kilkenny city. See websites at http://www.historic.irishcastles.com/kilkenny.htm and others from Google. But anyway your dates are well within the range of Civil Registration so it should be easy to check. The indexes for Civil Registration for those years can be viewed at LDS centers worldwide. (Some have the microfilms always in stock) With references from the index you can order the certificates from Dublin. See: http://www.groireland.ie/ Richard Callanan, London, England,