--- Original Message --- From: "SHORTALL FAMILY" <patrickjshortall@indigo.ie> To: <IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: Sent: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 15:45:19 -0700 Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [LAOIS] ANDREW MAHER, QUEENS CTY., IRELAND >There is a Blandsfort Cross Roads in Laois just north east of the >town of Abbeyleix. The landlord in 1881 was Captain John Loftus >Bland. The Catholic parish registers of Abbeyleix begin in 1824 so >it might be possible to catch the relevant marriage. >Patrick J Shortall, Bettystown, Co Meath