Index to Griffith's Valuation of Ireland, 1848-1864 Shelley, Jeremiah County : Laois/Leix/Queens Parish : Offerlane Location : Peafield Shelley, John County : Laois/Leix/Queens Parish : Aghmacart Location : Ballyboodin Shelley, William County : Laois/Leix/Queens Parish : Offerlane Location : Peafield The parish of Skirke is now known as SKIRK. It also had a history of moving. Check the following: PARISH OF RATHDOWNEY Source: Carrigan, The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, Vol. 2 (1905) It embraced the entire civil parishes of Rathdowney (except the townland of Ballydavin), Rathsaran, Donnaghmore and Skirke, and the greater part of Coolkerry, down to the year 1840, when the district of Skirke or Killismestia was cut off and made a separate parish. On the 9th of May, 1875, the townlands of Akip, Beckfield, Clonburren (White), Donnaghmore, Dun-nacliggan, Tinnaclohy, Castletown Feereeagh, Raheen Upper, Raheen Lower, and part of Raheenphelan Glebe were withdrawn from Skirke and restored to Rathdowney; and on the same day, or a few days later, the remaining portion of the parish of Skirke was canonically united to Borris-in-Ossory. The present area of the parish is 18,000 statute acres. You can read more aboyt Rathdowney here: http://www.irishmidlandsancestry.com/content/laois/community/parishhistories /rathdowney_parish.htm Regards Michael Brennan in Kent, England. Home Page: http://www.brennanfamilyhistory.com Award Winning CARLOW IGP: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcar2/ Norton AntiVirus 2002 is Active ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Shelley" <janshelley@bigpond.com> To: <IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 6:43 AM Subject: [LAOIS] SHELLEY > New to list, I am researching the name SHELLEY,Thomas Shelley came to Australia when ????before 1863. I can not find his immigration records. I believe he came from Skirke Queens Co. Could anyone help me with this.Regards Jan > > ______________________________