So, Pete, how you would advise Pat to proceed in locating the township, for the marital certificate. Surely all the razing was done, long before Pat's grandparents or great grandparents were married. He or she has a marriage certificate number. For example, Lea, aka Lea Castle, is similarly in ruins -- but people live there, indeed in Portarlington. Cheers Carmela, on the West Coast, Washington At 04:32 PM 7/6/2001 -0400, PeteScherm@aol.com wrote: >Pat at happytalk@fwb.gulf.net writes: > >< Can anyone give me any assistance is locating >Clonenagh,006,Laoighis,Ireland >> > >Certainly, Pat, > >Clonenagh is one of the premier monastic sites in Ireland, the location of >St. Fintan's famous monastery - founded in the 6th century. Unfortunately, >there's nothing but a few lumps remaining (I've been there). It is located >right along both sides of the N7 highway between Mountrath and the Portlaoise >M7 bypass. It's about 2 1/2 miles east of Mountrath town itself. There are >only about a dozen houses, but there are some cross-slabs, a holy well and an >old graveyard. > >Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts > > >==== IRL-LAOIS Mailing List ====