Abbeylace is how older locals pronounce Abbeyleix. Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanne D. Hubbard" <jeanneh@ezwv.com> To: <IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 3:19 PM Subject: DELANEY information sought > 8/25/2000 > > > An old family letter states that John DELANEY who was born 20 February 1822 in Casleballey, Queens County, Ireland (according to one family source)was in the "king's orphanage" because his family couldn't afford to keep him. It goes on to say that the Village of "Abbeylace (sic)" comes in somewhere as either his birth place of baptismal place or the home of the people who adopted him as an apprentice. > > Is there a Casleballey? > > Was there a "king's orphanage?" > > Any suggestions on how to go about verify and elaborating on this information? > > Jeanne Delaney Hubbard > > > ==== IRL-LAOIS Mailing List ==== > > >
UNSUBSCRIBE PLEASE ----- Original Message ----- From: Jane Lyons <jlyons1@iol.ie> To: <IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 2:34 PM Subject: Re: DELANEY information sought > Abbeylace is how older locals pronounce Abbeyleix. > > Jane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeanne D. Hubbard" <jeanneh@ezwv.com> > To: <IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 3:19 PM > Subject: DELANEY information sought > > > > 8/25/2000 > > > > > > An old family letter states that John DELANEY who was born 20 February > 1822 in Casleballey, Queens County, Ireland (according to one family > source)was in the "king's orphanage" because his family couldn't afford to > keep him. It goes on to say that the Village of "Abbeylace (sic)" comes in > somewhere as either his birth place of baptismal place or the home of the > people who adopted him as an apprentice. > > > > Is there a Casleballey? > > > > Was there a "king's orphanage?" > > > > Any suggestions on how to go about verify and elaborating on this > information? > > > > Jeanne Delaney Hubbard > > > > > > ==== IRL-LAOIS Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > ==== IRL-LAOIS Mailing List ==== > This list is sponsored by the Laois, IrelandGenWeb website - http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllex/ >