According to Father Liam Enright, Parish Priest in Cratloe, whom I met with this past Tuesday, the christening typically took place as soon as possible, sometimes within hours of the birth. Certainly no more than a day or two, unless there were some unusual circumstances. Chris Kervick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen McGann" <imhear@comcast.net> To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com> Sent: 2008-03-02 2:08 Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] parish registers > And at what age (how soon after birth) did they typically babtize the > babies/children??? > > Karen in CA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bonita Evjen" <bevjen@bevcomm.net> > To: <IRL-LIMERICK@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 5:52 AM > Subject: [IRL-LIMERICK] parish registers > > > > > > I need to clarify. The dates in parish registers are probably > > baptismal dates not birthdates??????? > > > > Bonni > > > > Any Society that would give up liberty for a little security, will > > deserve neither and loose both. > > > > Benjamin Franklin 1759 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message