Hi George John Forbes, eldest son of the 6th Earl of Granard was buried in the old ruined church of Clongish in the demense of Castle Forbes in 1836. That's all I know about Clonglish ! Sheila Forbes ---------- > From: PeteScherm@aol.com > To: IRL-LONGFORD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LONGFORD~] Re: Mc Claughry Family > Date: Thursday, August 10, 2000 4:50 PM > > In a message dated 8/10/00 11:01:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Joyce writes: > > << can someone help me locate: > > Cleghill Parish, Clonbroney, Co. Longford > Clongish Parish Churchyard > Old Temple Buring Grounds, Longford > A town called Leam where some family sailed from in Sept 1765. > >> > > Joyce, > > I may be able to help a bit. Cleghill is probably Cleggill, and is located in > Clongesh civil parish (but perhaps in Clonbroney RC Parish? Dunno.) On > Discovery Map #40, it's located at 107 772, 2 miles south of Newtown Forbes > and about 3 mile NW of Longford town. > > Clongesh is a civil parish, but there is no townland named Clongesh, so I > don't know where the churchyard would be. Again, you need someone with > church information - I have only the map and civil parish info. > > Nothing on "Old Temple Burying Grounds", by that name. > > Leam. The only Leam I can find, which has easy access to a harbor is in > Mayo, way out on the Mullet. On Discovery map 22, it's located at 637 266, > about 6 miles N of Blacksod Point, on Elly Harbour. Keep in mind that there > is an Aghleam, a few miles down the road closer to Blacksod Point. I have > seen quite a few postings about this place on the Mayo list recently, but the > spelling was a bit different (perhaps starting with an "E"?). The person was > commenting on some sort of a resource or heritage center there that they had > visited, and recommended it. The "leam" in the name, also being an area with > a long maritime tradition .........I would ask on the Mayo list for further > information. I drove around the Mullet last Fall, and it's a wonderful > place. You might want to "buzz over" from Longford, and check it out. > > > Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts >