Hello Anne, The Roman Catholic parish records for Westport which is Aughaval RC parish are microfilmed and available on order through your nearest LDS Family History Centre. See: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Mayo&parish=Aughaval&churchid=1043 You'll see in that link also there are transcriptions online. The records go back to 1845 for baptisms. Go to the bottom of that link and you'll find on the lower left side a further link to the civil parish included in that RC parish which is Oughaval civil parish for Westport Town and other locations. Here's a map of the civil parishes in County Mayo, click on each civil parish to find the names of the towns and townlands in each. The civil parishes were generally the Church of Ireland (Anglican) parishes. http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/civilparish/index.cfm?fuseaction=GetMap&CityCounty=Mayo You can also find the names of the civil parishes for all towns and townlands in Co. Mayo at the Ireland Townland Database http://www.seanruad.com and select Mayo as your search county from the drop down menu. Here's a map of all the Roman Catholic parishes in County Mayo, click on each parish on the maps to see the years covered in the records and where they can be accessed, most are available on microfilm through LDS: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/mayorc.htm Oceanstrands --- On Thu, 9/18/08, amduffy@cox.net <amduffy@cox.net> wrote: > From: amduffy@cox.net <amduffy@cox.net> > Subject: [IRL-MAYO] Westport church Records > To: IRL-MAYO@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 7:33 AM > Hi, I am new to this list and am researching a Mary Jane > Flanagan. She was born about 1854.and lists her place of > birth on a ship's list as Westport, Mayo. She left Mayo > with her family and went to Scotland for a number of years > before going to the states. My question is where would I > look for Roman Catholic church records? What civil parish > is Westport in? > TIA > Anne