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    1. [MEATH] Kilskeer/Kilskyre
    2. My grandmother Mary Farrelly was born in the townland of Lisnagon, Civil Parish of Kilskeer (Kilskyre) and in the Catholic Parish of Kilskeer. (The Civil Parish and the Catholic Parish cover similar territory but are not totally identical from what I can determine from maps). She was married in one of the Catholic Churches in the Catholic Parish of Kilskeer which happened to be in the town or townland of Kilskeer. This particular church does have a Saint's name ie. St. Alphonsus Liguori but from my limited experience, the churches in Ireland are referred to by the town or townland name.The church opened for worship in 1853. There had been two previous church structures there. I have part of the Meath ordance survey six inch sheet (one inch to a mile ) which indicates the Roman Catholic Church of Kilskeer and other nearly Catholic Churches. The Meath Heritage Center presented me with the marriage of my gr. gr.parents in 1851 and the Baptism of the 6 children plus sponsors. This data included the townland. I put a letter in the Meath Chronicle and my second cousin contacted me. I have been to the Kilskeer Church and to the nearby cemetery in Castlekeeran where my relatives are buried. My great grandmother Ellen Smyth was born in nearby Seymourstown. Other townlands in my family history are Derver and Deerspark. Geraldine

    07/02/2002 04:01:14