My cousin and I are traveling to Ireland in June and are planning to go back to Carrickmacross. We stopped there when we went to Ireland two years ago. At that time we were able to find someone to open the gate to a very old cemetery in town to look for headstones but couldn't find any Wards or Byrne(s). The owner of the B and B where we stayed sent us in search of and old cemetery off the Shercock road. We did find one, but we're not sure it was the one that the person sent us looking for. We were unable to find any headstones for Ward or Byrne(s). Has anyone transcribed any of the old cemeteries in the area? We have an obituary for Elizabeth Ward that says she was from Parish Carrick in County Monaghan. Elizabeth's sister, Catherine (born October 1820 in Ireland) was our 3rd great grandmother. Catherine married Bernard Byrne(s) (born about 1786 in Ireland) before 1842 either in Ireland or possibly in Philadelphia, PA. Unfortunately we haven't been able to find any record of the marriage, but we do have records of their children born in Philadelphia. We also have been unable to find record of them arriving in the US. I know that they married within the time frame that there probably is no record of the marriage in Ireland. I did check the St. Joseph's Church register on the LDS film #926055 and found a few Wards, Byrne, and Short(t) (our 2nd great grandfather's surname). The towns listed by these names were Ardragh and Carrigamore. Is there anyone on this list familiar with either of these places? Would there be a cemetery in either place that we could visit? I have been told that the Ward surname is very common in the Carrickmacross area. Another clue was that several McCabe's were sponsors for the children's baptisms in Philadelphia so possibly there may be a family connection there, also. Any suggestions of what else we could do or where we could look when we go in June would be very much appreciate. Bette