Hi Maeve, I have found the primary reason for association with a particular parish for baptism (and marriages) seems to be through the female side of the family. The baptisms seem to occur in the wife's church. I have three families in the Moyaliff area that is in the southern most portion of the Upperchurch parish. One family went to Upperchurch for baptisms - the wife was from Glown, just west of the village of Upperchurch. The other two went to Holycross for baptisms, just to the east of Moyaliff. I believe the wives were from the Holycross area but Holycross is also a lot closer than Upperchurch so that might have played a role in the decision. There is a good chance that your Mary Maher was from Upperchurch parish. I have an observation about Thurles and your Dwyer's association with that parish. In my research I have found persons who were thought to be from Thurles or near Thurles or from the Thurles area were in fact found to be living elsewhere. Part of the confusion stems from the fact that Thurles is a town, a parish and Pool Law Union. The other part comes from the fact that Thurles was the market town for the area and sometimes people referenced their point of origin as Thurles because it was better known than the smaller surrounding townlands. Best Regards, Mike McGraw Austin, TX -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of mae bowater Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 6:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [IRL-TIP] Dwyer/Maher of Thurles i am researching the family of James O'Dwyer and Mary Maher from the Parish of Thurles. whilst in Tipperary in 2001 i found a family at the Tipperary Heritage Unit which matched this family but they were all baptised in Upperchurch, as these parishes are close in vicinity does anyone know if it is possible that would have gone to Upperchurch to be baptised instead of Thurles? these were the years 1831 to 1844. the children consists of Ellen, James, Daniel, John b1838, Ellen, Phillip who went to Ohio USA and Thomas. John my ggfather came to Victoria Australia 1858 at age 17. Daniel also came to Victoria c1859. John was literate and wrote beautiful letters which i have only just been shown. thank you for any information Maeve in Victoria Australia Enjoy a better web experience. Upgrade to the new Internet Explorer 8 optimised for Yahoo!7. Get it now. _______________________________________________________ Griffith's Valuation: http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message