CARA, Ah, you've struck a nerve of mine! When you say Heatley's I assume you mean Edward Heatley b. 181X and ...............; this is the Edward whom I believe could ? be my gggranddad. If his wife was ELLEN CARR then this would be him! Stone with only Edward's name on it right next to the church which is in ruins. Stone withstanding weathering very, very well. Any suggestions as to how I could check any further on this?? County Wicklow does not appear to be in favor of genealogists, other than to rip us off!!! Bill -----Original Message----- From: Cara_Links <cracker@hotkey.net.au> To: IRL-WICKLOW-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:44:57 +1100 Subject: [Wicklow] SNIPS N SNAPS -4 Macreddin Church was built in 1828 situated 3 miles from the Aughrim village and sold in 1991 and now is a private residence Derralossary Church, Three Mile Water, Kilcandra, are all churches that have closed in this century, Derralossary being the burial ground for some Heatley's, Valentine and Erskine Childers a former President of Ireland who died suddenly in 1974. New Kilbride with a congregation of only 6 persons recently were aided by the Roman Catholic parishioners in the area, to restore their church. Reverend Sherwood of Arklow and clergyman of Kilbride and St Saviours Arklow was recently chained to the Steeple of St Saviours in a fund raising effort to help preserve and restore St Saviours and if you are passing that way a small donation would aid his cause, tell him you read about it here on our Wicklow List. Reverend William Butler Bryan 1860-1886 was behind the building of Holy Trinity Castlemacadam the church was consecrated in 1870. Inch Co Wexford parish of Arklow. Was in the half Barony of Arklow Seeking ancestors one needs to look at the border towns around the area. Of all the counties outside Ulster 19th century Wicklow had the highest proportion of Protestant Inhabitants. Between 1785 and 1806 there were six surveys of Lord Hill's entire Co Wicklow Estate made by John Brownrigg and John Longfield Michael Dwyer is said to have been the reason that a military road was built through the Wicklow mountains. ©Cara_Links Researching Co.Wicklow,Wexford. A headstone or two, a dusting of elsewhere A friend is one who accepts your past, loves you as you are, and believes in all of your tomorrow's. ***Please remind me if I have not done that job for you, my intentions are always good, but sometimes time runs out on me, so I leave it up to you to remind me. ==== IRL-WICKLOW Mailing List ==== SUBJECT LINE~ Make it catch the eye of the reader, Body of the mail add as much information as you can ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx