Yvonne at yvonner@optushome.com.au writes: << Pete mentions 47 RC churches, only 8 with graveyards. Where were Catholics buried? >> Yvonne, Probably in their local townland or village cemetery - or see the following. Here is a section of the Introduction to Mitchell's book, which may also give some guidance: > Generally, Church of Ireland graveyards should be examined irrespective of an ancestor's religion. It was October 1829 before a Catholic cemetery opened in Dublin at Goldenbridge. Prior to the 1820's, owing to the operation of the Penal Laws, both Catholic and Protestants shared the same graveyards. And prior to the Burial Act of 1868, which permitted dissenting ministers to conduct burial services, the Church of Ireland held jurisdiction over funeral services for all Protestants. Right up to the mid-nineteenth century it is not uncommon to find Presbyterian ministers and Methodist preachers buried in a Church of Ireland cemetery. < - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts