Jim: Ballygarran looks to be in Stradbally Parish just a few miles south of Bonmahon right on the coast. Your Maurice and Julia Flahavan must be mine also. I have more information. Luke

Jim at [email protected] writes: << I know where Kilmacthomas is but cannot locate Ballingarron and Banmahon >> Jim, I think I can help you on at least one of these. The town of Bunmahon is at the mouth of the Mahon river, five miles SSE of Kilmacthomas. If you'd be just as happy with a Bally as you would with a Ballin, there's a Ballygarran townland less than two miles nearly due west of Bunmahon. If you'd prefer to stick with the Ballin, there is a Ballingarry townland less than two miles NE of Bunmahon. Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts

Jim: My gr gr grandparents were Maurice and Julia Flahavan. They were living in Stradbally when my great grandmother, Catherine Flahavan Foley, was born about 1845. She brought the family here to Worcester Ma. in 1890 after my great grandfather died. Maybe they are the same folks. The place you refer to is Bonmahon. it's right next to Stradbally, on the coast of Waterford about 10 miles down the coast road as you go from Waterford City to Dungarvan. Very nice place, I was there last summer. It was the site of a big time copper mine in the early part of the 19th century. Evidently part of the Flahavan family went to Bute Montana to continue mining. Luke

1. Dungarvan Museum Launches Series Of Reproduction Postcards 2. Thanks To Our Anonymous Donor 3. The Complete Extract For Waterford County From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary 4. Changing Email address for this mailing list ============================================== 1. Dungarvan Museum launches series of reproduction postcards ============================================== Dungarvan Museum has just launched the first in what is anticipated to be a series of postcards. These postcards are reproductions of 100 year old postcards that visitors to the town bought in the last century. These cards will serve the dual function of raising some money for the museum and raising awareness of the town's history. It is not intended to sell these cards via the Internet at the moment due to the small amount of money involved. When the series of four cards are available (no time span on this I'm afraid) we will probably sell the set on-line. In the meantime visitors to the museum can purchase the card for the sum of 1 Euro. ============================================== 2. Thanks To Our Anonymous Donor ============================================== Our thanks to the gentleman who donated 200 Euro to the museum to replace the Museum Sign which was broken recently. ============================================== 3. New Web-site Article - The Complete Extract For Waterford County From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary ============================================== Jackie McGuire of the Museum has been very busy over the last 6 months retyping all of the Waterford section of Lewis's Book (over 70 Pages broken into two columns about A3 size). First published in 1837 it gives a complete picture of what life was like in every Parish in County Waterford at the time. You can find population stats., occupations, details of topography, housing, trade, industry for all areas of Waterford (including the city). All of the Parish's are listed so you should find your ancestors Parish in there somewhere. You will also find a detailed history of Waterford City. You can find the articles on Lewis's (all 4 of them by clicking on Exhibitions at the top of the home page at www.dungarvanmuseum.org . My thanks to Jackie for all her hard work. If you like the articles (or if you have a criticism) please e-mail the museum at [email protected] ============================================== 4. Changing Email address for this mailing list ============================================== To REMOVE your email address from this list send an email to [email protected] with the following line in the body of the message. unsubscribe [email protected] Example : unsubscribe [email protected] To ADD your email address to this list send an email to [email protected] with the following line in the body of the message. subscribe [email protected] Example : subscribe [email protected] ========================================================================== William Whelan | Déise Design | http://www.deisedesign.com | Phone : 086 2748377 " Our core product Déiseditor © allows organisations to publish information to their web site in a fast and cost effective manner. There is no need for a full time web developer, as the site can easily updated by the organisations own staff. Instant updates to keep site information fresh. Sites which are updated regularly bring users back. " Déiseditor © " Managing Your Information " ==========================================================================

I have the death information for a Maurice and Julia Flahavan that lists their residence and place of death as "Ballingarron", district of "Banmahon", and the Union of Kilmacthomas. I know where Kilmacthomas is but cannot locate Ballingarron and Banmahon--Ballingarron does not appear on any list of townlands that I can see. Any advice is appreciated. Jim

It has been a long time since I posted my interests and today was the day to get it done! I have a Joseph Nash, son of Joseph Nash and Sarah Timmings/Timmins that had a business in Waterford. He was actually born in England but at some point moved to Waterford. He married Anne Bradley in 1815 in Waterford. She was the daughter of James Barrington Bradley and Elizabeth Gadsden Bradley. He was a bacon merchant. I would LOVE to hear from anyone that knows of any of these families! I have such a large gap in info on Anne Bradley and her family and would love to learn more. I have lots to share on my Nash famiiy (except for Sarah Timmings/Timmins). Can't wait to make a connection!!! Judy

Hello I wonder if anyone has easy access to a Clonmel directory from about 1904. According to a note in the diary of my greatgrandfather, he sent a money order to J.J.Long of Clonmel on the 16 of May 1904. There are no Longs on the family tree, so I wonder what the money might have been for. If I could find out JJs line of business, that might give me a clue. Cheers Mick Dowling Melbourne Australia

Found a great number of 1700-1800 civil and parish records for multiple counties at http://www.celticcousins.net/

Sporry I had to make some corrections on this former post of mine. I see I got some wrong names in places. Maxine Corrected messge below. -----Original Message----- From: Maxine Wilton <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 9:02 AM Subject: [WAT] Brannon,Patrick/Need Map please > hello Tim, > Are you living in Ireland??? >I had a 5th grt Granfather Name of Patrick Brannon prob b abt 1725 to 1733??? I am looking for. him. He was mar to __???? and had John Brannon ( Irish John) b 1745 in Stradbally, Queens Ire. John had a falling out with his father, Patrick when 18 yrs old. John then left and went into Pennsyvainia YSA in abt 1763 Then abt 1765 he mar to Rebecca Baldwin in Ct or Pa. After several yrs they moved to Winchester, Va later became W VA. USA in 1769 abt.. . John also had a bro name of Thomas who came into Saco, Maine in abt 1785??? He was b 25 Dec 1755 in same place but in a small town abt 15 miles from where John was born. Thomas was the father of the famous Samuel "Sam" Brannan of Gold Rush days in California in 1850's i and in San Frabsisco, California. > He was b in Saco, maine by Thomas's 2nd wife after 1st died there. Sam said his dad was an old man when he was a little boy. > I just subscribed to the Waterford List so will later put message in to see if I can locate this Patrick Brannon of early to late 1700's. >I would like to have a copy of the map. I have a 486 Comp with Word 6. >Maxine Baldwin Wilton in >PO Box 177 >Roy Wa. 98580 U S A. >[email protected] > > > >==== WATERFORD Mailing List ==== >** Visit the IrelandGenWeb at http://www.irelandgenweb.com ** >

In a message dated 5/6/2002 4:02:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > My great grandmother was Catherine Flahavan Foley. She was born in > Stradbally > Co Waterford, which is on the coast and isn't all that far from Dungarvan. > Catherine's father was Maurice Flahavan, born in 1797. There were a bunch > of > Flahavan is the Stradbally area, so it would seem a good place to look. > thanks. heidi

I have received four responses to-date to a posting that I made three days ago about Henry Power. Encouraged by that success, I am now trying a second posting about another Power relation about whom I have very little information. I am searching for information on the a step-uncle of mine, William Power - born at Harrington's Lane, Barrack Street, Waterford on 28th April 1875. He was baptised in Ballybricken Church on 2nd May 1875. The sponsors at baptism were Joseph Meaney and Mary Power. The priest who officiated was Rev William Quealy and the baptismal stipend was 1/-. William Power's birth was registered on 6th May 1875 by Judith Power, present at birth. William's parents were William Power [born in County Waterford on10th November 1846 and died at Emmet Place in waterford City on 20th May 1918] and his first wife, Anne [nee Meany][date of birth unknown to me - she died 1st November 1883, age 38 years] William left home which was by then at Sallypark, Waterford, on 8th June 1890. By that time, his father was a signalman in the Waterford Limerick and Western Railway [later the Great Southern and Western Railway] and he had married a second time. His second wife, Mary Ellen Power [nee Power] was my grandmother. Little precise information is know about "young" William Power after he left home on 8th June 1890 at age 15 years. Family tradition is that he joined the Army and some elderly relations remember him in uniform up to the 1920s. I have, however, been unable to trace what Regiment [if any] he joined and a number of searches at the Public Record Office have failed to discover any records relating to him. Any help will be much appreciated. Dr Con Power

My great grandmother was Catherine Flahavan Foley. She was born in Stradbally Co Waterford, which is on the coast and isn't all that far from Dungarvan. Catherine's father was Maurice Flahavan, born in 1797. There were a bunch of Flahavan is the Stradbally area, so it would seem a good place to look.

Hi everyone, i am new to the list and have a couple of questions. my maternal g.g.granparents were john flavin/flahavan and johanna curran. i dont know very much about them. johanna was born to irish parents, either in ireland or in boston, probably around 1840. in 1865ish she was given a trip to ireland as a gift from her brothers for taking care of their mother while the boys were fighting in the civil war. while on the trip she met and married john flavin/flahavan. ultimately, the two settled next to the RC church in dungarvan where they lived a small house belonging to the church in exchange for caretaking and doing the laundry etc. they had 4 children: mary, john, kate, and bertha (bridget). 3 children emigrated to the us and mary remained in ireland. i have been able to find birth records for their oldest child, bertha. i tried to find john and mary's marriage in the civil registration index at LDS but no luck. they were married, probably 1964-1866 time period. i notice that flavin and curran are both surnames which appear in great frequency in waterford and cork. anyone have any suggestions about where i might check next? heritage center? RC record source in dungarvan? i would like to see a marriage certificate as it might list parents, etc. thanks, Heidi [email protected] Researching the names MCGAVERN, MCGAVER, LEIGHTON, JENKINS, ISLAND, ARNOLD, MACARTHUR, MACLAREN, O'BRIEN (Co. Cork), CURRAN, and FLAVAHAN/FLAVIN

I am repeating this posting that I made to the POWER List, the POWERS List and the WATERFORD List on three occasions over the past year, the most recent last month. The posting is about a granduncle of mine, the only brother of my paternal grandmother, Mary Ellen Power [nee Power]. I am seeking information about Henry Power who was born in Waterford on 16th April 1857. He was baptised in the Church of St John, Parish of St John Ballygunner on 19th April. The sponsors at baptism were John Martin and Honor Rourke. The officiating priest was Rev P Nolan. I know nothing about Henry Power other than the facts of his birth and baptism. For how long did he live, where did he live, did he marry, did he have children, what was his occupation, etc., are questions to which I have no answers. YET ON EACH OF THE THREE PREVIOUS OCCASIONS ON WHICH I MADE THIS POSTING, SOMEBODY ON ONE OF THE THREE LISTS SENT ME A VIRUS IN ANSWER TO THE POSTING. I cannot possible conceive why anybody would be so consumed with malice as to intentionally send a virus in answer to the posting. If somebody thinks that they have something to say about a granduncle about whom I know virtually nothing, then please let them say it. Henry Power's parents were Michael Power and his wife, Margaret [nee Martin]. At the time of Henry's birth, they lived at Spring Garden Alley, Waterford City. Henry's father, Michael Power, was born to William Power and his wife, Mary [nee Feeley][married on 11th August 1822]. Michael was baptised in Ballybricken Church, Waterford, on 19th August 1823 [born some days prior to that - the exact date is not recorded in Church records]. Henry had three siblings:- 1 Mary Ellen Power born 23rd March 1958 [my paternal grandmother] about whom I have a complete life history. 2 Ellen Bridget Power baptised 14th April 1861 in St Patrick's Church, Waterford - sponsors David Power and Catherine Britt. She emigrated to Australia, married, and I have her complete life history. Elizabeth Power born 11th August 1865 and baptised on 20th August 1865 in Ballybricken Church - sponsors Thomas Dalton and Mary Kenney. She emigrated to Australia, married, and I have her complete life history. Any information about the above Henry Power would be much appreciated. Dr Con Power [born at Gracedieu East, Waterford - now living in Dublin, Ireland]

I am seeking information about Henry Power who was born in Waterford on 16th April 1857. He was baptised in the Church of St John, Parish of St John Ballygunner on 19th April. The sponsors at baptism were John Martin and Honor Rourke. The officiating priest was Rev P Nolan. Henry Power's parents were Michael Power and his wife, Margaret [nee Martin]. At the time of Henry's birth, they lived at Spring Garden Alley, Waterford City. Henry's father, Michael Power, was born to William Power and his wife, Mary [nee Feeley] [married on 11th August 1822]. Michael was baptised in Ballybricken Church, Waterford, on 19th August 1823 [born some days prior to that - the exact date is not recorded in Church records]. Henry had three siblings:- Mary Ellen Power born 23rd March 1958 [my paternal grandmother] Ellen Bridget Power baptised 14th April 1861 in St Patrick's Church, Waterford - sponsors David Power and Catherine Britt Elizabeth Power born 11th August 1865 and baptised on 20th August 1865 in Ballybricken Church - sponsors Thomas Dalton and Mary Kenney. Any information would be much appreciated. Dr Con Power

I am searching for information on the following. William Power - born at Harrington's Lane, Barrack Street, Waterford on 28th April 1875. He was baptised in Ballybricken Church on 2nd May 1875. The sponsors at baptism were Joseph Meaney and Mary Power. The priest who officiated was Rev William Quealy and the baptismal stipend was 1/-. William Power's birth was registered on 6th May 1875 by Judith Power, present at birth. William's parents were William Power [born 10th November 1846 and died 20th May 1918] and Anne [nee Meany][died 1st November 1883, age 38 years] William left home in Sallypark, Waterford, on 8th June 1890. Little precise information is know of him since then. Any help will be much appreciated. Dr Con Power

1. Dungarvan Museum short-listed in international web awards 2. Book Sale - May 3rd to May 4th 3. New web-site article written by Michael Desmond ============================================== 1. Dungarvan Museum short-listed in international web awards ============================================== We had a pleasant surprise in the museum recently. The press release that we sent to the local newspapers is reproduced below. Dungarvan Museum Among World’s Top Five Museums It is quite an achievement for a small local museum to be able to compete with large museums on an international stage. At the sixth annual Museums and the Web conference (held in Boston), Dungarvan Museum’s web site www.dungarvanmuseum.org was short-listed in the Best Research Site category. To make the final short list Dungarvan Museum displaced web sites from the Smithsonian Institution and Harvard among others. Also short listed along with Dungarvan Museum’s web site were: Tate Online (Tate Galleries, UK) Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History Black Wings: African American Pioneer Aviators (American National Air And Space Museum) EH Strickland Entomological Museum (University Of Alberta) The winner of the award in Dungarvan Museum’s category was the American Museum of Natural History. At the moment the site has over 1000 pages on local history. The site uses text, video, photographs, virtual tours and downloads to explore many topics of local historical interest (the Famine, the Moresby Disaster, King John’s Castle, Waterford Men in the Great War, War Of Independence etc.). The web site allows Dungarvan Museum to function as a publishing house for local historians. Publishing on-line is a cost free method for local historians to distribute articles to a larger audience than would normally be available to them. New articles are added on a regular basis. Between 800 and 1500 different people a week consult our on-line archive on West Waterford history and over 500 people from all over the world are members of our free electronic mailing list. The web site was constructed at no charge by Martin and William Whelan of local web site design company Deise Design (www.deisedesign.com) as their contribution to preserving Waterford’s past. The site has been constructed using a content management system called Deiseditor developed by the Deise Design web consultancy over a two-year period. This content management system allows Dungarvan Museum Staff to publish their information online quickly and easily. According to the Museums And The Web organisation the sites short listed support research on museum collections and provide excellent resources for researchers from any discipline. They are primarily aimed at on-line databases and search engines that provide detailed information for individuals and or groups. Reviewed web sites were marked according to the following criterion: Ease of use for both experienced and novice researchers Accuracy and depth of content Consistency of material Currency of links and updates Extent of links and references to other related resources and sites Dungarvan Museum Society, a voluntary non-profit organisation, was founded in 1982 to run museum. In 1999 the Museum moved to a new location at the old Town Hall in St. Augustine Street, Dungarvan, County Waterford. Dungarvan Museum is part funded by Waterford County Council. You can read further details about the Museums and the Web competition online at http://www.archimuse.com/mw2002/ . ============================================== 2. Book Sale - May 3rd to May 4th ============================================== Dungarvan Museum has another second hand book sale to raise funds on May 3rd (7pm to 10pm) and May 4th (10am to 7.30pm). The sale will be held in the Museum on Friary Street, Dungarvan (opposite the Friary Church). All proceeds go to support the museum. This sale has taken on added importance since a lorry driver broke our sign outside the museum after illegally parking on the payment. He then drove off leaving the Museum with a 200 Euro bill to replace the sign. ============================================== 3. New web-site article written by Michael Desmond ============================================== Michael Desmond has written a great article on Glenanore, County Waterford. The article traces the development of a small clustered mountain village in west Waterford. It looks at the available surveys to try and trace its development and demise. For Genealogists out there family names mentioned include Brazill’s, Harney’s, Wall’s, Coffey’s, McGrath's, Power's, Foley, Ryan, Connors and O’Keeffe. If any readers enjoy the article be sure and e-mail Michael with your thoughts. 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Dear Listers, Many thanks to all the responders to my query regarding my confusion over Glencairn and Castle Richard. All were helpful and, if your experience is like mine, each bit of information builds to some kind of reliable fact. I also use another map source not mentioned, the Univ of California. Their historical map collection is outstanding. In my home town of Santa Barbara, California, the Univ of SB provides free 11x17 copied of any part of their 19th Century OS maps of the Irish Counties. I first saw the entry for Castle Richard on this map. You may live near a large University and be able to obtain the same help. According to my further research, the present Glencairn Abbey home of Cistercian nuns was first the site of Glengarron Castle, then Castle Richard, then Glencairn Abbey. My Waterford ancestors Michael English and Mary Sullivan had a large family: Jeremiah 1815, Ellen 1817, Brigid 1819, Denis 1822, Michael 1824, Andrew 1827, Catherine 1829, Mary 1834, John 1835. Jeremiah and Mary are undocumented as to Baptism, but they are members of this family, based on other evidence. There may have been other children in those later years who were not entered into the record. Mary is my 2xs great grandmother. I have positive evidence of the immigration of the entire family to New York, except for sons Michael and Andrew. In addition, a Michael Sullivan, age given as 64, died in the Alms House on Blackwell's Island in NY. He is buried with the family in Calvary Cemetery. I presume this man to be possibly elder brother to Mary Sullivan. Also, Ellen English was said by my father to be the widow of Daniel Bossedy. However, she came to New York alone and later married Michael Hurley, a widower with three sons. There is evidence that she married Bossedy in Tallow RC Parish. I presume he died before she left Waterford. I hope this information will jog some connections out there. I have found my Burke descendants in Perth, Australia. Who knows. Perhaps Andrew or Michael went there or to England. But just maybe, they stayed in Ireland. Sheila MacAvoy Block

You might try Borders -- you probably want the Discovery Series map(s) for the area(s) you're interested in. Also, try a search engine (say, http://www.google.com) and enter "discovery +series +map +ireland."

Does anyone know a source in the USA to purchase Irish Ordinance Survey maps? Even though they are not indexed, they are very helpful. I have two purchased from a source in Ireland, but it would be much simpler to purchase them in the USA. Thanks in advance. Maxine Driscoll ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Whelan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 6:10 AM Subject: Re: [WAT] Waterford Ports > Sheila, > > Its important not to overestimate the importance or significance of > townlands. They are VERY small sometimes a few fields in size, the term > 'town' is a bit confusing. Because of this they are often not used by > locals. I for one would not know most of the townlands near me or right > next to me unless I checked an OS Map. Very often they are only known > because of an important building etc that exists on it. i.e Glencairn and > the Abbey. Locals will often use a street or area address which covers a > wider area relative to the townland. I have never heard of Castle Richard > near Tallow, but that don't mean it doesn't exist. I suppose what I really > mean to say is that is possibly enough to know that they came from Tallow. > Its all about geographical scale > > Hope this helps > > Willie > > > At 08:19 25/04/2002 -0400, [email protected] wrote: > >Sheila at [email protected] writes: > > > ><< Townland Glencairn, Civil Parish Lismore and Mocollop. I always thought > >they were from Barracks Street in Tallow Town <snip> The baptisms of their > >children is recorded in Tallow Parish, CastleRichard. I am having trouble > >understanding the > >geography. I see Castle Richard interchanged with Glencairn. Anyone know the > >difference? >> > > > >Sheila, > > > >The townland of Glencairn is located less than 3 miles north of Tallow Town. > >Within that townland, there is a crossroads. The north-leading road goes to > >Glencairn Abbey, on the south bank of the Blackwater. That crossroads is > >marked as "Castlerichard Cross Roads" on Discovery map 81. There is no > >townland of Castlerichard in the area (the nearest Castlerichard townland is > >15 miles due south, in Co. Cork), but it is obviously a locally-used name for > >that place. > > > >Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts > > > > > >==== WATERFORD Mailing List ==== > >** Visit the Waterford County page at > >http://community.webtv.net/waterfordroots/waterford ** > > > ==== WATERFORD Mailing List ==== > ** Messages to the Waterford list should be sent to [email protected] ** >