Ellen asks: === I'm not sure what the names of churches would be in that area circa 1830-1860.?? Any suggestions would be very appreciated. === Ellen, I have "some" information for you. Currently, the town of Tramore has only one RC church, (The Exaltation of the) Holy Cross Church. You can get current information, contact numbers, etc. from the diocese website at: == www.waterfordlismore.com ==. As far as the 1830 to 1860 period is concerned, here are some excerpts from Patrick Power's 1937 "Waterford & Lismore" history book. This is a bit on the founding of the church: "Tramore church, one of the finest structures of its kind in Ireland, is an enduring monument to the architectural genius of McCarthy and to the magnificent courage and resource of Rev. Nicholas Cantwell. It was commenced in 1856 and completed in 1871, at a cost of £18,000, on a site given free by Lord Doneraile.". The following paragraph consists of only one sentence, but it is probably very significant for your situation: "The Parochial Registers begin in 1785, but there is a break from 1831 to 1857 as the books for that period were destroyed accidentally by fire." I do not know where Roman Catholics would have worshipped during the early part of the 1800's (before Tramore Church was in use). My first thought was Drumcannon, as that was the civil parish seat at one time. But the medieval church there, already disused, was "modified" by the Anglican Bishop Mills in 1735 and converted to a Protestant church (Power's book, and the Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford). In the Ordnance Survey Letters of 1841, John O'Donovan in his description of the Duncannon church, implies that the church was disused by that time: "The other windows are large and very modern and it appears from the plastering on the inside that the building is not long out of use." There is a "graveyard of considerable extent attached to this Church" (J O'D), but I don't know if it is still in use. Power identifies Parish Priests in the 1700's who were buried in that graveyard. I've probably given you more bad news than good.....sorry about that. Pete - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts </HTML>