My grandmother, Mary Power Foley, and her family lived in Kilsheelan...The Waterford part...the family is mostly buried in the church yard there on the Tipp. side....Most of them came to Worcester, Ma. except her sister Bridget who married John Phelan ..some of their discendents live near Harney's Cross in Waterford Luke lfoley6771@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Janet Crawford <reojan@gmail.com> To: waterford <waterford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Oct 9, 2011 4:54 pm Subject: Re: [WATERFORD] Rootsireland success story and seeking advice OK, It spans the border between the 2 counties but most of it is in o. Tipperary and only a little in Co. Waterford. See the first line in Lewis Janet On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 9:46 PM, James Gorman <jms.gorman@gmail.com> wrote: http://www.google.com/search?q=Kilsheelan%2C+Waterford%2C+Ireland&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a and here is a description I found and maybe you can help me make sense of it. http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis-topographical-dictionary-article/Kilsheelan/Waterford thank you, jim On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Janet Crawford <reojan@gmail.com> wrote: > Jim give me the URL on the map you are pulling up please. > > Janet > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 9:41 PM, James Gorman <jms.gorman@gmail.com> wrote: > > interesting. so the diocese of waterford must overlap the civil > boundaries > > of the county. How come when I type in Kilsheelan, Waterford, Ireland > > Google maps comes up with Kilsheelan, Co. Waterford, Ireland? This is > > confusing to me. > > > > Jim > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Janet Crawford <reojan@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Jim, Although Kilsheelan appears in the Waterford & Lismore records, > >> it is not in Co. Waterford, but in Co. Tipperary. > >> As to departure ports, it might have been Waterford City, but more > >> likely Cobh [Cove], Co. Cork, or New Ross, Co. Wexford...or any other > >> port in Ireland, but those are the most likely. > >> > >> Janet > >> > >> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 8:59 PM, James Gorman <jms.gorman@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > Hello all, > >> > > >> > I just used waterford.rootsireland.ie and was finally able to link my > >> family > >> > to a specific place in Ireland!!!! My educated guess was right. > Thank > >> you > >> > for all your help! > >> > > >> > Now that I have the baptismal record for the first child of James & > Mary > >> > (Dee) Gorman from Kilsheelan, Co. Waterford. I want to discover 2 > more > >> > facts: > >> > > >> > > >> > 1. Where and when were they married. I imagine it was a year or so > >> > before the birth of son William in June of 1853. The marriage > record > >> are > >> > not up yet for Waterford though :(. Any suggestions? > >> > 2. How were they able to come over to Pawtucket, RI from Waterford. > >> > Anyone know of passenger lists from Waterford County? They made the > >> voyage > >> > between june 1853 and aug 1855 (the birth of their second son. So I > >> have a > >> > narrow time frame. > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > > >> > Jim Gorman > >> > Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. > >> > > >> > >> Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. > >> > >> Please search the Archives of this list for your surnames at > >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=waterford > >> > >> ------------------------------------- > >> The Ireland GenWeb County Waterford website is up for adoption. 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