All, Great site, my Grandmother is from Bonmahon, Townland of Seafield, and we are planning to spend a great amount of time in the area on our next trip. ( Grandfather is from Gorteen, Ringville). This site will contribute greatly to that trip. Look forward to more articles on the area. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Seán O'Brien, LIPF. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 4:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WAT] Parishes in Kilmacthomas area. Peter, etc. Yes, the Catholic Church at Bonmahon, on Eastern end of village, is called SALEEN ; no cemetery there. There's also a disused Protestant church in the village. Its cemetery's few headstones include one showing that a POPE existed there (1800s) who had two wives!!! There's an attractive well-kept Protestant church and cemetery at ROSSMIRE (?), twixt NEWTOWN and Kilmac (Most people use the abbreviated name. The original Gaelic - 'Choill Mhic Thomáisín = 'The wood of the son of little Thomas' - more than likely). Convent chapel at Kilmac correct. Quaint, tiny, well-preserved rural R.C. church and cemetery at FAUGHEEN short distance S.E. approx. of KILL. Have never seen one so small. Not to be confused with FAUGHEEN N.E. of Carrick-on-Suir. Another R.C. church, the Barron Memorial Church can be found at FAHA about 2 mls. S.W. of Kilmac. Also, about 2 mls. N. of Kilmac lies the rural R.C. church and cemetery of FEWS. The latter and NEWTOWN have fine stained windows by Watsons of Youghal. Two from Newtown can be seen on the site: wwwdotwaterford-county-irelanddotprodotie All are within a 13 mile radius of me. Seán. >From: "Peter Langley" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [WAT] Parishes in Kilmacthomas >Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 21:42:04 -0000 > >If my memory serves me right, the church in Kilmacthomas (I take your >word >for it Pete that there is) is or was the chapel belonging to the convent >and is on the edge of the town. >Newtown was a new town built about two miles away, but apart from streets >being laid out and a church built, nothing else happened. >I can't remember ever seeing a church at Bonmahon, and I thought the >nearest is Ballylaneen about two miles inland from Bonmahon and on the road >to Kilmac. Something at the back of my mind tells me that it is now part of >Stradbally parish. >Peter. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 9:09 PM >Subject: Re: [WAT] Parishes in Kilmacthomas > > >Frances at [email protected] writes: > ><< I understand that the parish of Kill and Newtown has four churches. >I have the ordinance map for the area, but I cannot find Newtown--I do >find Kill. Also, I am not able to locate the four churches >> > >Frances, > >OK, Here we go !! The Kilmacthomas church is called Our Lady of Mercy, >and is located about a half-mile east of the actual town of Kilmacthomas. >Strange >as it seems, the Newtown church is less than a mile and a half from the >Kilmacthomas one, just up the same road, to the NE. It is close to the >village and >townland of Newtown, but is actually located in Parkeennaglogh townland. >The >church is called All Saints. > >You've located Kill, about four miles ESE of Kilmacthomas. The church >there >is called Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The fourth church in the townland is >way >south, just a few hundred yards north of the town on Bunmahon, on the >ocean. >The area is known as Saleen, but that's an unofficial designation. The >actual >townland is Kilduane, and the church name is St. Mary's. > >Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western >Massachusetts > > >==== WATERFORD Mailing List ==== >** To unsubscribe from the list send unsubscribe to >[email protected] or [email protected] if you >are on digest mode** > > > > >==== WATERFORD Mailing List ==== >** Visit SHAMROCKROOTS >http://community.webtv.net/shamrockroots/SHAMROCKROOTS ** > Seán O'Brien, in historic Portlaw, County Waterford, of 19th century Cotton-Mill fame. www.clodaghcreations.pro.ie _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ==== WATERFORD Mailing List ==== ** Civil Registration began in Ireland in 1864, before that you will have to access parish registers. See http://community.webtv.net/mpetzolt2/helpfulhints for how to use Civil Registration records **