If you call in at the library in Wexford Town they may be able to help locate graveyards where O'Sullivans are buried. You will find the staff there most helpful. Ced -----Original Message----- From: wexford-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wexford-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of PeteScherm@aol.com Sent: 15 January 2011 14:37 To: karen@karott.com; wexford@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WEXFORD] O'Sullivans, Raheens, etc. Karen writes: === I've not been able to find Poulpeasty on any maps and am wondering if that is near the correct Raheen. [snip] ....living in Shanowle, Horetown, Wexford. My GGGgrandfather's name was Nicholas. However, there is no Raheen nearby. === Karen, The townland of Poulpeasty is located in Whitechurchglynn civil parish, about 2 miles or so NNW of Taghmon town. A mile or so SW of Poulpeasty is the townland of Shanowle, in Horetown civil parish. From Shanowle, heading due south, we come to a Raheen townland, in Taghmon civil parish. The Shanowle-to-Raheen distance is only a bit over a mile by magpie, but nearly 3 miles by road. There is a similarly-named townland of Pollpeasty about a dozen mile NW of Poulpeasty, and a Raheen within 3 miles or so of it.......but no Shanowle nearby [gr]. === What I'd like to find is the parish where the O'Sullivans were from, the church they would have attended, but most of all, the graveyard where ancestors could be buried. === This will take a bit of time (which I don't have much of, these days.....), but I'll try to put some of this together within the next week. Fortunately, you're not leaving for Ireland soon. A quick glance at my maps, etc. shows RC churches in nearby Carrowreagh and Cullenstown, and graveyards in Kilgarvan and Wilkinstown. And, of course, both categories are prevalent in and around Taghmon town, which is less than 3 miles from Poulpeasty townland. I'll get back to you on this remaining info soon, but if you have any additional questions, drop me a line. Just a caution, though - I don't do any genealogy, so I'd only feel comfortable with geography, archaeology, some history......and related matters [gr]. Pete - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts </HTML> Wexford Surnames List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/wexford.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEXFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message