Hi all, The Townland of Templenacroha is in the Barony of Bantry, the Civil Parish of Adamstown in the Poor Law Union of New Ross consisting of some 848 acres. slan Cyril Newsome Loch Garman ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:03 PM Subject: [WEX] Re: WEXFORD-D Digest V06 #10 > Hi Donna, > > I hope that what I have will be of help to you. I am familiar with the area > of County Wexford about which you have made your inquiry. My ancestors were > Old Ross Palatines and attended St. Mary's Church there. It is a Church of > Ireland as are the Adamstown and New Ross Church as well. > > You almost had the place name of Templenacrow deciphered correctly. As best > I can say it is a place name, most likely a townland or perhaps even a single > farm or home. > > Palace is a small crossroads village, about 2 miles north of Old Ross. There > is a Palace House another 1/4 mile to the North east of the Palace crossroads. > > The "ir" in the letter's heading I would judge to be an abbreviation of > Ireland. > > You have the spelling of Thomas Harmon's name correct. He was the curate and > registrar for many of the Hartrick Clan baptisms, marriages and burials in > both the St. Mary's church in New Ross, and Old Ross, and his name appears in > the Adamstown church records as well. He must have been a very busy man indeed. > > Don't be confused by the style of writing of the times. It was quite stylish > to write s' to look like f's . This was carried over to double ss'. In > researching old documents I have seen these written as "sf" and "fs" and this on > the same page by the same penman! You have only to look at our own Declaration > of Independence for s' that look like fs. They are in the phrase "...among > these are Life Liberty and the Purfuit of Happynefff." > > Lester J. Hartrick > > Visit the Hartrick Clan Website at: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hartrickclan > > > ==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== > DO NOT post virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, etc. > > >