The Reverend Joseph Barker, Rector of Achill (Tuam) 1852-1871, and Family

Hello and welcome, Lindsay.  

You may like to check this out. "The Preacher and the Prelate  - The Achill Mission Colony and the Battle for Souls in Famine Ireland"  by Patricia Byrne.  See website Achill News      www.achillnews.com ;

Enjoy your visit. 

Greetings Maggie May

Thank you for the kindness of your reply to my query - I purchased/read that book immediately l became aware of it in New Zealand last year; upon concluding the read I promptly wrote to Patricia Byrne, and having arrived in Dublin early on the morning of Thursday 5 September, 2019, subsequently met with Patricia in Adare, Co. Limerick, on the morning of Saturday 7 September - Patricia forwarded my initial email to Hillary Tulloch, (noted by Patricia as a reference for the book), who is a descendant of Edward Nangle by his first wife Eliza...

We have just arrived in Westport, having spent tthe last wo days in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, including visiting the grave of my Great Great Grandmother Emma Caroline Barker, and attending a Church Service at rural St Matthew's, Clontuskert, where her final resting place is to be found...

On Friday we are heading away to Achill for a three day stay, which time will afforf an extensive visit to all locations related to the Achill Mission Colony - on our return to Dublin we are to meet with Hillary Tulloch at Deansgrange Cemetery, so as to visit the grave of Edward & Sarah Nangle; Sarah Nangle was an elder Sister of Emma Caroline Barker, both born (nee Fetherstonhaugh) - their Father, Cuthbert Fetherstonhaugh, was also a Church of Ireland Clergyman, at Hacketstown, Co. Carlow, and we will call in at that Church on our way from Kilkenny to Dublin...

Regards

Lindsay McLean