Thomas Mara and Alice Bridges

Katie:

I searched the subscription site Roots Ireland and located a November 26 1821 baptismal record for a Thomas Mara with father James Mara and a mother Ann. The sponsors were John Neil and Biddy Connor. The RC parish was Kingstown/Dun Laoghaire. The family lived in a place called Glassdoole which I can't locate. I will ask our Dublin expert if he knows where Glassdoole is located. The link to the record is below.

https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633806?locale=en#page/22/mode/1up

I also located the January 18 1835 baptismal record for Allice Bridges with the parents you listed above. I did not find the actual record on the Castletown/Offerlane parish register. One witness was Tom Bridges. I checked the 1850 Griffiths Valuation for Offerlane civil parish. Thomas Bridges was living in Marymount townland.

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Roger McDonnell

''Glassdoole' is one of several old spelling variants for the village of Glasthule, in South east County Dublin. It's located to the south east of Kingstown (name of which reverted to Dún Laoghaire in the 1920s).

See the c1837 map below of the area followed by a wider map of South County Dublin.

At the time of that 1821 baptism the Catholic parish church was actually at Cabinteely, which is to the south - see the 3rd map. Also attached below is an extract from Thom's 1848 directory listing for the Kingstown area, this section shows businesses and gentry for the town of Glasthule at the time.

The two piers shown were still under construction in 1821, and the name Kingstown only recently assigned to the new town which built up around it after a visit of King George 6th in 1820. The old town nearby retained the name "Old Dun Leary''

Glassdool/Glasthule Co. Dublin in relation to Kingstown and Dalkey

South East Co. Dublin c1837 - Glasthule highlighted

Cabinteely in relation to Glasthule

Extract from Thom's 1848 for Glasthule