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Finding my Church in Parish of Tiranascragh and Killimore

GalwayTiernascragh (Galway)

Finally I have found the marriage of Martin Leo and Bridget Keogh on Page 55, 5 May 1869, in the Catholic Parish Register , Diocese of Clonfert/County Galway, Parish of Killimore and Tiranascragh. In the same Parish register were the births of their first 4 children. Now all I have to do is find out which Church was operating in 1869 in this parish.Our Lady of Clonfert (Eyrecourt) and St Joseph at Killimor are two possibilities. Anyone from these Churches able to assist?

I am visiting Ireland in May 2016 and would love to find the actual Church where my ancestors came from.

Thanks. -

Adrian Leo

Adrian Leo

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Hello again Adrian:

I was going to refer you to the Facebook page for the Killimor Hertitage page but I saw that you had already posted a message a week or so ago. Another option is to e-mail the contact for the book about Killimor. Maybe they can assist.

Roger McDonnell

https://killimorheritage.wordpress.com/tag/killimor-our-parish-and-our-…

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Finding my Church in Parish of Tiranascragh and Killimore

 

Hello Adrian,

 

Though the marriage record does not indicate a place of residence, the baptismal records for Mary and Patrick clearly state Killimor and the moist likely church in question would be St Joseph at Killimor:-

 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/53%C2%B009'48.5%22N+8%C2%B017'08.8%22W/@53.16348,-8.28577,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.163636,-8.284041,3a,75y,241.52h,75.51t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdSMEiGlhWF_2R3zZPlxdZQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

A second Church existed in the Parish but is today a dedicated community centre :-

 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/53%C2%B009'05.8%22N+8%C2%B011'19.0%22W/@53.15161,-8.18862,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.151605,-8.1887774,3a,75y,104.52h,78.35t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKcIEREZkFfQhEhre__-rLw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

The records for the Eyrecourt area were never microfilmed by the NLI (Our Lady of Clonfert (Eyrecourt)) and would not therefore be of importance. The records were however microfilmed by the LDS.

 

P McG

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