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Baptism before 1858 Ullid and Kilmacow

KilkennyUllid (Kilkenny)

The newly online records for Kilmacow start for Baptism at 1858. From looking at Google earth the Kilmacow Parish Church does not look old enough to have existed before 1858. The sitealso list 4 Parishes that existed before 1858, of which Ullid is of interest to me as my GGGgarndfather's marriage record for 1828 in Kilkenny City said he was a resident of Ullid.So could you please point me to whereBaptism in 1800 or1831 could had taken place and at what Parish Church?

John C Murray

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John:

Welcome back!

According to this Kilmacow web site  http://kilmacowcommunitycentre.webs.com/kilmacow-village   the original St. Senan's church was built in 1803. So likely you ancestors were baptized and married in this parish but at some point, all the records prior to 1858 were lost.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

John,

I know this post is a few years old, but I think I should correct the record for anyone reading this: there are church records for Kilmacow prior to 1858.

Roots Ireland has baptisms from 1836-1899 and marriages from 1786-1900 : Rothe House Trust Ltd - Online Searching of Irish ancestral and genealogy records (Births, Deaths, Marriages) for Co. Kilkenny (rootsireland.ie)

The marriages from 1798-1799 and 1801-1842 can also be found at the NLI Catholic parish registers where they have been incorrectly categorised under St. Mary's Kilkenny City 05028/04, St. Mary's, Kilkenny city - Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI

This would explain why the marriage record for 1828 in Kilkenny City has listed Ullid. If you look at any of the records in this register they all list townlands in the parishes of Kilmacow and Mullinavat (Mullinavat parish prior to 1842 was part of Kilmacow parish)

PS the townland given more often than not is the address of the bride as marriages were performed in the bride's home. So this means your 3g grandmother was from Ullid.

Regards.. Bernard

BernardWalsh

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