My grandparents, Charles Duffy and Margaret Hanratty, were married August 19,1847. The marriage certificate reads: Parish/District: Haggardstown and Margaret's address is listed as B Barrack. Does anyone know what parish they may have been married in?
Hi there,
Haggardstown is the parish. Please post your query here: http://www.irelandxo.com/group/haggardstown-louth
It is possible that the B Barrack refers to a workhouse or hospital. There were a number of workhouses in County Louth. One in Ardee and one in Drogheda: http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Ardee/ and http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Drogheda/. There another in Dundalk.
There is a useful website you could also take a look at: http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/
Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.
Kind regards,
Sinead Cooney
Genealogist (Ireland XO)
I guess I'm not use to parishes without saint's names. Thank you so much for your help.
Carol
Dear Carol,
there is a townland called Ballybarrack in the CIVIL parish (they re often different to the Catholic or C of I parish) of Ballybarrack in Louth. Perhaps BBarrack is an abbrieviation of this?
Dundalk workhouse is listed as being in this parish in the Griffiths Valuation http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml .
Regards
Rob