Counsel

Hi Jen,

www.rootsireland.ie/ has the following baptism reccords of Counsel from Tallnstown R C parish

Anne 1841  Laurence 1843  Peter 1848  Loughlin 1851  & Mary 1855

There are 3 marriage records: Mary 1822 Catherine 1829 & Hanna 1859; no burial records

Can post the full records if any are relevant to your line.

Col

Hi Jen,

Here are the rootsireland.ie/ records:

Name:Anne CounselDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:01-Dec-1841Address:
Parish/District:TALLANSTOWNGender:UnknownCountyCo. Louth
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Bartholemew CounselMother:Catherine EarlyOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Richard Curran Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Mary Ward

Name:Laurence CounselDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:25-Jan-1843Address:
Parish/District:TALLANSTOWNGender:UnknownCountyCo. Louth
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Barthw CounselMother:Cathe EarlyOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Patk Ward Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Jean Berne 

Name:Peter CounselDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:08-Mar-1848Address:
Parish/District:TALLANSTOWNGender:UnknownCountyCo. Louth
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Barthu CounselMother:Cathe EarlyOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Peter Ward Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Anne Rooney 

Name:Loughlin CounselDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:09-May-1851Address:
Parish/District:TALLANSTOWNGender:UnknownCountyCo. Louth
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Barthu CounselMother:Cathe EarlyOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Pat Ward 

Name:Mary CounselDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:31-Mar-1855Address:
Parish/District:TALLANSTOWNGender:UnknownCountyCo. Louth
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Barthu CounselMother:Cathe EarlyOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Thos Ward Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Anne Counsel 

No luck with any of the others you mentioned

There is only 1 Counsel in the Tithe Applotments & that is in Louth 1825 - no first name but address Stormanstown, Clonkeen. None in the early Irish Censuses & none of those you listed in Grifiths Valaution

Col

Hi Jennifer & Colin

I am the volunteer for Drogheda in south Louth and take an interest in unusual surnames, Col has done the heavy work but as Tallanstown and Clonkeen are close together north of Ardee I done a little rooting on the name, firstly I searched a site all about Louth and was disappointed to find only a grave inscription for a Parish Priest in Tallanstown, given the priest bit hardly a direct ancestor, see http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/ chuck Counsel into the search box and one hit, others as you probably well know are for legal people.

As you menitoned flax growing I searched the Flax Growers list and found a Lawrence Council, change of vowel but close enough for me, see http://www.failteromhat.com/flax/louth.php this is a list done in 1796.

Also in Griffiths there are 3 Counsel hits in the area, not yours but relatives I imagine, see http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameS… There are two hits where Counsel is the landlord rather than the tenant and the separate icon open in different screens but you can locate where they lived from the plot number and then in the map icon find the plot and drag the bar to the left to get a modern map, it is a bit fiddly but you can see the area and the area has not developed a lot other than new roads and houses.

In the first site I gave you search Wild Goose Lodge murders which took place nearby in 1815 I think, There was a film of this name released late last year on Netflix I think, it was all filmed in the area if you are interested in that sort of thing.

Louth does not get many queries compared to other counties but a lot of them are for the area Ardee to Dundalk and around the time you mention.

Regards
Pat