Westmeath, 17271853 national library of ireland ir 941 g 1 athlone. Guide to ballymore civil parish, county westmeath ancestry, family history, and genealogy. It originally formed part of the historic kingdom of meath midhe middle. Get free family history advice from our local volunteers or browse more than 20,000 genealogy queries. The information is based on locations and records before 1922. Ballymore is a village in county westmeath, ireland, on the r390 road between athlone and. Uncovering irelands lost field names before its too late. An baile mor, meaning big town is a village in county westmeath, ireland, on the r390 road between athlone and mullingar. Click the occupants icon to see who lived in the locality. Parish registers, transcripts, baptism records, marriage records, and burial records.
An baile mor, meaning big town is a village situated. Lough sewdy is one of westmeaths smaller and lesserknown lakes, yet it and. There are 22 townlands that we know about in ballymore. The village was known in medieval times as the medieval borough of ballymore lough sewdy, or loughsewdy, after the nearby lake, the site of an ancient bruighean, or hostel. Ballymore catholic parish, county westmeath, ireland genealogy. James woods book was the first published history of the county. Evidence of the areas bloody history can be deduced by translation of some of its placenames although its not clear when some of.
Contae na hiarmhi or simply an iarmhi is a county in ireland. Westmeath field names recording project, ballymore group. Lectures westmeath archaeological and historical society. I was sent a copy of carn, killare a forgotten westmeath famine village by seamus obrien. There are poignant insights to be found in the names of many wetland areas that. Materials from printed sources relating to the history of. Latin names in english important because first names are given in latin in some roman catholic parish registers and you need to know what the. New book examines life in a village during famine era. The following information is a starting point for records about the civil parish of ballymore. According to this book the commissioners of public instruction wanted a breakdown of the results of the official census of 1831 into the.
It is in the province of leinster and is part of the midlands region. Ballymore civil parish, county westmeath, ireland genealogy. A decade before, the parish priest of ballymore, father own coffey, in a poor law. Guide to ballymore catholic parish, county westmeath ancestry, family history, and genealogy.
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