Ballymore is a village in county westmeath, ireland, on the r390 road between athlone and. I was sent a copy of carn, killare a forgotten westmeath famine village by seamus obrien. Parish registers, transcripts, baptism records, marriage records. Guide to ballymore catholic parish, county westmeath ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Lectures westmeath archaeological and historical society. Click the occupants icon to see who lived in the locality. According to this book the commissioners of public instruction wanted a breakdown of the results of the official census of 1831 into the.
Ballymore catholic parish, county westmeath, ireland genealogy. 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. This exodus from the ric prompted the ballymore council to pass a. It was named mide because the kingdom was located in the geographical centre of ireland the word mide meant middle. There are 22 townlands that we know about in ballymore. The following information is a starting point for records about the civil parish of ballymore. Ballymore civil parish, county westmeath, ireland genealogy. Get free family history advice from our local volunteers or browse more than 20,000 genealogy queries. Photographs and images of churches in county westmeath. Parish registers, transcripts, baptism records, marriage records, and burial records. Guide to ballymore civil parish, county westmeath ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Contae na hiarmhi or simply an iarmhi is a county in ireland. Independent was founded in 1881, james woods became the ballymore and ballymahon correspondent.
James woods book was the first published history of the county. A decade before, the parish priest of ballymore, father own coffey, in a poor law. New book examines life in a village during famine era. Parish registers, transcripts, baptism records, marriage records, and. Lough sewdy is one of westmeaths smaller and lesserknown lakes, yet it and. Ballymore castle in lawrencetown, county galway, ireland was originally a 15th century tower. Westmeath field names recording project, ballymore group. It originally formed part of the historic kingdom of meath midhe middle. The information is based on locations and records before 1922. Uncovering irelands lost field names before its too late.
An baile mor, meaning big town is a village situated. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. County westmeath genealogical sources available online. Westmeath, 17271853 national library of ireland ir 941 g 1 athlone. Evidence of the areas bloody history can be deduced by translation of some of its placenames although its not clear when some of. It is in the province of leinster and is part of the midlands region. 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. An baile mor, meaning big town is a village in county westmeath, ireland, on the r390 road between athlone and mullingar. There are poignant insights to be found in the names of many wetland areas that. Lecture by darach milner entitled anglo norman ballymore. Materials from printed sources relating to the history of.
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