(User Above) wrote:
: My great grandfather, Wm Galvin was born 1829 in Mt. Talbott, Co. Roscommon (obit)<p>: A quick check with Rosscommon Genealogical society yielded no info, but I feel there must be a way to access the church records of that now defunct church.<p>: Does anybody have a suggestion?<p>: Also I don't understand the hierarchy of Irish geographical divisions, e.g.Townlands etc. Can somebody explain or give me a reference?<p>: Thanks, Ed H.<p>FOLLOW-UP: A Townland is the smallest sub-division equal on average to about a 350 acre farm. There are about 64,000 in Ireland. Next is a Poor Law Union. This is a division of civil parishes under the Poor Law Act of 1838. It is a Union or Division where the taxable people were responsible for the poor in their area. In the center was a market town where the Poor House was located. A Civil Parish was a sub-division of a Barony for census and valuation purposes. A Barony was a major sub-division of the country. There were 325 Baronies in 1883. Next is a County opf which there are 32. Finally, four Provinces: Connaught, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. In addition, of course, there are Catholic Parishes. None of these are clean divisions as they do overlap. You can get maps of the Baronies, Parishes, etc. from the Genealogy Center in Dublin. Pete Hanley phanley@arnoldcom.com or www.ballykilcline.com<br>
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(User Above) wrote:
: FOLLOW-UP: A Townland is the smallest sub-division<br>: equal on average to about a 350 acre farm.<br>: <snip><br>: You can get maps of the Baronies, Parishes, etc.<br>: from the Genealogy Center in Dublin.<br>: Pete Hanley phanley@arnoldcom.com<p><b><br>As a follow-up to Pete's response above, I might<br>add that you don't have to go all the way to the<br>Genealogy Center in Dublin.<br>The Leitrim-Roscommon home page has a collection<br>of maps that covers the Baronies, Parishes and Poor<br>Law Unions of both Leitrim and Roscommon. You can<br>access these maps from the home page.<p>Ed Finn<br>efinn@thecore.com<br></b><p>
(User Above) wrote:
: : FOLLOW-UP: A Townland is the smallest sub-division<br>: : equal on average to about a 350 acre farm.<br>: : <snip><br>: : You can get maps of the Baronies, Parishes, etc.<br>: : from the Genealogy Center in Dublin.<br>: : Pete Hanley phanley@arnoldcom.com<p>: <b><br>: As a follow-up to Pete's response above, I might<br>: add that you don't have to go all the way to the<br>: Genealogy Center in Dublin.<br>: The Leitrim-Roscommon home page has a collection<br>: of maps that covers the Baronies, Parishes and Poor<br>: Law Unions of both Leitrim and Roscommon. You can<br>: access these maps from the home page.<p>: Ed Finn<br>: efinn@thecore.com<br>: </b><p>While on the subject of Townlands, would you know how I can find a list? I am specifically searching for Cattan, that I am told is a Townland. It should be in the Carrick-on-Shannon or Mohill area. I am also looking for Uskerty in Co. Kilkenny that perhaps is a Townland. The Leitrim-Roscommon Homepage is great.
