I AM ABLE TO FIND MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS MARRIAGE AND MY GRANDMOTHERS BIRTH. SO DELIGHTED THESE RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE.
MY QUESTION IS ON THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE FOR JOHN MURRAY AND MARTHA KILKEARY 1874 THE TOWN OF JOHN MURRAY IS DOWRES? WHERE IS THAT?
indigo
Monday 4th Feb 2019, 08:01PMMessage Board Replies
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Indigo:
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
Dowras is not an offical townland name. I looked at Google Maps and located Dowras about 4.8 miles northeast of Birr town on the N52 road near a place called Fivealley. Likely Dowras is within the civil parish of Eglish which is the civil parish north of Birr parish. The 1853 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Eglish civil parish shows two Patrick Murray records. Likely one of the two was the father of John Murray. https://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/offaly/eglish.php
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Tuesday 5th Feb 2019, 07:07PM -
Thanks again Roger. I am unsure if I acknowledged this response previously.
indigo
Thursday 13th Aug 2020, 04:39PM