Visiting in July

Tom:

Here is the link to St. Josephs church in Toomevara.

http://www.killaloediocese.ie/parish/toomevara/church.html

They should be able to advise you where the 1836 church was located.

I also looked at the 1850 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Aghnameadle civil parish. There were two Moores listed in Aghnameadle townland within the parish: Luke and Michael. Not sure if they were connected to Martin.

http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/tipperary/aghnameadle.htm

Enjoy your trip.

Roger McDonnell

Thank you so much!

Hi tom-

cloncannon is situated in the parish of toomevara nearer to Moneygall. There is a cemetary near annameadle house .

if you have any other information that would help with your search,  such as sponsors names, siblings, parish , townland etc  please do not hesitate to send it to monsea@irelandxo.com. And I will try and find out more for you.

although not my parish, it is relatively near and I will try to help you out as much as possible,

From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837

TOOMAVARA, a village, in the parish of AGHNAMADLE, barony of UPPER ORMOND, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 5 ? miles (E. by N.) from Nenagh, on the mail coach road from Dublin to Limerick; containing 790 inhabitants. This place, of which the name signifies "the burial-place of the O'Mearas," is a constabulary police station; and has fairs on Whit-Monday, July 27th, Sept. 29th, and Nov. 4th, chiefly for cattle, corn, and butter. A stream runs through the village, on which is a good site for a mill.

In the R. C. divisions it is the head of a union or district, comprising the parishes of Aghnamadle and Ballymackey, in each of which is a chapel; that in the village is a neat building. Here are a national school and a dispensary. Some ruins are supposed to be those of a preceptory of the Knights Templars; near the village stand the two ancient castles of Knockane and Blane.

From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837

AGHNAMADLE, a parish, in the barony of UPPER ORMOND, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 8.5miles (S.) from Moneygall, on the mail coach road from Limerick to Dublin; containing, with the town of Toomavara, 3577 inhabitants. This place was formerly the residence of the O'Egan family, and there are still considerable portions of the old Court of Aghnamadle remaining. The parish, which is bounded on the east by King's county, comprises 6076 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Killaloe, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to ?369. 4. 7 ?. The church is a small edifice, situated at Toomavara. There is neither glebe nor glebe-house. In the R. C. divisions it is the head of a union or district, which comprises also the parish of Ballymackey, and is called the union of Toomavara, in which are two chapels, one at Toomavara, a large building, and one at Ballymackey. About 120 boys and 120 girls are taught in two public schools; and there are also three private schools, in which are about 170 children. A poor fund has been established here on Dr. Chalmers' plan. There are remains of Blane castle, and of the old church, near which is an oratory apparently of great antiquity; and at Ballinlough is a chalybeate spring.? See TOOMAVARA.

both descriptions from Lewis's Topographical dictionary of Ireland 1837 - bothboth referring to church in a Toomevara

Thank you very much.  I really appreciate this.  I am so excited to come and visit.  It is coming up so fast.

I sent you an email, but because I attached a file it may have been blocked by spam filters.  So I think I will attach it here.  It is the baptism record I got from the NTGC.  It has sponsors and such listed.  Thank you.

Sincerely,

Tom Moore