Watchorn, Halpenny, Giltrap suranmes from Carlow, Also Armstrong from County Antrim and Earle from Dublin

Dear Shirley

​My apologies for the very late response. Have you contacted the Methodist Historical Society of Ireland as they have a large collection of baptism and marriage registers:

methodisthistoryireland.org

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support 

Hi Shirley,

I am a new volunteer so just replying now.  I can connect your Watchorn and Giltrap to Carlow but not your Halpenny.  Might I suggest you connect a Mr. Turtle Bunbury (on facebook) who may be able to help you.  He is expert on Rathvilly and mainly his own house (Lisnavagh) and people associated with that house.................Graiguegirl

I also am interested in any information you might have of the Halpenny family that migrated from the Carlow area in the 1820,s.

Hello again Shirley, have managed to locate 2 families of Halpenny/Halfpenny and this is what I found:

HALFPENNY/HALPENNY Tullowcrene 1820's

HALFPENNY/HALPENNY Coolkenno, Co Wicklow. Tullow, Co Carlow. c1750 to 1835

This page ................. https://www.townlands.ie/carlow/tullowcreen/ ............will tell you all about Tullowcrene but I can tell you that locally the general area is known as Milford.

In 1825 I find a Hester Halfpenny living in Aghowle, Coolkenno and paying tithes (taxes) and also a David Halfpenny................. http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/reels/tab//004587395/00… you can view them on that page.

Here is another interesting page for you .............https://www.houseofnames.com/halfpenny-family-crest...............

This may be of interest to you also...........this gentleman is researching his family tree and it includes all 3 of the surnames you are looking for..............http://www.yclc.ca/indexz.html................

So I wish you good look...........by the way the name Halfpenny somehow became Halpin around 1800 and the Architect George Halpin who designed many, lighthouses and bridges in Ireland was one of those families who changed name.

Well, that is it from me in Carlow...........so goodnight and good luck

Graiguegirl

Hi I only just checked back and thanks for all your information if I got a notification of your post I must have missed it.    This is great information and I will follow up.    Shirley K

---Sr Columbus cemetery Carlow

Headstone reads

In memoery of my brother-William John Giltrap

Kill Tullow; 3/4/1968

also my husband-Frederick Hughes; late Killanure Coolkenno; 15/1/1958

his wife Anne Hughes (nee Giltrap); 9/9/1995 (85)

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Rathvilly;

Robert Giltrap; Paulville; 6/10/1922 (68)

Wife-Eleanor; 2/7/1938

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erected by Robert Giltrap in memory of; George Giltrap; 15/5/1848 (27)

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James Giltrap; 13/11/1876 (17);

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Maryanne Eager; 1850 (10)

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Hi Shirley,

I have just found your post and see that it is a few years old.  I don't know if you are still checking it but I would love to connect as I am the GGGG grandaughter of your GGG Grandfather Williams cousin Joseph.  I have been researching the 3 lines of Halpenny that came to Canada for years and have many pages of information to share.

Looking forward to hearing back,

Debbie