Marriage

In the 1800s houses in rural Ireland had no numbers. (In many areas that's still the arrangement to this day). The townland was/is sufficient to get a letter delivered and no other identifying information was/is needed. The numbering system in the censuses was simply the enumerator?s own private system and does not relate to any postal address nor tell you where the property was. The numbers vary between the censuses because a new enumerator had a different system. So, in this case, house 17 in 1901 is almost certainly house 6 in 1911. (The occupants hadn?t moved). The enumerators records have not survived and so there? s no way of ascertaining which house was where from census records.

To locate the house with any accuracy today, you need to look up the revaluation records in the Valuation Office in Dublin.  That should tell you what plot number the Reilly house was. You can then go to Griffiths Valuation and locate that plot on their on-line maps. See:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameSearch

The property was near the modern L5604 minor road but, as I say, you need a plot number and Griffith?s valuation maps to find it with any accuracy.

In 1854 there were two John Reilly properties in Mellifont. (Plots 1 and 13a). Could be a relation. Without the valuation records it?s hard to say whether either is the property your family were in in 1901.

Unless someone on this site happens to known the townland very well, I doubt it would be possible to say whether the property is still there without going there to find out.

Elspeth:

The marriage was in the Drogheda RC church. Unfortunately, they were married days before civil registration started which would have provided the names of the fathers and where the bride and groom lived when married.

I looked at the 1901 census you located. The civil parish was Tullyallen. Monasterboice was the DED or District Electoral Division. Monasterboice civil parish is just to the north of the larger Tullyallen civil parish. Both parishes are close to the Co. Meath border.

Roger McDonnell

Church Marriage Record
Date of Marriage: 26-Dec-1863
Parish / District: DROGHEDA County: Co. Louth
Husband Wife
Name: Thomas Reily Margt McEvoy
Address:
Denomination: Roman Catholic Roman Catholic
Occupation:
Age:
Status: Not Married Not Married
Husband's Father Wife's Father
Name: Reily McEvoy
Address:
Denomination:
Occupation:
Husband's Mother Wife's Mother
Name:
Address:
Denomination:
Occupation:
Witness 1 Witness 2
Name: Patrick Collin Mary McEvoy

Thank you so much for your reply, as I am coming to the area for a week in July I will make a visit to the Valuation Office and see what I can find.  Either way, you have given me enough information to at least know I will be in the correct area, so grateful.  I will leave a post when I return with an update.

best Wishes

Elspeth

Thank you for your reply, typical of my family not to make things easy!!!!!

If the Drogheda Church is still in use then I will pay a visit in July when I am over.  Thanks for your help, I will post again if I get any further.

Best Wishes

Elspeth

Elspeth:

You have two churches in Drogheda.

Roger

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Roman_Catholic_Church,_Drogh…

http://stmarysdrogheda.ie/