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1. My Townland - Fonstown Co. Kildare

   

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   There are fifteen (in) families in Fontstown Dobbyns Mileys Heffernans Floods Moors Flemings, Goodwins, Gings Crosses, Floods Edgehills Deverals Barrys, Flemings, Heffernans. There are two families of Heffernans two families of Floods and two families of Flemings. There is a churchyard in Fontstown. It is at the back of Dobbyns house. There is an old church in the middle of the churchyard. It was a Catholic Church. The church was burned down about 200 years ago. No one knows why it was burned.

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. penal times (~4,335)
   2. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
   3. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Fontstown Lower, Co. Kildare

   Collector

   Nancy Fleming

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Fontstown Lower, Co. Kildare