Carlow Monthly Meeting,
Carlow Meeting House
In 1660 a Meeting was settled at
Newgarden, Co. Carlow, at the home of Ephraim Heritage of
paynestown, it is not certain whether or not a Meeting House was
erected here, probably not, in which case the Meetings were held
in Paynestown House, which still exists; a burial ground dating
from 1655 also exists, on private property. In 1716 this Meeting
was removed to Carlow where a Meeting House had been erected in
1700, In 1800 a Women's Meeting Room was added to this building.
During the middle and closing years of the last century, however,
the Meeting was reduced to a numerically week state, and finally
the Meeting House in Tullow Street was sold; however a very small
Meeting may have continued on the premises until 1913, The
building is now a Y, M. C. A. This was a rather typical small town
Meeting House, approached by a long passageway from the Street,
opening on to the Meeting House yard.
- Source: Meeting Houses of The Religious Society of Friends
in Ireland
- A Preliminary Study.
- By A. J. Walsh
Carlow Quakers
From: <
gainebyrne@verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004
There have been some posts here on Irish
Quakers. I came across a little tidbit while doing Quaker research
for a client, that may be useful to some.
When people of the Quaker faith moved to
another locality, they sometimes used the name of a Quaker meeting
they left behind, to also name a new Quaker meeting they formed.
There is a book, which I have not looked for nor researched,
called "Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania." It
was written by Dr. Albert Cook Meyers. For example, the name "New
Garden Monthly Meeting" is repeated in various states in the US.
There was one in Pennsylvania. It was supposedly named for the New
Garden MM in Carlow, Ireland. So if you are looking for Irish
ancestors who were Quakers, you might want to check for Quaker
meetings in the US, that had or still have the name of the Quaker
meeting in Ireland of which your ancestors were members.
I do not know how many Irish Quakers
emigrated to the US, but by looking at both Irish and US Quaker
records, if you know or think that your ancestors were of this
faith, you just might be able to make a connection that has
previously eluded you.
Sent to IRL Carlow Mailing List by
Debbie
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