Local Graveyard

Local volunteer contacted.

Hello Kathryn,

Welcome to IrelandXO, I live in East Cork down by Youghal however, I read your query with interest.  Did a lookup of Castletownsend and found out the following:
Castletownsend and Skibbereen would not be too far from each other    -  approx 6 miles.

Skibbereen Heritage Centre has a lovely website  - here is the link:   http://www.graveyards.skibbheritage.com/ 

They also have a Facebook page and are extremly helpful.

 if you have a death date, I have a sub for newspaperarchives and would be only too happy to look it up for you - would need their name and address if known along with the death date.

Do let me know how you got on.  Good luck with your research. 
Phyl Volunteer with IrelandXO  ☘ 

Hi Kathryn,

My name is Frank Fahy and I am the Volunteer researcher for the West Cork area generally but most familiar with Skibbereen, Rath &The Islands Parishes for whom I transcribed the Church Records from 1814 to 1920.

As Castlehaven is less than  four miles from me I am also familiar with their records but find them amongst the most confusing & erroneous I have researched. If you give me an indication of the information you are looking for, I will be happy to help if I can. I would prefer if you send the info direct to my email address, frankfahy054@gmail.com as I find that posting to this site makes it slower to scroll through answers from other people rather than just searching my emails which I do several times a day.

Best wishes to you.

Many thanks for your replies. Unfortunately I do not have a death date, only a possible birth date of 1817. I am researching my great, great, great grandfather, Eugene Daly. He was a carpenter in Castletownshend. His son, Michael John Daly, born in 1842, left Castletownshend when he joined the Navy in 1860.   My research has come to a dead end and I'm trying to find ways to find something out about Eugene Daly and any other family.  Thankyou for your help, Kathryn