Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Corley Home in Castleblaney Ireland




We traveled to Castleblaney, County Monaghan Ireland in 1984 searching for the Corley ancestors. We just happened to meet a gentleman in Castleblaney who was caring for the Corley house after the last of the Corleys (Mary) had died the year before. He was so kind as to take us to the home where the Corleys had lived for years. The home and outer building were in an "L" shape around a courtyard. He also took us to the cemetery where the recent Corleys were buried. Unfortunately I no longer remember nor have a record of the church where they were buried, although it was in the town of Castleblaney (though not in Clontibret Parish). We did take a picture of St Michael's Church, shown above which is in the parrish of Clontibret, though we were unable to look at any parish records.