any help with irish look up...?

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Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 1,029 Send Message	Ann	Report	13 Jan 2007 13:40
	Hi Michelle http://www.workhouses.orguk/ This web site covers Ireland , including Armargh.(click on the workhouse locations to find it.) It may be helpful to you. Good Luck Ann (replace with a . in the web address)
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	13 Jan 2007 13:27
	If you have a full date of birth, you should be able to buy a cert from the Irish GRO - just google for the website.
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 109 Send Message	Michelle	Report	13 Jan 2007 00:07
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 109 Send Message	Any Help With Irish Look Ups...? dont know if any one can help with this one..... my Paternal Grandfather Peter Callaghan/Callahan/calahan/callan(any variation) Dob 02/04/1919 Co Armagh Northern Ireland he left Ireland approc 1933 aged 14 and changed his name to O'Callaghan ......his birth cert was found when he died which is how we know he doctored his birth cert and also ripped of his parents bits....prob so he could not be traced. the said birth cert has since been lost...he died 25 years agoand iwas only young so donot remember what was really on it. his mother died when he was a baby and he was the youngest of 6...or so he said and was born into a workhouse in armagh any help would be appreciated regards michelle