[PW] Is there a Watertown in Ireland?

[Bill Davis]

In my query about whether there was a "Watertown" in Ireland, I followed 
one suggestion and contacted An Post, the Irish postal service.   Below is 
their reply, with the individual's name withheld:

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Subject: RE: Is there (was there) a Watertown in Ireland?
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 10:15:10 +0100
From: "Press Office" <PressOffice at anpost.ie>
To: "Bill Davis" <wmadavis at gmail.com>

Hello Bill,

Have done quite a bit of checking at this end and my finding are similar
to your own - a number of Waterstowns, are other variation but no
Watertown. The dropping or addition of that rogue 's' wouldn't be
unusual in Irish placenames. Your ancestor could very well hail from a
Waterstown or indeed from a townland once known as Watertown which has
since become Waterstown.

If there is anything else I can do, don't hesitate to get in touch. Do
you perhaps have a closer geographic 'fix' for the townland involved,
region, county or nearest town etc.

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Thanks to everyone who helped me with my query.

Bill Davis