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From: Fay Finn <>
Subject: Re: [MEATH] KILDALKEY - Townland Question
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 11:23:15 -0500
In-Reply-To: <000801c35977$8472c440$f4d92744@jdover01.nj.comcast.net>


Thanks for the tips. I have just found out about the discovery maps, so I
haven't looked at them yet. Thanks for the map numbers and other hints.

> From: "jeanine" <>
> Reply-To:
> Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 00:27:14 -0400
> To:
> Subject: Re: [MEATH] KILDALKEY - Townland Question
> Resent-From:
> Resent-Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 22:27:51 -0600
>
> Fay...
> Have you asked if anyone out there has the discovery maps for Meath. They
> would be @#42, 43, 35, 36, 49 &50. I would start with #42 first. Do you
> belong to , a list which I belong to that has very
> knowledgeable & friendly people... also . com..
> Also Tiara, (Dennis Ahearn's website). I know I searched all over for North
> Commons, Trim, which is no longer. I believe I found it listed on Sean
> Raud's pages. Try posting to these groups & see if anyone cn help.
> Just a thought,,,
> Jeanine
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fay Finn" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 11:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [MEATH] KILDALKEY - Townland Question
>
>
>> Thanks. I have the parish records, both from the Meath Heritage Centre
> and
>> from the parish priest. One lists "Curragh, Kildalkey" but that is the
> only
>> hint. There is no townland by that name, and as far as I can find,
>> "curragh" may mean "racetrack." Anyone have any other hints? I know it's
> a
>> horse racing area and there are stables there today, but can anyone out
>> there confirm the meaning? Thanks!
>>
>>> From:
>>> Reply-To:
>>> Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 10:44:46 EDT
>>> To:
>>> Subject: [MEATH] KILDALKEY - Townland Question
>>> Resent-From:
>>> Resent-Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 08:44:52 -0600
>>>
>>> Fay,
>>>
>>> In answer to your question about what they were referring to when they
>>> mentioned the place in Ireland they were from, I've seen different
> things. A
>>> US
>>> death record mentioned the townland. An Ellis Island record mentioned
> the
>>> nearest
>>> village. Another mentioned the last place they stayed before sailing or
> where
>>> they sailed from. I doubt they would have used the civil parish as a
>>> location.
>>>
>>> This may not be of much help but the RC church parish is Ballivor and
>>> Kildalkey. My family (Coyne and Duignan) came from the neighboring RC
> parish
>>> of
>>> Killyon. When I looked at the church records in the National Library in
>>> Dublin
>>> (may also be available through Latter Day Saints Library) in many
> instances it
>>> mentioned the townland next to the family name. That helped me sort out
> on
>>> which townland my ancestors lived.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ray FitzGerald
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Fay Finn
>>> To:
>>> Sent: 29 July 2003 6:26 AM
>>> Subject: [MEATH] townland question
>>>
>>>
>>> Just a general question: How can a person find out what townland an
>>> ancestor is from? Mine is from Kildalkey, but that is the name of a
> civil
>>> parish as well as a townland. There are dozens of townlands in that
> civil
>>> parish. When people said where they were from, did they usually mean the
>>> townland or the parish? Thanks. Fay
>>>
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