Someone may know better than I---but I would guess under the old UK system, an election district was how British citizens of Ireland were allotted to vote for representatives to the Irish Parliament and how local magistrates and government officials stood for office---similar to the state and congressional districts we have in the US. Marge ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lurene Scott" <reney@san.rr.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Sullivan/Harrington Fall River, Ma and Newport, RI > What is an electrion district? > > Lurene > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marge Sullivan" <hjmcs@optonline.net> > To: <beara@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 1:30 PM > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Sullivan/Harrington Fall River, Ma and Newport, RI > > >> Do you mean Kilkaskin, which is/was an Electrion District in Bantry? >> >> M. Sullivan >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <PatCynthia@aol.com> >> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 10:31 AM >> Subject: [BEARA] Sullivan/Harrington Fall River, Ma and Newport, RI > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message