At times one can get the strangest of spellings of townlands when researching ---- especially in the olden days. Recently I came across one of many, which, with all the experience, had me thinking for a while before it dawned on me. It is here in the Beara Peninsula,and it was called BLOOKBEA. Anyone chance what the place is/and has been called for many, many years ? ----- Riobard. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. SPAMfighter has removed 1648 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len

No takers, so I'll tell you. What was written down as Blookbea was actually BALLAUGHBUE in the Allihies Parish.. See how easy it is !! ---- Riobard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Riobard O'Dwyer" <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:59 PM Subject: [BEARA] Spelling. > At times one can get the strangest of spellings of townlands when > researching ---- especially in the olden days. Recently I came across one > of many, which, with all the experience, had me thinking for a while > before it dawned on me. It is here in the Beara Peninsula,and it was > called BLOOKBEA. Anyone chance what the place is/and has been called for > many, many years ? > ----- Riobard. > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. > SPAMfighter has removed 1648 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. SPAMfighter has removed 1676 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len