Mike Just came across this site which states that tithes were in Irish plantation measurements as opposed to Griffiths that used English acres. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/LandRecords.htm PS Have found some interesting info in the Griffiths field books. Will forward. Clare Tuohy On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Seamus Moore <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Mike, > > Yes, I would have given you the standard reply too. I don't know the answer > but if you compare the measurements in T.A. with those in G.V. for any > townland in the parish you may get confirmation. To get the English acres > check the OSI map at http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,604156,655223,7,9 > As you probably know an Irish acre is equal to 1.62 English acre. > Sorry I can't be more helpful. > Best regards, > Seamus. > > > > On 15 August 2011 12:59, Michael McGraw <[email protected]> wrote: > > > To the List, > > > > This question concerns the FHC Film #0265669, Tithe Applotment > Book-Bundle > > 131, Moviddy-Manangh (1926). The parish of Moyaliff on this film is my > main > > concern. I have ordered this film several times over the years, taken > notes > > from it and have even taken digital pictures of some of the pages on the > > last time. However, I have no record of whether the land measurements > were > > in Irish Plantation acres or English Statute acres. > > > > Now, before anyone fires off the standard reply that the Tithes were in > > Irish acres and the GV was in English acres, let me say that I have found > > Tithes in both types of acres. > > > > Does anyone know for sure which measure was used in the 1826 Moyaliff > > tithes? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike McGraw > > Austin, TX > > Still over 100 and I have stopped counting the days. > > (That's a reference to the temperature and not my age.) > > > > > > Please remember to "snip" short the message to which you are replying and > > check the subject line. If you are on Digest mode, a reply to an > individual > > message will repeat the entire digest unless you "snip" it, and the > subject > > will be the Digest ID unless you change it, please. > > > > All of the past messages of this list can be found in the Archives at > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cotipperary > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Seamus Moore, Dublin, Ireland. > Researching: Moore, Anderson, Myles, Tobin, Norris, Goldrick, Tynan. > [email protected] > > > Please remember to "snip" short the message to which you are replying and > check the subject line. If you are on Digest mode, a reply to an individual > message will repeat the entire digest unless you "snip" it, and the subject > will be the Digest ID unless you change it, please. > > All of the past messages of this list can be found in the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cotipperary > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >