Pete, We all miss your comments, your humor and you map skills too much to express. Please! Un-AOL and get back here where you belong. Janet On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Michael M <mm3854@hotmail.com> wrote: > Pete seems to have solved my "Garrybeg" question... > "There are many instances of mis-transcriptions of the script capital letters used during this period in the mid-1800's, and I think a script "D" might have been misread as a script "G". Derrybeg would have been a familiar placename to those in the Portroe area." > > I wish to thank Pete Schermerhorn, Lou Brugha, Bob Ryan and others for their input. Derrybeg is on the Tipperary N.R. map, Gerrybeg was not. I found thirty-four "Minogue" households in the areas of Castletownarra and Templeachally, Tipperary based on Pete's detective work. > > Mike Minogue > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: PeteScherm@aol.com<mailto:PeteScherm@aol.com> > To: mm3854@hotmail.com<mailto:mm3854@hotmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 5:19 AM > Subject: Garrybeg in Co Tipperary or Co Clare? > > > Mike, > > == Address: Garrybeg > Parish/District: Portroe > County: Tipperary > > But where is Garrybeg? > Can anyone provide assistance? == > > I can try....but I can't reply on-list (AOL troubles). However, I still read > the mail and can respond to you directly. > > As others have done, I have been scouring-over maps, books, etc., for a > place similar in name to Garrybeg - in the counties of Tipp, Clare and Galway > (Clonrush and Inishcaltra civil parishes were in Co. Galway until 1898). Nothing > appeared quickly. But the Garrybeg placename must have been familiar to those > writing the baptismal certificate.....otherwise they would probably have > added a nearby town or such in order to clarify the location of Garrybeg. And the > fact that it is listed in Portroe "Parish/District" would seem to verify that. > > I don't know just what a "Portroe District" would consist of, but the RC > parish of Portroe (Castletown Arrha) seems to be coterminous with the civil parish > of Castletownarra. Although my first guess is not located in this parish, it > borders it and is just 3 miles SW of Portroe village. This would be the > townland of Derrybeg/Derry Beg, in the civil parish of Templeachally. There are > many instances of mis-transcriptions of the script capital letters used during > this period in the mid-1800's, and I think a script "D" might have been > misread as a script "G". Derrybeg would have been a familiar placename to those in > the Portroe area. > > The only other possibility I could see would be the townland of Garraunbeg, > in Killoscully civil parish, a distant 9 miles due south of Portroe village. > It seems to me to be located too far away to be a likely contender. > > If you think that any of this might be of use to any of the other listers, > feel free to forward any or all of my letter to the list. It's been a year > since I've been able to post to the list, and most have probably forgotten about > me, anyway (boo-hoo) [gr]. > > Pete > ............................................................................ > .. > Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts > **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. > > (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTIPPERARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >