I posted a message to Raymond earlier today with the name 'Evishatrask" listed as the townland name. Out of curiosity, I tried to find exactly where it was as it's not a name that has come into my own research. I've looked at the Townland book and the various townland sites online and cannot bring it up. Would it be one of the old names that no longer exist? It is repeated sixteen times in my list which was done by Irish World some time ago. The dates are from 1839 to 1857 and were in a list of Baptisms from the Carrickmore R.C. register. Anyone have any ideas as to what it is meant to be? Geraldine

My first thought is that it's a mistranscription of Evishbrack -- except that Evishbrack is in the barony of Dungannon Upper, parish of Kildress, Poor Law Union of Cookstown, so is not in the same divisions as Carrickmore. What is the surname it's tied to? I have done some research in Evishbrack, so might be able to tell you if the name is one that's from Evishbrack. In the same parish as Carrickmore (Termonmaquirk) is Inishative (sometimes -tieve), so maybe it was even more badly mangled in the transcription? Again, tell us the name(s) that are associated with the townland, and we may be able to help. Claire K. CTI List Admin On Oct 6, 2008, at 5:46 AM, John Slattery wrote: > ...the name 'Evishatrask" > listed as the townland name. > > ...I've looked at the Townland book and > the various townland sites online and cannot bring it up. > > Would it be one of the old names that no longer exist? It is repeated > sixteen times in my list which was done by Irish World some time > ago. The > dates are from 1839 to 1857 and were in a list of Baptisms from the > Carrickmore R.C. register. > > Anyone have any ideas as to what it is meant to be? > > > > Geraldine >

Hello Geraldine, here is what I did to try to help you. First I went to www.seanruad.com Then I entered TYRONE as the County Then I googled to find out where Carrickmore is, as no parish of that name gave a result. Google gave me a result for OMAGH. So then I GUESSED and put Omagh into the P(oor) L(aw) U(nion) line; Then I hit search. This resulted in a TOWNLAND called Carrickmore, within the parish of Termonmaguirk So I went backwards and entered Termonmaguirk as the Parish (along with the earlier details above). This time I hit SEARCH and got some interesting results. You might like to try this, and then to look through the results. A couple of thoughts (I am NOT a local, so none of the names mean anything to me): 1. I can ALMOST see "Evishatrask" as being a mis-transcription of "Termonmaguirk" (except that the long shaft of the T in Evishatrask is not evident in Termonmaguirk -- but otherwise it is close.) 2. The townland results from the above search include "Inishative" which could look like the start of "Evishatrask", except that this one does not have the long shaft at the end that is in the K. Anyhow, have a look at the results and see if you can come up with other possibilities. HTH: Ray in oz. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Slattery" <jslattery@bigpond.com> ... 'Evishatrask" ... as the townland name. > > Out of curiosity, I tried to find exactly where it was as it's not a name > that has come into my own research. I've looked at the Townland book and > the various townland sites online and cannot bring it up. > > Would it be one of the old names that no longer exist? It is repeated > sixteen times in my list which was done by Irish World some time ago. The > dates are from 1839 to 1857 and were in a list of Baptisms from the > Carrickmore R.C. register. > > Anyone have any ideas as to what it is meant to be? Geraldine