I have been under the impression that Magheracross was a civil parish lying totally in and surrounded by the civil parish Kilskeery again totally in County Tyrone. Is it correct that there is also a second Magheracross Civil Parish located totally within County Fermanagh at the boundary with County Tyrone? Hoping that someone can address my confusion and clarify this for me. Many thanks Steve -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Claire K <cagthe@gmail.com> > HI all, > > Just saw this mentioned on another list -- Ireland maps online. > Actually, a modern map that lets you choose a townland, parish, RC > parish, barony, council, or poor law union, and it overlays an > outline or puts a pointer on the modern map. Play with the options > in the small drop downs above the map. Choose several in a row, and > it shows you where they are in relation to one another. Not all > areas are input yet, but play with it, it may be useful. Npte: the > site is supported by Google Ads, so clickthroughs will help fund > future development of the site (and the Google Ads links are at the > top, where they look more like navigation links -- but to use the > maps on the site, look at the boxes below the links -- those are how > you redraw the map). > http://ireland.kiwicelts.com:80/irishMap/ireMap.html > > Hope that helps. > > Claire K > seekay@comcast.net > > > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Steve, Magheracross is indeed in Co. Fermanagh, at the border of Co. Tyrone, right about where the small Magheracross in Tyrone fits in. I would guess -- but have no actual knowledge, so maybe someone could confirm / correct this assumption -- that Magheracross in Tyrone is a detached portion of the Magheracross in Fermanagh -- that they are the same parish, in other words. If it helps, here's the parish maps of Fermanagh http://www.ancestryireland.com/database.php?filename=map_fermanagh and of Tyrone http://www.ancestryireland.com/database.php?filename=map_tyrone If you put the two together, you'll see where the bump out from Tyrone fits in the indent in Fermanagh. Detached portions of parishes are common -- on the Tyrone map, see #14 (Clogherny), #3 (Arboe), #7 (Ballyclog), and #29 (Killeeshil) for other examples. Parishes crossing county lines are also common (e.g., Lissan in Tyrone/Derry). You just seem to be unlucky enough to have both issues with the one parish. Hope that helps. Claire K. On Dec 12, 2008, at 5:35 PM, stephen.graham@comcast.net wrote: > I have been under the impression that Magheracross was a civil > parish lying totally in and surrounded by the civil parish > Kilskeery again totally in County Tyrone. Is it correct that there > is also a second Magheracross Civil Parish located totally within > County Fermanagh at the boundary with County Tyrone? > > Hoping that someone can address my confusion and clarify this for me. > > Many thanks > > Steve >