Magheracross is chiefly in Fermanag: a small outlier of the parish is within the parish of Kilskeery in Tryone. Lots of my folk are from Magheracross and Kilskeery. (Beatty, Macgregor, Eaton, Henderson and many others) Rf http://www.libraryireland.com/Lewis/LewisM/12-MAGHERACROSS.php MAGHERACROSS, a parish, partly in the barony of OMAGH, county of TYRONE, and partly in the barony of LURG, but chiefly in that of TYRKENNEDY, county of FERMANAGH, and province of ULSTER >From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) by Samuel Lewis MAGHERACROSS, a parish, partly in the barony of OMAGH, county of TYRONE, and partly in the barony of LURG, but chiefly in that of TYRKENNEDY, county of FERMANAGH, and province of ULSTER, 5 1/2 miles (N. by E.) from Enniskillen, on the road to Omagh; containing 5313 inhabitants. It comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 10,452 1/4 statute acres, of which 343 3/4 are in the barony of Omagh, 170 1/4 in Lurg, 71 water, and 7505 are applotted under the tithe act, and valued at 6015. 2. 9. per annum. About 50 acres are woodland, 1500 waste and bog, and the remainder good arable and pasture land; the soil is fertile, the system of agriculture improved, and there is a good supply of peat for fuel. The principal seats are Jamestown, the residence of G. Lendrum, Esq.; Crocknacrieve, of H. M. Richardson, Esq.; and Bara, of the Rev. J. Irwin. A large fair, chiefly for horses, is held on Feb. 12th at Ballina-mallard. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Clogher, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to 328. 4. 2. There is no glebe-house; the glebe comprises 300 acres, valued at 176 per annum. The church is a plain neat edifice in good repair, and was erected about 50 years since. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or district of Whitehall, or Derryvullen; the chapel is a small thatched building. There are places of worship for Wesleyan and Primitive Wesleyan Methodists in connection with the Established Church. About 400 children are taught in the parochial and six other public schools, of which a female school is supported by G. Lendrum, Esq.; and there are five private schools, in which are about 200 children; two Sunday schools, and a dispensary. -----Original Message----- From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of stephen.graham@comcast.net Sent: Saturday, 13 December 2008 9:35 AM To: Claire K; CoTyrone CoTyrone Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Ireland Maps Online 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 ------------- 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ This email is intended for the addressee(s) named and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. 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