Could someone tell me where Townland's Rathduve and Raughduve were or are today? They were in Co Cork in the 1840's. Thank You Jerry Walsh Jerry_walsh@msn.com

Jerry, They still are, though they are one and the same. Many times the townlands were spelled phonetically by civil servants because those living there were illiterate and could only pronounce them. If you go to www.seanruad.com and place "rath" under Townland and "Beginning of field" under Search Method and select "Cork" for the county you will find what you are looking for ....Rathduff. Duff is the same as Duv, duve, and dubh all translating to the color black. Bill Fahy

Could be RATHDUFF in the Civil Parisk of GRENAGH in the Barony of BARRETTS? District Electoral Division of BLACKPOOL. Court Area BLARNEY. . Is mise le meas. Brendan Sisk. http://brensisk.tripod.com