Thank you for posting the Irish terms. It helps to have an understanding of the terms of political organizations. -----Original Message----- From: Glasgow Boy <duncan@mcintosh1943.freeserve.co.uk> To: CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com <CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, April 16, 2000 7:17 AM Subject: [CRAIG-L] Irish terms >Some Irish terms which might help those of you who are researching in Northen Ireland > >A BARONY - now-obsolete administrative unit which survived from feudal times >to the nineteenth century. There were 58 baronies in the area which >comprises the present-day Northern Ireland. > >COUNTY - a territorial division. There are six counties (Antrim, Armagh, >Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Tyrone) in the country of Northern Ireland. >All but Antrim and Down were created in 1584. The origins of Antrim and Down >as county units are uncertain. > >PARISH - An ecclesiastical unit of territory which was early adopted as a >civil administrative area. Boundaries of civil and ecclesiastical parishes >came to vary from each other over time. > >POOR LAW UNIONS These were the areas of administration for poor relief >established under the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1838. Because these areas >centered on large market towns to a radius of approx. 10 miles, they often >tended to cross county boundaries. They became Superintendant Registrars' >Districts at the end of the 19th Century. >PROVINCE An ancient territorial division still in use. There are four >provinces in the island of Ireland: Ulster, Munster, Connaught and Leinster. >Present-day Northern Ireland comprises six of the nine counties of Ulster -- >the Ulster counties of Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan lie in the Republic of >Ireland. > >TOWNLAND The most ancient and smallest territorial division still in use. >Also known as a Ballybetagh. In some cases, the spelling of townland names >was subject to variation. >Townlands existed long before the parishes and counties. The original Irish >names were eventually written down in anglicised form as they sounded to >English court scribes. A good example of names being written down in >anglised form as they sounded can be found in the Raven maps (T.510/1). It >is possible to trace how they became increasingly anglised in the General >Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of >Ireland and in the Ordnance Survey maps. >A townland name in its original Irish form often referred to an easily >identifiable feature of the landscape such as Carraig (meaning rock) or >Tullagh (meaning a hill) or a botanical feature such as Annagh (meaning >marsh). The social customs or history of the people who have lived in a >particular place can also be reflected in the name of the townland. Often >these names are the only records which survive of the families who held the >land in pre-plantation times. Bally or Baile (both meaning settlement) are >usually compounded with personal or family names and examples can be found >all over Ireland, including such names as Ballywalter, Ballyrussel and >Ballysavage. Many townlands throughout Ireland took their names from early >habitation sites, both ecclesiastical and secular. Examples in this category >include names with Rath (meaning fortification), Dun (meaning fort) or Chill >(meaning church) in them. > >The easiest way to find the name of your townland is to consult the >Alphabetical Index to Townlands in the PRONI web site. These indexes were >compiled during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries after each >census, and lists all the baronies, parishes, towns, villages and townlands >that existed at the time. Townlands orginally consisted of a number of >sub-divisions such as gneeves and ploughlands but they are now recognised as >the smallest administrative division in the country. There are approximately >62,000 townlands in Ireland and great variations are evident in townland >sizes due to the fact that their shapes and sizes are related to local >topography and farming practices. Anything from five to thirty townlands may >be grouped together to form a civil parish. From the seventeenth century >onwards, land was let by landlords on a townland basis and townland names >were recorded in a variety of documentation concerning land. For instance, >the rentals of estates were organised according to townlands, the Tithe >Applotment Books used the townland as its smallest division, and the >townland was also used as a distinct unit in the Census and Valuation Books. >Sarah. > >WARD or DISTRICT ELECTORAL DIVISION A ward is a subdivision of a county or >municipal borough or urban district. It is a territorial unit for the >purpose of elections to local councils. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original author > permission must be obtained from the original author > for the reuse of any text, "whole or in part". > Craig Genealogy Web Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >

I also noticed it had the derivation of the Craig name ----- Original Message ----- From: Edith Ray <edithray@whitemtns.com> To: <CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [CRAIG-L] Irish terms > Thank you for posting the Irish terms. It helps to have an understanding of > the terms of political organizations. > -----Original Message----- > From: Glasgow Boy <duncan@mcintosh1943.freeserve.co.uk> > To: CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com <CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sunday, April 16, 2000 7:17 AM > Subject: [CRAIG-L] Irish terms > > > >Some Irish terms which might help those of you who are researching in > Northen Ireland > > > >A BARONY - now-obsolete administrative unit which survived from feudal > times > >to the nineteenth century. There were 58 baronies in the area which > >comprises the present-day Northern Ireland. > > > >COUNTY - a territorial division. There are six counties (Antrim, Armagh, > >Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Tyrone) in the country of Northern Ireland. > >All but Antrim and Down were created in 1584. The origins of Antrim and > Down > >as county units are uncertain. > > > >PARISH - An ecclesiastical unit of territory which was early adopted as a > >civil administrative area. Boundaries of civil and ecclesiastical parishes > >came to vary from each other over time. > > > >POOR LAW UNIONS These were the areas of administration for poor relief > >established under the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1838. Because these areas > >centered on large market towns to a radius of approx. 10 miles, they often > >tended to cross county boundaries. They became Superintendant Registrars' > >Districts at the end of the 19th Century. > >PROVINCE An ancient territorial division still in use. There are four > >provinces in the island of Ireland: Ulster, Munster, Connaught and > Leinster. > >Present-day Northern Ireland comprises six of the nine counties of > Ulster -- > >the Ulster counties of Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan lie in the Republic of > >Ireland. > > > >TOWNLAND The most ancient and smallest territorial division still in use. > >Also known as a Ballybetagh. In some cases, the spelling of townland names > >was subject to variation. > >Townlands existed long before the parishes and counties. The original Irish > >names were eventually written down in anglicised form as they sounded to > >English court scribes. A good example of names being written down in > >anglised form as they sounded can be found in the Raven maps (T.510/1). It > >is possible to trace how they became increasingly anglised in the General > >Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of > >Ireland and in the Ordnance Survey maps. > >A townland name in its original Irish form often referred to an easily > >identifiable feature of the landscape such as Carraig (meaning rock) or > >Tullagh (meaning a hill) or a botanical feature such as Annagh (meaning > >marsh). The social customs or history of the people who have lived in a > >particular place can also be reflected in the name of the townland. Often > >these names are the only records which survive of the families who held the > >land in pre-plantation times. Bally or Baile (both meaning settlement) are > >usually compounded with personal or family names and examples can be found > >all over Ireland, including such names as Ballywalter, Ballyrussel and > >Ballysavage. Many townlands throughout Ireland took their names from early > >habitation sites, both ecclesiastical and secular. Examples in this > category > >include names with Rath (meaning fortification), Dun (meaning fort) or > Chill > >(meaning church) in them. > > > >The easiest way to find the name of your townland is to consult the > >Alphabetical Index to Townlands in the PRONI web site. These indexes were > >compiled during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries after each > >census, and lists all the baronies, parishes, towns, villages and townlands > >that existed at the time. Townlands orginally consisted of a number of > >sub-divisions such as gneeves and ploughlands but they are now recognised > as > >the smallest administrative division in the country. There are > approximately > >62,000 townlands in Ireland and great variations are evident in townland > >sizes due to the fact that their shapes and sizes are related to local > >topography and farming practices. Anything from five to thirty townlands > may > >be grouped together to form a civil parish. From the seventeenth century > >onwards, land was let by landlords on a townland basis and townland names > >were recorded in a variety of documentation concerning land. For instance, > >the rentals of estates were organised according to townlands, the Tithe > >Applotment Books used the townland as its smallest division, and the > >townland was also used as a distinct unit in the Census and Valuation > Books. > >Sarah. > > > >WARD or DISTRICT ELECTORAL DIVISION A ward is a subdivision of a county or > >municipal borough or urban district. It is a territorial unit for the > >purpose of elections to local councils. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > > All material sent through Craig-L > > is copyright 2000 by its original author > > permission must be obtained from the original author > > for the reuse of any text, "whole or in part". > > Craig Genealogy Web Page > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > > >============================== > >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > > > > ==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original author > permission must be obtained from the original author > for the reuse of any text, "whole or in part". > Craig Genealogy Web Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. 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