Heading for the Antrim coast for our annual trip- a short hop from our home in Scotland - but we are armed with a print of the Griffiths Map for Irwin, Garshooey, All Saints showing the exact location of my husbands great great grandfathers farm which we have super imposed on the modern map, so for the first time we will be able to visit the actual land (hopefully there will be a road or footpath, looks like it on map) where the Irwins farmed for nearly 70 years!! After that a trip to Londonderry to see Palace Street where we have located the family on the 1901 census - near St columba's Cathedral. We found the end of their their journey this week - on the 1911 census released in Scotland they are in Clydebank - moved for work we assume - and in 1912 they signed the Ulster Covenant in Glasgow! My husband is very proud of his Donegal Presbyterian heritage so we are looking forward to the visit! Thanks for all the help from the Donegal lists!! Donna Irwin Sent from my iPhone On 7 Apr 2011, at 15:48, hiflyte <hiflyte@telus.net> wrote: > Note: Griffith's Valuation Data on my website. > > The complete Surname and Parish versions of the "Donegal" GV data has > been revamped, updated and linked to the Valuation of Tenement pages. > Each of the 44630 surname entries have been linked to the parish page. > > No doubt some errors and unconnected links will be located while using > the DB. This is expected since I have no Checkers to review my work but > rely on those individuals using the source to let me know of any errors. > > Any ideas/suggestion regarding the site are always appreciated, just > drop me an email. > > This data is free for your personal use as is all the data on the > websites mentioned at the bottom of this message. > > I hope the data is not extracted and resold to unsuspecting Donegal > researchers. > > Surname Index: > http://tinyurl.com/6cp4x49 > > Parish Index: > http://tinyurl.com/6atb5uy > > > Bob > CDN > ============= > > Latest NDRDB update 7 April 2011 > > How To Submit Your Research Information to the New Donegal Researchers > Data Base) NDRDB > > The actual database is a "READ ONLY" file, you can not directly update the > data in it. Submit your data "as per the instructions" via the Donegaleire > mailing list > > Easiest Way to Input your research names and data. > > Open a New Email > > Address it to: DONEGALEIRE@rootsweb.com > Subject Line: New Donegal Researchers Names > > Copy and Paste the following line of data into the body of your BLANK > email, all in one line > > Your Email Address,PLU,Civil Parish,Townland,Surname and Given,Maiden > Name and Given,Child,Child,Child,Child ---- up to 10 kids. > > Now insert your data BETWEEN the COMMAS > No spaces after the commas - other than a space between the > Surname/Maiden and Given name. > No other details, > No dates, no nick names etc. > > If you DON"T know the information enter "u/k" without the quotes > > One email for each entry. > > Email to the Donegal Mailing List > > -------------------------------------------------- > > PICKUP THE Latest COPY OF THE New Researchers DATABASE (NDRDB): > > You can pick up the latest Donegal Researchers List at: (Red Box). > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/WhatsNew/New.html > or > http://hiflyte.22web.net/WhatsNew/New.html > > Just click the box (Red Box)and follow the instructions. > --------- > INTERESTED IN IRISH GENEALOGY: > > Visit Bob's Genealogy Website: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hiflyte/ > > Visit IGPA's Website: > http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives > > Visit: Donegal Genealogy Resources > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/ > > Visit: Queenscastle > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegaleire/ > ------------- > > > When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/DONEGALEIRE/ > > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=DONEGALEIRE > > SOME HELPFUL WEBSITES: > Donegal Genealogy Resource (Lindel's Site) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ > Donegaleire Genealogy Links & Data > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ > Bob's Donegal Ireland Genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONEGALEIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Does anyone know if there were any maps or location diagrams associated with 1901/1911 Census of Ireland? Thanks J Keeney

Note: Griffith's Valuation Data on my website. The complete Surname and Parish versions of the "Donegal" GV data has been revamped, updated and linked to the Valuation of Tenement pages. Each of the 44630 surname entries have been linked to the parish page. No doubt some errors and unconnected links will be located while using the DB. This is expected since I have no Checkers to review my work but rely on those individuals using the source to let me know of any errors. Any ideas/suggestion regarding the site are always appreciated, just drop me an email. This data is free for your personal use as is all the data on the websites mentioned at the bottom of this message. I hope the data is not extracted and resold to unsuspecting Donegal researchers. Surname Index: http://tinyurl.com/6cp4x49 Parish Index: http://tinyurl.com/6atb5uy Bob CDN ============= Latest NDRDB update 7 April 2011 How To Submit Your Research Information to the New Donegal Researchers Data Base) NDRDB The actual database is a "READ ONLY" file, you can not directly update the data in it. Submit your data "as per the instructions" via the Donegaleire mailing list Easiest Way to Input your research names and data. Open a New Email Address it to: DONEGALEIRE@rootsweb.com Subject Line: New Donegal Researchers Names Copy and Paste the following line of data into the body of your BLANK email, all in one line Your Email Address,PLU,Civil Parish,Townland,Surname and Given,Maiden Name and Given,Child,Child,Child,Child ---- up to 10 kids. Now insert your data BETWEEN the COMMAS No spaces after the commas - other than a space between the Surname/Maiden and Given name. No other details, No dates, no nick names etc. If you DON"T know the information enter "u/k" without the quotes One email for each entry. Email to the Donegal Mailing List -------------------------------------------------- PICKUP THE Latest COPY OF THE New Researchers DATABASE (NDRDB): You can pick up the latest Donegal Researchers List at: (Red Box). http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/WhatsNew/New.html or http://hiflyte.22web.net/WhatsNew/New.html Just click the box (Red Box)and follow the instructions. --------- INTERESTED IN IRISH GENEALOGY: Visit Bob's Genealogy Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hiflyte/ Visit IGPA's Website: http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives Visit: Donegal Genealogy Resources http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/ Visit: Queenscastle http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegaleire/ -------------

Hello Frank, Just to confuse you: MacLysaght 'The Surnames of Ireland' MacGONIGAL, MAGONAGLE Mag Congail This sept is notable for the number of distinguished ecclesiastics it has produced. Prevalent in Donegal The Gaelic spelling O Conghaile is anglicised as (O) Connolly. Rob Doragh Liverpool UK From: frank017@sympatico.ca Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] MacCONGHAILE I know that my surname originates from the Gaelic Mac Conghaile but recently I have seen an O`Conghaile. These spellings are presently in use by some people,..did these Gaelic spellings persist until the present day,or did they just revert back to the Gaelic for some reason. Frank McGonigal Ont.Canada

I know that my surname originates from the Gaelic Mac Conghaile but recently I have seen an O`Conghaile. These spellings are presently in use by some people,..did these Gaelic spellings persist until the present day,or did they just revert back to the Gaelic for some reason. Frank McGonigal Ont.Canada

The following files were added to the IGP Archives in March. A number of Royal Irish Constabulary records, additional Headstones, Church and Vital records. If you have some data of interest to other researchers that you wish to put on-line contact me, or submit the data via the link on the Archives Home Page. No data has been added for Donegal during the past month, some may find the other counties have data they are looking for. Bob CDN Donegal/Laois File Manager http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ --------------------- CLARE Military & Constabulary Royal Irish Constabulary with native county of Clare Sep 1852-May 1853 http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/clare/military.htm Photos Castle Bunratty & Dirty Nelly's Pub est 1620 http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/clare/photos.htm DUBLIN Headstones Mt. Jerome, Dublin Pt 20 & 21 (Over 3,000 gravestones) http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/dublin/photos/tombstones/mt-jerome-ndx.htm GALWAY Headstones Moylough Cemetery, County Galway (10 images) http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/galway/photos/tombstones/markers.htm KERRY Photos Muckross House & Dennehy, Patrick or Coakley, Timothy http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/kerry/photos.htm Headstones Kilbannivane Burial Ground (a few headstones) http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/kerry/photos/tombstones/markers.htm Military & Constabulary Records Royal Irish Constabulary with native county of Kerry Jan 1852-Oct 1853 http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/kerry/military.htm LAOIS Church Records Mount Mellick (R.C.) Baptisms M-O Assorted R.C. Baptisms - Connor, Fitzpatrick, Kennedy http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/laois/church.htm LIMERICK Photos Kilfinnane, St Andrews C.of Ireland http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/limerick/photos.htm LONDONDERRY, Military & Constabulary Royal Irish Constabulary with native county of Londonderry Sep 1852-Oct 1853 http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/derry/military.htm LONGFORD Military & Constabulary Royal Irish Constabulary with native county of Longford July 1852 - May 1853 http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/longford/military.htm MONAGHAN Headstones. Glennan Presbyterian Church Graveyard - additional photos http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/monaghan/photos/tombstones/markers.htm Military & Constabulary Royal Irish Constabulary with native county of Monaghan Sep 1852-May 1853 http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/monaghan/military.htm ROSCOMMON Military & Constabulary Royal Irish Constabulary with native county of Roscommon Jun 1853-Oct 1853 http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/roscommon/military.htm TIPPERARY Military Royal Irish Constabulary with native county of Tipperary Jun 1853-Oct 1853 http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/tipperary/military.htm WICKLOW Headstones Bray - St Pauls Graveyard, (CoI) (partial) http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/wicklow/photos/tombstones/markers.htm St Patrick's Enniskerry - Part 5 http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/wicklow/photos/tombstones/enniskerry-ndx.htm Military Royal Irish Constabulary with native county of Wicklow Sep 1852-Oct 1853 http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/wicklow/military.htm ===============================

Note: Griffith's Valuation Data on my website. The complete Surname and Parish versions of the "Donegal" GV data has been revamped, updated and linked to the Valuation of Tenement pages. Each of the 44630 surname entries have been linked to the parish page. No doubt some errors and unconnected links will be located while using the DB. This is expected since I have no Checkers to review my work but rely on those individuals using the source to let me know of any errors. Any ideas/suggestion regarding the site are always appreciated, just drop me an email. This data is free for your personal use as is all the data on the websites mentioned at the bottom of this message. I hope the data is not extracted and resold to unsuspecting Donegal researchers. Surname Index: http://tinyurl.com/6cp4x49 Parish Index: http://tinyurl.com/6atb5uy --------------- Latest update 30 Mar 2011 Bob CDN ======================= How To Submit Your Research Information to the Database The actual database is a "READ ONLY" file, you can not directly update the data in it. Submit your data "as per the instructions" via the Donegaleire mailing list Easiest Way to Input your research names and data. Open a New Email Address it to: DONEGALEIRE@rootsweb.com Subject Line: New Donegal Researchers Names Copy and Paste the following line of data into the body of your BLANK email, all in one line Your Email Address,PLU,Civil Parish,Townland,Surname and Given,Maiden Name and Given,Child,Child,Child,Child ---- up to 10 kids. Now insert your data BETWEEN the COMMAS No spaces after the commas - other than a space between the Surname/Maiden and Given name. No other details, No dates, no nick names etc. If you DON"T know the information enter "u/k" without the quotes One email for each entry. Email to the Donegal Mailing List -------------------------------------------------- PICKUP THE Latest COPY OF THE New Researchers DATABASE: You can pick up the latest Donegal Researchers List at: (Red Box). http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/WhatsNew/New.html or http://hiflyte.22web.net/WhatsNew/New.html Just click the box (Red Box)and follow the instructions. --------- INTERESTED IN IRISH GENEALOGY: Visit Bob's Genealogy Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hiflyte/ Visit IGPA's Website: http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives Visit: Donegal Genealogy Resources http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/ Visit: Queenscastle http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegaleire/ -------------

Hello All. (apologies for cross-posting) My wonderful wife just found this for me. It includes the excellent EPPI (Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland) which we formerly had access to at the University of Southampton; as well as the Irish Emigration Database, and a few other migration databases. All are searchable on the one search page, accessed from the home-page, which searches even as you are typing in the search term. VERY IMPRESSIVE. Hoping that some of you may find it to be very helpful. Regards to all: Ray in oz ----- Original Message ----- http://www.dippam.ac.uk/

Hi Ray We just had a discussion on this last evening. Its excellent. Can't recommend it highly enough. Muriel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray" <ray15@optusnet.com.au> To: <DONEGALEIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 2:39 PM Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] DIPPAM database includiing EPPI & Migration databasesetc > Hello All. > > (apologies for cross-posting) > > My wonderful wife just found this for me. It includes the excellent EPPI > (Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland) which we formerly had access to > at the University of Southampton; as well as the Irish Emigration > Database, > and a few other migration databases. > > All are searchable on the one search page, accessed from the home-page, > which searches even as you are typing in the search term. VERY IMPRESSIVE. > > Hoping that some of you may find it to be very helpful. > > Regards to all: Ray in oz > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > http://www.dippam.ac.uk/ > > When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you > are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, > remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the > message subject to which you are replying. > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/DONEGALEIRE/ > > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES > AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=DONEGALEIRE > > SOME HELPFUL WEBSITES: > Donegal Genealogy Resource (Lindel's Site) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ > Donegaleire Genealogy Links & Data > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ > Bob's Donegal Ireland Genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DONEGALEIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello, I have a list of people from Clonmany parish who came together a hundred years ago in Boston, formed a Clonmany –Boston Association and raised over £500 for the renovation of Clonmany Chapel. Many of their offspring will be still there and may be interested in these lists, maybe some of your own ancestors are among them. Let me know if I can do a lookup for anyone. Joan

Wow Pete, this is great information. I had a look and was able to see all three books on Google Books: http://books.google.co.uk/ebooks?as_brr=0&q=+bibliogroup:%22A+Statistical+Account,+Or,+Parochial+Survey+of+Ireland:+Drawn+Up+from+the+Communications+of+the+Clergy%22&source=gbs_metadata_r I would never have thought to look there - thanks! Michael On 21 March 2011 21:44, <PeteScherm@aol.com> wrote: > I have recently received - via Interlibrary loan - the 3-volume set of > William Shaw Mason's "Statistical account, or Parochial survey of Ireland", > published between 1814 and 1819 by different publishers in Dublin.  The OCLC > number is 316363313.  I have now copied the books (over 2200 pages !!!) and > returned the originals......and am now in the process of re-binding the copies. > > The author was Secretary to the Board of Public Records.  Although the > author and most of his sources were Church of Ireland (perhaps still C of E at > that time ???), the content doesn't seem show any bias in favor of the > Established Church - in fact, what I have read so far seems quite sympathetic to > the general RC population. > > The volumes contain information on 79 Parishes/Unions of the Established > Church, 18 of which are in the Northern six-counties.  They do not represent > anything like totality of coverage of Ireland, and what parishes/unions are > described don't seem to follow any pattern.  For example, there are 10 Co. > Cork parishes, but not a single entry for Kerry.  Some parishes receive only 6 > or 7 pages while most of them are 15 or so pages.  Some parishes have > townland maps, most from the Down Survey, and nearly all have individual townland > information, such as acreages, proprietors, translations of townland name, > etc.  I would guess that the townland information could be helpful, as this > data is from a period prior to the start of the Ordnance Survey.....and a > decade before Griffith's Boundary Department started "operating" on the > townlands and parishes and redefining (in some cases) the boundaries, etc. > > Here is the "Table of the Sections" for the books: > > "TABLE OF THE SECTIONS, > > According to which the account of every parish is arranged in this volume. > > > I - The name of the parish, ancient and modern; its situation, extent, and > division, climate and topographical description. > > II - Mines, minerals, and all other natural productions. > > III - Modern buildings both public and private, including towns, villages, > gentlemen's seats, inns, &c. - the roads, scenery, and superficial > appearance of the parish. > > IV - Ancient buildings, monastic and castellated ruins, monuments and > inscriptions, or other remains of antiquity. > > V - Present and former state of population; the food, fuel, and general > appearance; mode of living and wealth of the inhabitants; diseases and > instances of longevity. > > VI - The genius and dispositions of the poorer classes; their language, > manners and customs, &c. > > VII - The education and employment of their children, schools, state of > learning, public libraries, &c. collection of Irish MSS, or historical > documents relating to Ireland. > > VIII - State of the religious establishment, mode of tythes, parochial > funds and records, &c. > > IX - Modes of agriculture, crops, stocks of cattle, rural implements, chief > proprietors' names, and average value of land, prices of labour, fairs and > markets, &c. > > X - Trade and manufactures, commerce, navigation and shipping, freight, &c. > > XI - Natural curiosities, remarkable occurrences, and eminent men. > > XII - Suggestions for improvement; and means for ameliorating the situation > of the people. > > APPENDIX - Consisting of statistical tables, containing the value of the > stock, annual produce of the parish, &c.&c." > > > As it would be impractical for me to enter much of the information into > e-mails, I tried to see if these volumes are available on-line.  Google Books > seems to have only volume 2, which seems odd.  But perhaps it's because of my > slow dial-up connection and have difficulty accessing sites meant for > broadband access.  However, for those interested - and on a suitable connection - > it might be worthwhile to check it out.  For me, I'll choose a printed book > any day.........especially the old ones.  The two-hundred-year-old smell is > fabulous.  Too bad I wasn't able to also copy the aroma [gr]. > > I plan on sending this general information to most of the Republic's county > mailing lists over the next week or so, with added specific comments on the > parts of that particular county described in the books.  Although I no > longer have much in the way of "free time", I'd be willing to answer questions > that don't require a lot of typing (reading is OK, lotsa typing isn't). > > There are three parishes in vol.1 and another three in vol.2.  In vol.1, > there are 22 pages devoted to Clonmany parish.  The appendix to this section > is especially interesting as it lists not only the 24 townlands with the > usual details and derivations, but it also lists the many subdivisions within > townlands - most townlands contain 4 to 10 subdivisions.  Kilbarron parish > takes 23 pages, but does not have a table of townlands, although there is a > list of landed proprietors.  The Templecarn(e) parish entry - 12 pages - also > includes the bits of the parish in Co. Fermanagh, for a total of 50 townlands > (listed). > > Volume 2 contains Culdaff, Cloncha and Inver.  There is an 1815 map of the > adjacent parishes of Culdaff and Clonca, but no specific townland boundaries > shown.  The 25 pages of Culdaff information includes a good section on > "illegal distillation" and the appendix at the end lists all of the fines, by > townland, for the year 1815, as well as a better map of the parish and a > detailed listing of the townlands.  The Cloncha entry is 14 pages long, and > contains a similar appendix to that of Culdaff, i.e., fines, map, townland > listing.  Inver parish, 14 pages, contains an interesting table of "Quarterlands", > "Half-Quarterlands" with the townlands contained in these land > divisions.......plus some "detached" townlands. > > > Pete > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts > </HTML> >  When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/DONEGALEIRE/ > > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=DONEGALEIRE > > SOME HELPFUL WEBSITES: > Donegal Genealogy Resource (Lindel's Site) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ > Donegaleire Genealogy Links & Data > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ > Bob's Donegal Ireland Genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONEGALEIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I have recently received - via Interlibrary loan - the 3-volume set of William Shaw Mason's "Statistical account, or Parochial survey of Ireland", published between 1814 and 1819 by different publishers in Dublin. The OCLC number is 316363313. I have now copied the books (over 2200 pages !!!) and returned the originals......and am now in the process of re-binding the copies. The author was Secretary to the Board of Public Records. Although the author and most of his sources were Church of Ireland (perhaps still C of E at that time ???), the content doesn't seem show any bias in favor of the Established Church - in fact, what I have read so far seems quite sympathetic to the general RC population. The volumes contain information on 79 Parishes/Unions of the Established Church, 18 of which are in the Northern six-counties. They do not represent anything like totality of coverage of Ireland, and what parishes/unions are described don't seem to follow any pattern. For example, there are 10 Co. Cork parishes, but not a single entry for Kerry. Some parishes receive only 6 or 7 pages while most of them are 15 or so pages. Some parishes have townland maps, most from the Down Survey, and nearly all have individual townland information, such as acreages, proprietors, translations of townland name, etc. I would guess that the townland information could be helpful, as this data is from a period prior to the start of the Ordnance Survey.....and a decade before Griffith's Boundary Department started "operating" on the townlands and parishes and redefining (in some cases) the boundaries, etc. Here is the "Table of the Sections" for the books: "TABLE OF THE SECTIONS, According to which the account of every parish is arranged in this volume. I - The name of the parish, ancient and modern; its situation, extent, and division, climate and topographical description. II - Mines, minerals, and all other natural productions. III - Modern buildings both public and private, including towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, inns, &c. - the roads, scenery, and superficial appearance of the parish. IV - Ancient buildings, monastic and castellated ruins, monuments and inscriptions, or other remains of antiquity. V - Present and former state of population; the food, fuel, and general appearance; mode of living and wealth of the inhabitants; diseases and instances of longevity. VI - The genius and dispositions of the poorer classes; their language, manners and customs, &c. VII - The education and employment of their children, schools, state of learning, public libraries, &c. collection of Irish MSS, or historical documents relating to Ireland. VIII - State of the religious establishment, mode of tythes, parochial funds and records, &c. IX - Modes of agriculture, crops, stocks of cattle, rural implements, chief proprietors' names, and average value of land, prices of labour, fairs and markets, &c. X - Trade and manufactures, commerce, navigation and shipping, freight, &c. XI - Natural curiosities, remarkable occurrences, and eminent men. XII - Suggestions for improvement; and means for ameliorating the situation of the people. APPENDIX - Consisting of statistical tables, containing the value of the stock, annual produce of the parish, &c.&c." As it would be impractical for me to enter much of the information into e-mails, I tried to see if these volumes are available on-line. Google Books seems to have only volume 2, which seems odd. But perhaps it's because of my slow dial-up connection and have difficulty accessing sites meant for broadband access. However, for those interested - and on a suitable connection - it might be worthwhile to check it out. For me, I'll choose a printed book any day.........especially the old ones. The two-hundred-year-old smell is fabulous. Too bad I wasn't able to also copy the aroma [gr]. I plan on sending this general information to most of the Republic's county mailing lists over the next week or so, with added specific comments on the parts of that particular county described in the books. Although I no longer have much in the way of "free time", I'd be willing to answer questions that don't require a lot of typing (reading is OK, lotsa typing isn't). There are three parishes in vol.1 and another three in vol.2. In vol.1, there are 22 pages devoted to Clonmany parish. The appendix to this section is especially interesting as it lists not only the 24 townlands with the usual details and derivations, but it also lists the many subdivisions within townlands - most townlands contain 4 to 10 subdivisions. Kilbarron parish takes 23 pages, but does not have a table of townlands, although there is a list of landed proprietors. The Templecarn(e) parish entry - 12 pages - also includes the bits of the parish in Co. Fermanagh, for a total of 50 townlands (listed). Volume 2 contains Culdaff, Cloncha and Inver. There is an 1815 map of the adjacent parishes of Culdaff and Clonca, but no specific townland boundaries shown. The 25 pages of Culdaff information includes a good section on "illegal distillation" and the appendix at the end lists all of the fines, by townland, for the year 1815, as well as a better map of the parish and a detailed listing of the townlands. The Cloncha entry is 14 pages long, and contains a similar appendix to that of Culdaff, i.e., fines, map, townland listing. Inver parish, 14 pages, contains an interesting table of "Quarterlands", "Half-Quarterlands" with the townlands contained in these land divisions.......plus some "detached" townlands. Pete - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts </HTML>

Have you tried this source ? https://www.familysearch.org/ Frank McGonigal > ~~~~~~~~~~ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BARBARA NELSON" <barb19401@verizon.net> > To: "Frank McGonigal" <frank017@sympatico.ca>; <irl-donegal@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 6:07 PM > Subject: Re: [IRL-DONEGAL] McGonigal >> >> I wonder if you have any McGonigles in MA? I have a Rose McGonigle who >> married a Neil(Neal) O'Donnell. >> He was one of my grandmothers brothers, and they lived in Everett after >> marriage. I know Neal was born in >> 1871 in Co Donegal(in around Carndonagh) to James O'Donnell and Susan >> Doherty. Both born in 1845 >> Neal has several sibblings including my grandmother Mary Ann July 1873, >> who married Patrick Bradley here in Boston April 17 1902. >> >> If you or anyone searching McGonigles learn about her or have her in your >> trees/research please let me know. >> Her mothers maiden name may have been McLaughlin. >> >> Thank you >> B

Hi Listers I've just contacted some new McGonigal cousins in New Jersey USA. They are definitely my relatives. One of the details that they have provided is that a Joseph McGonigal was born in Donegal in 1881. No details have been provided to substantiate this birth but they say it was in the Malin area. The parents would have been William McGonigal and Mary Ann Niven his legal wife.. or MAYBE Susan Nicol or Nisbet a partner ?. I have checked various sources ..even Scotlands People in case they were mistaken, because all the other children were born in Scotland. William did go to Ireland but I don't know when or with whom. Does anyone have a list of births in Ireland about that time ..1881 ?. Thanks Frank McGonigal Ont.Canada.

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Pronounced the same, except we tend to pronounce the 'd' in Pádraig. Lá 'le Phádraig shona dhaoibh :) 2011/3/17 <Dasmi1170@aol.com>: > > > > > Beannachtashy; na Féile Pádraig > > > Happy St. Patrick’s Day > > May you have, > > Walls for the wind, > A roof for the rain > And drinks beside the  fire. > > Laughter to cheer  you, > Those you love near  you > And all that your heart  may desire. > > Munster  Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig  oraibh! ban-ock-tee na fay-lah > paw-rig  ur-iv  Connacht  Beannachtaí na Féile Páraic  oraibh! ban-ock-tee na > fay-lah paw-rig  ur-iv > > _http://www.irish-sayings.com/cats/seasonal/saintpatricksday/_ > (http://www.irish-sayings.com/cats/seasonal/saintpatricksday/) > > How is it pronounced in  Donegal? > > > >  When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/DONEGALEIRE/ > > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=DONEGALEIRE > > SOME HELPFUL WEBSITES: > Donegal Genealogy Resource (Lindel's Site) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ > Donegaleire Genealogy Links & Data > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ > Bob's Donegal Ireland Genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONEGALEIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Beannachtashy; na Féile Pádraig Happy St. Patrick’s Day May you have, Walls for the wind, A roof for the rain And drinks beside the fire. Laughter to cheer you, Those you love near you And all that your heart may desire. Munster Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh! ban-ock-tee na fay-lah paw-rig ur-iv Connacht Beannachtaí na Féile Páraic oraibh! ban-ock-tee na fay-lah paw-rig ur-iv _http://www.irish-sayings.com/cats/seasonal/saintpatricksday/_ (http://www.irish-sayings.com/cats/seasonal/saintpatricksday/) How is it pronounced in Donegal?

Happy St. Patrick's Day in sunny Phoenix golfing each day and enjoying it. Bob CDN

I have a few questions maybe someone hopefully could answer. While searching through the passenger list I found my grandmother Ellen Sweeney Conroy returning with my mother Anna who was about 1 1/2 at the time from Ireland in August 1914 to Ellis Island. Now their names were crossed off. Does that mean that they intended to board the ship to come back to USA and did not? I cannot find them returning at a later time. Yet I know they had to within the next few months. Found the info on Ancestry.com Also where would I find passenger lists leaving NY or Philadelphia to Ireland? When they landed in Londonderry was there a form they needed to fill that would have more info about where they were going in Donegal to see her father Daniel Sweeney? Originally from Cor Point Lettermacaward Daniel born about 1854 wasn't there then and cannot find him in any of the Census. Thanks in advance for any information. Pat

Hi All I would also be interested in this marriage as my father's cousin married into a Patton family from the Ramelton area. Regards Eleanr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Murlel Sherlock" <muriel.sherlock@iolfree.ie> To: <donegaleire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 12:37 AM Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] Rossnakill Christ the Redeemer Church of Ireland. > Hi folks > Would some kind person who has access to Christ the Redeemer Church > Records, > which is situated at Rosnakill Co.Donegal > be willing to do a look-up for the marriage between Rebecca Patton and > William Moore Feb 9 1817. > There may be another couple of Patton Marriages around the same period. > > Many thanks > > Muriel > > > > When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you > are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, > remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the > message subject to which you are replying. > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/DONEGALEIRE/ > > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES > AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=DONEGALEIRE > > SOME HELPFUL WEBSITES: > Donegal Genealogy Resource (Lindel's Site) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ > Donegaleire Genealogy Links & Data > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ > Bob's Donegal Ireland Genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DONEGALEIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message