Does anyone know where I might find a map of Ireland in 1695-1700 and specifically Donegal? Joan DONEGALEIRE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > DONEGALEIRE-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 166 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: ROWE in Barnsmore [PeteScherm@aol.com] > #2 1901 Census Culdaff Parish [Michael =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D3?= =?iso] > #3 Cornelius McKeever and Manassas Mc [Phil Crowther <crowther@southwind.] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from DONEGALEIRE-D, send a message to > > DONEGALEIRE-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > If you aren't unsubscribed, try the same method using the following address > > DONEGALEIRE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: ROWE in Barnsmore > Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:19:46 EDT > From: PeteScherm@aol.com > To: DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com > > Ellen at elangan@telus.net writes: > > << Can anyone tell me about Barnsmore, Tawnawully, Donegal. >> > > Ellen, > > The "settlement" of Barnesmore (I hesitate to even call it a village, as it's > just a postoffice and a few buildings strewn about <gr>) is located about 5 > miles NE of Donegal town, on the N 15 national road to Ballybofey/Stranorlar. > It's located at the southwestern end of the Barnesmore Gap, a lovely passage > through the mountains along the Lowerymore River. There is no townland of > Barnesmore - it seems to be generally located across a boundary between the > townlands of Keadew Upper and Cullionboy, all within Donegal civil parish. The vast > townland (nearly 10 square miles) of Tawnawully Mountains lies a bit to the > north of Barnesmore. > > Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: 1901 Census Culdaff Parish > Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:31:07 +0100 > From: Michael Ó Nuadháin<michealonuadhain@eircom.net> > To: DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com > > --=======4C63549C======= > Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-107E24DC; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Six more townlands added to the 1901 Census. If anybody needs a record from > one of these townlands uploaded, see the link below and let me know. > > Drumaville > Drumley > Freehold > Kindroghed > Knock > Leitrim > > http://www.inishowenheritage.com/townland.php?pname=Culdaff > > Regards, > > Michael > > --=======4C63549C=======-- > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Cornelius McKeever and Manassas McFadden > Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:11:33 -0500 > From: Phil Crowther <crowther@southwind.net> > To: DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com > > I have not had much luck tracing my Pennsylvania McKeevers and McFaddens > back to Ireland, because it happened almost 200 years ago. In other > cases, where I have an ancestor with an unusual name, I have had some > luck finding someone a few generations back with the same unusual name > and tracing back to that person or family. > > The first McKeever who emigrated ca 1790-1800 was Cornelius (aka Neal or > Neil) McKeever. One of the first McFaddens might have been Manasses > (aka Manus) McFadden. Is there any record of a family of McKeevers or > McFaddens in County Donegal who used those names? > > They were all Roman Catholic, so they did not wait for the famine. My > grandfather, who reasearched the family history, told my mother that > they came from Donegal. So I am hopeful that he meant County Donegal in > Ireland (and not Donegal Township in Butler County, PA). Was there > something going on ca 1790-1810 that caused a lot of Roman Catholics to > leave County Donegal (e.g. Wolfe Tone)? Or were there simply too many > people for the resources available? > > Finally, I would be interested in any history of these families. I have > heard that the McKeevers were descendants of Iver the Dane, whose > descendants fought against Brian Boru, that they were originally from > the highlands of Scotland, but ended up on an island off the west coast > of Scotland (where the name is spelled McIver, but pronounced McKeever) > and that they were frequent visitors to County Donegal. > > Thanks, > > Phil