Dear Janice and All: I think the message below may have cleared up a bit of confusion for me but I am wondering what others think regarding the name of one of the villages listed below. In explanation, about two years ago a blessed soul copied to this listserve some marriages originally printed in the Feb. 7, 1845 Ballyshannon Herald. Included in this list was the marriage of my ancestor, John Crawford, to Jane McVitty by Reverend George Tredernick. The village listed was spelled as Carricknaliorar in Ballyshannon, County Donegal. My question: could this really be Carricknahorna, as Janice writes was the name of one of the villages in Ballyshannon? I am desperate for any information to expand upon this dead-end in my family research. Jackie -----Original Message----- From: JANICEFRIEL@aol.com [mailto:JANICEFRIEL@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 6:14 AM To: DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] Parishes of Donegal (Book) In a message dated 12/13/2003 5:17:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, joannecalhoun@webtv.net writes: Joanne Ballyshannon is listed under Parish of Kilbarron; Revd Robert Ball, incumbent. Rents: some town fields near Ballyshannon let for 5 to 6 guineas per annum. Employment is abundant in spring and harvest, but not at all so in the other seasons of the year. Encouragement to the fisheries and the openng of a canal from Ballyshannon to Belleek. Wages were for a servant man from 5pounds to 6 pounds yearly, labourers 1s to 1s 3d a day. The number of poor was considerable. The were labourers and mechanics in and near the town of Ballyshannon. The people in the country parts raised potatoes and a little flax. They were in fairly good health and the most commondisease was rheumatism. Ballyshannon villages were Mobuy, Kildoney, the hamlets of Carricknahorna, Behy, Tullyhork, Knather, Cortia and Lisahully. Janice ==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== Visit my Donegal Homepage at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237