Here women brought their dowry with them, Cattle/Money etc. If one watches The Quiet Man, for example, she brings furniture and money with her. This would be typical. There were a few dowries posted on FG a while back and about the value of the Cattle as part of dowry. Then there is the HIGHLY romantic marriage proposal.. "Would you like to be buried with my kin?" DH On 06/04/2016 08:01, [email protected] wrote: > Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD Distances ancestors travelled > To: "Dave H."<[email protected]>,[email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > If I have five sons, and they marry ladies from different parishes. > They will attend services in her family parish. > They still came from the same parish. > WHY > > they married to get land, the woman's dowery. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus