Hi Cynthia; Thank you for the answer. Would you say, since seeing it, that the second would be large enough to have a ship come and pick up 35 plus families in 1818? Thank you Tonya Cynthia N. Russell wrote: > Killybegs: > > There are two! Killybegs in Ulster, one in Northern Ireland is located in Co > Antrim, about 5-8 miles north of the Belfast International Airport. Find > Ballymena on the map and then head about a mile south. It is a wee spot. > > The other Killybegs is a charming small seaport town in Co Donegal. I > visited there in March while staying in nearby Kilcar. To find this > Killybegs look on the map to find Donegal town, then head west on the N56 > for about a 15 minute drive. I would guess that the main industry there is > fishing, as there were large fishing vessels and ships in the harbour as I > arrived on the evening of St. Paddy's Day - all were in port celebrating. > The next day all were out to sea! > > Cynthia DODD Russell > crussell@traversecity.com > Northern Michigan > Researching FERGUS . . . . DODD . . . . > Co Tyrone, IRE 1752+ Loudon Co, VA 1760 > to Phil, PA 1770 to Zanesville, OH > -----Original Message----- > From: Tonya Lebo <tonlebo@sunlink.net> > To: FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com <FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 9:28 PM > Subject: [FIANNA-L] Donegal > > >Hi; > >Can anyone tell me anything about the ports Kellybeggs and Derryonkegd? > >Locations, is it still the same name? Are they still being used? > >Thank you > >Tonya > > > > > >==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== > >The Fianna, friends helping friends! > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/ ***Award Winner*** > >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/4404/ > >Please turn off your Stationery, Backrounds & HTML! > >Messages to list in plain text only! > > > > > > > > ==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== > Visit both these pages > Fianna favorite sites > http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/ ***Award Winner***Thank You Chirho! > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/4404/ > Please turn off your Stationery, Backrounds & HTML! > Messages to list in plain text only!