Hello List, Two of my family going on census information from Manchester were born in Ireland. They seem to be rare names and I wonder if anyone could point me in the right direction as to where in Ireland I might start looking. I realise this is a vague question but I would be grateful for any help, Thank you, Sandy Australia

Try this link: http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm This will tell you were the names were most numerous around the time of Griffiths Valuation. I just tried your names and only found two Strands in Dublin, but Flood is all over the Ireland and appears most numerous in Co. Cavan. There's a good possiblity that this is where the name originated in Ireland. Good luck in your search. Mary Elizabeth RESEARCHING: McKERNAN/McKIERNAN in Co. Antrim and Co. Leitrim; McALLISTER in Co. Antrim; MULDOWNEY in Co. Kilkenny; and KEARNEY in Co. Louth --- Glenn and Sandra Matheson <gsbm2@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hello List, > Two of my family going on census information from > Manchester were born in > Ireland. They seem to be rare names and I wonder if > anyone could point me in > the right direction as to where in Ireland I might > start looking. I realise > this is a vague question but I would be grateful for > any help, > Thank you, > Sandy > Australia > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, > links, lookup volunteers,unsubscribe, change your > subscription from L to D or D to L > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Hello Mary Elizabeth, Thank you for your kind reply. I shall try the link and see where it takes me, Cheers Sandy Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Elizabeth Wagner" <catladymew@yahoo.com> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] STRAND and FLOOD > Try this link: > > > http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm >

Hi Sandy, 1) Flood Unfortunately this name is Irish, Welsh, and English -- difficult to distinguish as many English, Welsh (and Scots) were encouraged to settle in Ireland in Plantation times (late 16th century) to displace the Catholic Irish. 1a) Irish Floods Flood was an anglicization of Mac Maoltuile, abbreviated to Mac an Tuile or simply Mac Tuile (tuile meant flood, but it also meant will [of God] which was probably the real source). Otherwise that name was rendered MacAtilla or MacTully. In Cavan and Louth a variant was Floody. 1b) Welsh Floods Welsh settlers in Ulster with the name Floyd ('grey') often became Flood (those in Munster tended to retain the Floyd). However, to confuse the issue, some Floods in Munster became Floyds! 1c) English Floods This Old English name means '(dweller by) the stream', i.e., Fleet. 2) Strand Another Old English name, meaning '(dweller by' the strand or shore') -- more commonly Stranders nowadays. It is not common in Ireland. Regards, David