Dick Straw's recent request regarding Peter Bradley, a relative from Devlinreagh, a townland in Mevagh Parish, North of Termon in the Rosguill Peninsula area of County Donegal, posed a question - Is it possible to locate townlands on an online map of Ireland. I usually use the URL www.multimap.com which is useful for the six county area of N. Ireland but which fails at any reasonable degree of magnification in most of County Donegal. Thus it is possible to locate Mevagh using this map but it is not possible to locate Devlinreagh. I next tried the online map system available at the URL www.map-ireland.com and after some fiddling located the Devlinreagh townland East of Carrigart on the R245. On tracking East to more familiar territory near Burnfoot it was possible to locate Drumacross and Dunmdrean but not Magheryard Big (where my paternal grandmother was born). Magheryard Big (two houses) is, however, visible using www.multimap.com in this case. Conclusion - where www.multimap.com fails to magnify to townland (and house) level in the Republic of Ireland www.map-ireland.com provides a good substitute for locating townlands not visible on normal Irish roadmaps. Dick Straw should be able to print out a map showing the area where his gg-grandfather was born, to show to the other members of the clan. Other listers should be able to follow suit regarding townlands of interest to them. Most townlands, groups of houses and even single houses are visible on the Discovery Map Series Sheets, available by purchase from www.elstead.co.uk Liam "A bird in the bush is worth two in the Cat" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Straw" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 12:41 AM Subject: [DONEGAL] Peter Bradley > Peter Bradley died in Saratoga, Minnesota, USA, in May, 1862, leaving > nothing but an almost illegible headstone claiming he was born in County > Donegal (perhaps in a place called Devlinreagh, although most of the letters > of the town are eroded away), perhaps in late 1780 (dates eroded badly as > well). He came to the United States at a young age, and, according to her > own claim, had a daughter in December 1812, probably in Connecticut, who for > whatever reason went by the name of Mary Bisbee. She was married in Erie > Co., New York, in June of 1831, to Henry Ingalls, and they later moved to > Minnesota. He does not appear in any Minnesota census I have found, but is > buried in a plot in Saratoga near Mary (Bisbee) Ingalls. A somewhat vague > reference in a letter of her son-in-law accepts the relationship, as I read > it. > If anyone can find the least clue to Peter's existence, I should be most > grateful, as he would be my gg-grandfather, and the only known Irishman in > the clan. > Thanks > ________________ > > Dick Straw > > Talent, OR 97540