Greetings Jackie, Your query set me trying to do an equivalency list of first names, which I needed when inserting batch numbers into my IGI searches online. Narry seems to be a separate name, at least in Inchigeelagh, since it didn't get indexed with Mary or any other first name. Norry must also be considered a separate name, since it wasn't even equated to Nora. Not too scientific, just based on searching one parish on the IGI, so in other part of Cork, different naming customs may well apply. I had fun seeing which first names were lumped together by the IGI, at least for Inchigeelagh. Here are a few first names I checked, which the IGI considered "equal" to each other: Jane = Jean = Janny. Hannah = Nancy = Nantz = Nance = Ann = Anna = Hanna = Anne = Hanora. Nora = Nora, no others. Narry = Narry, no others. Norry = Norry, no others. Johanna = Joan = Joanny. Margaret = Peg = Mgt. Catherine = Kate = Cath. = Cady. Cornelius = Corn. = Cors. Con = Con, no others. Jeremiah = Jeremiha = Jerh., no others. Darby = Darby, although elsewhere it is supposedly Jeremiah. James = Jacob = Jim = Jas. I noticed that the dates in the IGI, also the Casey collection for Inchigeelagh baptisms, for the children of John REGAN and Narry RIORDAN/ REARDAN, don't fit with ages of Denis REGAN and John REGAN on their army discharge dates in Bandon. Of course, maybe they were not infants when baptized. Incidentally, the IGI lists 3 other children for that couple

The name "Nora" - although in itself, it might be a written as a complete name on some legal forms - is generally considered to be a short form of Honora(h) or Hanora(h), as are 'Norry' and 'Narry'. "Con" is usually a short form for Cornelius, although a person named Conor might also have it as a short name. Pádraig Mór An Sean Ghabair ***** Replies to the LIST ONLY - Thanks ***** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Glassel" <tglassel@execpc.com> To: <IRL-CORK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 9:03 PM Subject: Regans of Inchigeelagh > Greetings Jackie, > Your query set me trying to do an equivalency list of first names, which > I needed when inserting batch numbers into my IGI searches online. > Narry seems to be a separate name, at least in Inchigeelagh, since it > didn't get indexed with Mary or any other first name. Norry must also be > considered a separate name, since it wasn't even equated to Nora. Not > too scientific, just based on searching one parish on the IGI, so in > other part of Cork, different naming customs may well apply. > > I had fun seeing which first names were lumped together by the IGI, at > least for Inchigeelagh. Here are a few first names I checked, which the > IGI considered "equal" to each other: > Jane = Jean = Janny. > Hannah = Nancy = Nantz = Nance = Ann = Anna = Hanna = Anne = Hanora. > Nora = Nora, no others. > Narry = Narry, no others. > Norry = Norry, no others. > Johanna = Joan = Joanny. > Margaret = Peg = Mgt. > Catherine = Kate = Cath. = Cady. > Cornelius = Corn. = Cors. > Con = Con, no others. > Jeremiah = Jeremiha = Jerh., no others. > Darby = Darby, although elsewhere it is supposedly Jeremiah. > James = Jacob = Jim = Jas. > > > > > > I noticed that the dates in the IGI, also the Casey collection for > Inchigeelagh baptisms, for the children of John REGAN and Narry RIORDAN/ > REARDAN, don't fit with ages of Denis REGAN and John REGAN on their army > discharge dates in Bandon. Of course, maybe they were not infants when > baptized. > Incidentally, the IGI lists 3 other children for that couple