Wendy at wendyh65@ihug.co.nz writes: << Can someone tell me where Tuberlooneen is/was in Cork? >> Wendy, I can. Knowing that a tober is a well, I searched through Holy Wells in Co. Cork and - sure enough - there is a Tubberlaonann Holy Well in Ballywilliam townland, part of the eastern end of Cobh town (Queenstown). In fact, the Holy Well location is shown on Discovery Map 81 at the far eastern end of the built-up area of Cobh. Unlike most of the wild speculations I am prone to make, I feel pretty confident about this one <gr>. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts
Wonderful, thank you Pete! You've fired up my imagination. :-) I can see that when I get myself onto that side of the world, I'm going to have to visit Cork and the island of Cobh to see it for myself. One day! :-) I wondered what you meant by "Discovery Map 81", so did a Google search and now I know - see http://www.mapsworldwide.com/mwwlive/m9632.htm. As it happens, my sister is heading for the UK and France for a holiday at the end of next week and keeps asking me if there's anything she can get for me while she's over there, so I will ask her to look out for this! Wendy New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: PeteScherm@aol.com To: IRL-CORK-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:57 PM Subject: Re: CATSON birth 1876 Wendy at wendyh65@ihug.co.nz writes: << Can someone tell me where Tuberlooneen is/was in Cork? >> Wendy, I can. Knowing that a tober is a well, I searched through Holy Wells in Co. Cork and - sure enough - there is a Tubberlaonann Holy Well in Ballywilliam townland, part of the eastern end of Cobh town (Queenstown). In fact, the Holy Well location is shown on Discovery Map 81 at the far eastern end of the built-up area of Cobh. Unlike most of the wild speculations I am prone to make, I feel pretty confident about this one <gr>. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts