Probably refers to a Poor Law Union which was an area defined for administration of the Poor Laws in the 19th century. Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hal" <halsheritage@tnaccess.com> To: <IRL-DUBLIN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 6:24 AM Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN] Union Of Monkstown, Dublin, Ireland >I have a question about an IGI file entry in the 1749 time frame. Would > UNION be the street name? If not that then what does it mean. I see it > occurring 4 or 5 times in this one family and need to understand what I am > looking at. Thanks for your advise and/or opinions....Hal > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >