Newtown Gort, is the address given for someone listed in the Irish telephone book. Is this the correct way to address a letter to that person aside from Galway and Ireland? Thanks Nancy

Nancy, yes that is how the addresses are in Ireland and everyone knows each other and the post man would know where to deliver it. The addresses are a combination of a townland, the nearest village and sometimes the nearest town on top of that. Sometimes, you would see: name, village, Co. Galway. No more than that. Even in town, they don't use house numbers on the older houses. They all have a designated house number. But for instance, Old Galway Road, Loughrea would find the resident. More recently, the numbers are being added. The government uses more proper addresses and the mailmen would have to know that "Woodville" is really "Carrowsteelagh". The addresses of rural Ireland are an art. Karin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy M. Lyons" <nancyml@comcast.net> To: <IRL-GALWAY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 8:04 PM Subject: [IRL-GALWAY] Newtown Gort > Newtown Gort, is the address given for someone listed in the Irish > telephone book. Is this the correct way to address a letter to that person > aside from Galway and Ireland? > > Thanks > > Nancy > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-GALWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >