Thanks for reply,Bernie In my 1930's ( Gaelic ) book, I see 25 local names for topographical features in ..Minard West. The names of these townland features often connect with earlier residents/occupiers,and can sometimes help with gen-research.. ( like....'Tom Moynihan's field..). The Book is a 'snapshot' or repeat of the people-listing in 'Griffith's Valuation.' I don't see any which were named after your gen- families . The only personal one was 'Saunders' well', located on the east side of..Minard West townland, and opposite the houses in the adjacent townland of.....Glenminard. In the property census ( 'Griffith's Valuation') of the early 1850's..Thomas Moynihan...Peter and Patrick Kennedy, and Peter Curran(e) feature as..House Occupiers . West-Kerry emigration to the U.S. ..meant..Springfield/Holyoke ,initially. This emigration destination probably started with only a few emigrants. In the folklore of my family, there was one dedicated Sunday-Mass there, where the homily and announcements were in the Irish(Gaelic) language..an ethnic Mass.of sorts..( Latin was the mandatory Mass-language,then ) up to the 1930's. Dec.. ( from a finally snow-free Ireland . )

Both my Mother's parents settled in the Holyoke area. gm Bridget/Bertha Mara (age 3) came over with her Father, ggf Timothy Cornelius Mara in 1883 into Boston. I have some references to the Mara's in the Killarney area, but no info on Timothy's wife. gf John Dorman was born in US, ggp came to US in 1840's, but may have come thru NY. Best info is the Dorman's came from County Cork. I found the initial migration of my father's side (Clark and Gough) from Bailieborough, County Caven in the 1840's. Settled in Ware, MA. If any one has any information on the Mara's or Dorman's it would be greatly appreciated. Jack Clark, Rio Vista, CA On 1/15/11 2:56 PM, "Declan O'Connor" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for reply,Bernie > > In my 1930's ( Gaelic ) book, I see 25 local names for topographical > features in ..Minard West. > > The names of these townland features often connect with earlier > residents/occupiers,and can sometimes help with > gen-research.. ( like....'Tom Moynihan's field..). The Book is a 'snapshot' or > repeat of the people-listing in 'Griffith's Valuation.' > > I don't see any which were named after your gen- families . The only personal > one was 'Saunders' well', > located on the east side of..Minard West townland, and opposite the houses in > the adjacent townland > of.....Glenminard. > > In the property census ( 'Griffith's Valuation') of the early 1850's..Thomas > Moynihan...Peter and Patrick Kennedy, > and Peter Curran(e) feature as..House Occupiers . > > West-Kerry emigration to the U.S. ..meant..Springfield/Holyoke ,initially. > This emigration destination probably started with only a few emigrants. > > In the folklore of my family, there was one dedicated Sunday-Mass there, where > the homily and announcements > were in the Irish(Gaelic) language..an ethnic Mass.of sorts..( Latin was the > mandatory Mass-language,then ) > up to the 1930's. > > Dec.. > > ( from a finally snow-free Ireland . ) > _______________ > --------------- > > Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message. > > To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message. > > To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ > > Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish > genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide > audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is at > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message Jack Clark 707.688.1500 [email protected]

Declan, I'd love to know the title of that book and I'd love to have a san of Garanafulla townland from it, if it covers the area near Waterville. Lookin for the old Dennehy's. Whenever anyone mentions snow in Ireland, I think of the final scene in John Houston's The Dead, based on Joyce's the Dubliners. Powerful film. On Jan 15, 2011, at 4:56 PM, Declan O'Connor wrote: > Thanks for reply,Bernie > > In my 1930's ( Gaelic ) book, I see 25 local names for > topographical features in ..Minard West. > > The names of these townland features often connect with earlier > residents/occupiers,and can sometimes help with