Cheryl writes: === a location that may be in Kerry but may be in Cork. [snip] The location is written as Grandurr on a Millstreet parish baptismal record. === Cheryl, As Marge mentioned, there aren't many "close" placenames in Co. Kerry (or in Cork, for that matter). But I think her two Kerry locations are too far from the Millstreet parish to be probable. One is out on the Dingle peninsula near Dingle town, and the other is 4 miles WSW of Castleisland town. I have a great location in mind, but there's a wee problem......it would require an odd mis-reading of 19th century script - a double "f" read as a double "r". It seems unlikely, I'll admit. But the townland of Garraneduff is only a mile or so East of Millstreet town, in Co. Cork........close enough for a convenient baptism. I didn't find any truly suitable candidates in Co. Cork, other than this dubious one. I'm not sure how an "ff" script could look like an "rr". Perhaps someone with more experience in reading Irish script of the period could comment on this. It really does sound unlikely, I must admit. But it's all I've got. Pete - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts </HTML>

I think Pete's suggestion is a much better one than mine. I must admit I did not look to see where Millstreet was in comparison to the place names that I found. Also, consider how the name might be interpreted by a priest new to the area if the person did not pronounce it clearly enough. Slán, Marge in Southern California Searching: Golden, Sullivan, Kelly, Shea, in Kerry and Connecticut O'Connor in Kerry Fee, Cassidy, Gilbride in Fermanagh, Cavan, Kildare and Connecticut Lynch in Limerick and Connecticut Walsh, Stackpole, Garry/Garrey/McGarrey, Donovan, Doyle, Clowney/Clooney, King in Kildare On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 6:41 AM, <PeteScherm@aol.com> wrote: > Cheryl writes: > > === a location that may be in Kerry but may be in Cork. [snip] The > location is written as Grandurr on a Millstreet parish baptismal record. > === > > Cheryl, > > As Marge mentioned, there aren't many "close" placenames in Co. Kerry (or > in Cork, for that matter). But I think her two Kerry locations are too far > from the Millstreet parish to be probable. One is out on the Dingle > peninsula near Dingle town, and the other is 4 miles WSW of Castleisland > town. > > I have a great location in mind, but there's a wee problem......it would > require an odd mis-reading of 19th century script - a double "f" read as a > double "r". It seems unlikely, I'll admit. But the townland of > Garraneduff is > only a mile or so East of Millstreet town, in Co. Cork........close enough > for a convenient baptism. I didn't find any truly suitable candidates in > Co. Cork, other than this dubious one. I'm not sure how an "ff" script > could > look like an "rr". > > Perhaps someone with more experience in reading Irish script of the period > could comment on this. It really does sound unlikely, I must admit. But > it's all I've got. > > > Pete > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts > </HTML> >