When you say Clune could it be Clane? In the Primary Valuation of 1852 there was a Peter Macky (sic) listed in townland of Loughbollard Commons, parish of Clane, also close by in the same parish at Firmount West a Michael Carroll. There is no townland or parish listed with the name Clune in the whole of Ireland in the Townland Index of 1851. Terry Arthur.

Hello Terry, Yes, I agree with you that Clune could be Clane; there are many documents here that have these sorts of errors in them. With many different nations from overseas coming to Australia in the 1800's with different accents and at times no English the written word was often misspelt or misheard. This lead to errors, and or at times coupled with incompetence of some scribes, even laziness on their part. I am sure they came from Clane after carefully culling through the documents I have, as one or two spell it Clane, at first I though it was 2 different areas but now know it is one and the same, thank you for you help in this matter. The Peter Mackey and Michael Carroll you note are too late to be my ancestors; however, they could be descendants of the same families. In the early 1800, would Clane have been a village or a small town? I know it is classed as a City now. Thank you for your help, Regards, Jill J -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] When you say Clune could it be Clane? In the Primary Valuation of 1852 there was a Peter Macky (sic) listed in townland of Loughbollard Commons, parish of Clane, also close by in the same parish at Firmount West a Michael Carroll. There is no townland or parish listed with the name Clune in the whole of Ireland in the Townland Index of 1851. Terry Arthur.