Hi Pete, You are wonderful, and the first person to actually know where Cahanagh is! I have looked on a dozen or so maps and never been able to find it, it must be very small. I have also left messages on lots of websites, including this one, and in over 10 years you are the only person to answer me with the details I was looking for, many many thanks. Regards Lyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [LONGFORD] help wanted > Lynne at [email protected] writes: > > << could you tell me if Cahanagh Townland, Clongesh is still there and, if > you have any information on it I would love to know as I intend to visit the > area later this year. >> > > Lynne, > > Cahanagh is still there, just waiting for you to visit !! It's actually a > townland with a convenient crossroads at its center. The crossroads is just 2 > 1/2 miles due north of Longford town, on the R 198 regional road heading north > from Longford to Drumlish and Arvagh. The crossing east-west road connects > Newtown Forbes to the west, through Cahanagh to the R 194 to the east, which > continues on to Ballinalee and Granard. > > Cahanagh is shown on Discovery map 41, together with the 23 to 28 houses (5 > houses close to the border with Lismoy townland) which were there in 1995 when > the map survey was made. All of these Cahanagh buildings are right along the > crossroads and the entire townland is only 163 acres.......so you'll be able > to walk from house to house and make your inquiries (and have a spot of tea > with each of the residents <gr>). > > Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts > > > ==== IRL-LONGFORD Mailing List ==== > ~An old broom knows the dirty corners best.~ >

Hi All I received the following info via email this week. Has anyone heard of this book? Available as book, CD or download from Internet. I was very interested in purchasing, but the postage to Australia from the US is $39.95!!! And then $49.95 for the book. A bit too expensive for me. No connections. Just wondered why I hadn't heard about it around the traps. Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia I am pleased to bring to your attention a new work entitled County Longford Residents Prior to the Famine: A Transcription and Complete Index of the Tithe Applotment Books of County Longford, Ireland (1823 - 1835) by Guy A. Rymsza, available exclusively from Dome Shadow Press <http://www.domeshadowpress.com>. Longford is the first county to enjoy such a thorough examination of the Tithe Books, which serve as an excellent census substitute for the nineteenth-century Irish census returns destroyed in the 1922 bombing of Dublin's Public Record Office. Irish ancestors who may have migrated within Ireland or emigrated to another country during the Famine (1845 - 1850) may now be rediscovered, along with their townlands of origin. County Longford Residents Prior to the Famine is the product of extensive, detailed research, and is much more than a casual transcription. It has received worldwide acclaim from Irish genealogists such as John Grenham of Dublin and Judith Eccles Wight of Utah. Brian Donovan, Publishing Director and co-founder of Eneclann Ltd. in Dublin, has commented that he is "extremely impressed with the work Rymsza has undertaken, as it will provide a quality resource for people using the Tithe Books." A thorough review by Francis Dowling of Otherdays.com appears at his world-class Irish Genealogical Research Web site.

Hello Beryl Reference subject book, there's a copy for sale on Abe Books at $29.95 US plus $9.00 shipping US to Australia. This should work out to about Australian $ 55 at current rates `total'. Expensive but better than you cite. Delivery is about a month. Add about $8 US dollars for delivery in 5-8 business days. Copy is used but reputedly in `good' condition and is hardcover. Seller is domiciled in Michigan. There's another copy also from the US but about $10 higher cost `sans shipping'. Go to http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?&tn=Residents+Prior+to+the+Famine&cm_re=A*Search+Box*Form&an=Guy+A.+Rymsza,&imageField.y=15&imageField.x=43&ph=2&sts=t or simply try http://www.abebooks.com/ and enter the words `Residents Prior to the Famine' and the author's name to achieve a successful lookup. I have no financial or personal interest in Abe Books - actually a central communication house connecting sellers and buyers but can say that I've had nothing but good results through Abebooks. Ron Davies Surrey, BC Canada Hope this helps. At 02:47 PM 7/27/04 +1000, you wrote: >Hi All >I received the following info via email this week. Has anyone heard of this >book? Available as book, CD or download from Internet. I was very interested >in purchasing, but the postage to Australia from the US is $39.95!!! And >then $49.95 for the book. A bit too expensive for me. >No connections. Just wondered why I hadn't heard about it around the traps. > >Beryl O'Gorman >Greensborough Victoria Australia > >I am pleased to bring to your attention a new work entitled County Longford >Residents Prior to the Famine: A Transcription and Complete Index of the >Tithe Applotment Books of County Longford, Ireland (1823 - 1835) by Guy A. >Rymsza, available exclusively from Dome Shadow Press

Hello Again Beryl I've just noticed that AbeBooks now has an Australian/New Zealand web site: www.Abebooks.com.au/.co.nz Sorry I didn't spot this before. Ron Davies Surrey, BC Canada