Hi Please i hope you dont mind i am trying to locate my Brogan family as i beleive they came from around there .his name was Martin Brogan born about 1875 he married a Agnes (Mary Thornton not sure when she was born in the 1890 -1900 not sure when the married . Kind regards jean On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 3:07 AM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com < gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: samfish171 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.may.general/7531.2.2.2.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hi Joe. > Yes I do recognise the road. Growing up we always refered to it as the Bog > Road as it lead us to the bog. Ha ha. There is actually a spring/well a bit > behind where your great uncle is stood, hiding in a hedge. Often while home > as a child, the pump on our own spring would breakdown so we had to fill up > lots of buckets there. If you put Knock Mayo ito Google maps and then tick > terrain you can actually see the old names of the areas, except Ruane of > course. Carrownamallaght is actually on the crossroad where your G. uncle > was stood. > While I was actually home last week I found my grandfathers medical card > and it does state Ruane on the card as he was born and died there. > We also call the hill, up the field behind our farm, Le Horn, not the right > spelling I am sure but at least you will be able to pronounce it. > Let me know if there is anything else I can help you with as I still have > lots of family in Knock. I have attached a photo of what I know as Ruane > taken last week. I will spare you the one of the cows. > Regards SS > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would > like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and > respond on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-MAYO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Kind regards Jean