Thanks. I've used this site, too, and it is helpful. Fay > From: "Ray Cassidy" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:16:01 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MEATH] townland question > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:12:40 -0600 > > Fay... > I'm not entirely certain of what you're looking for, but for what it may be > worth, this site may help. It's an excellent resourse. Good luck. > > Ray Cassidy > > > http://www.seanruad.com/ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fay Finn" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 6:26 AM > Subject: [MEATH] townland question > > >> Just a general question: How can a person find out what townland an >> ancestor is from? Mine is from Kildalkey, but that is the name of a civil >> parish as well as a townland. There are dozens of townlands in that civil >> parish. When people said where they were from, did they usually mean the >> townland or the parish? Thanks. Fay >> >> >> ==== IRL-MEATH Mailing List ==== >> County Meath and County Westmeath are up for adoption. They combined were > the ancient Province of Meath. When the King of Meath didn't play good with > other Kings, his kingdom was absorbed by Leinster and Ulster. >> If interested, Contact list admin: [email protected] >> > > > ==== IRL-MEATH Mailing List ==== > If someone will write a history of Province Meath, it will be posted to Meath, > Westmeath and Leinster webpages. Come on you budding historians, Shine. >