AlRose509@aol.com wrote........ >A very kind soul did a look-up for me of MARTIN listings in The Flax Growers >Bounty List, 1796 for County Monaghan, Ireland. At first, I was surprised to >see so many ... 44 total spread out over the entire county. However, as I >looked further, I noticed a pattern evolving with a bias toward the southern >civil parishes. There were over 60 MARTINs in just the Donaghmoyne parish alone, in 1823 Tithe Applotment index. The barony of Farney. There are still some there today. I have a football history of Donaghmoyne parish that lists several Martins as players, with some team photos going back to about 1912. > Aside from the fact that I know little about each of the "Barony" >(including perhaps proper spelling)............ If Ann Harney's site doesn't have a map of the Monaghan baronies, I can send you one. The barony spellings in the book; "The Monaghan Story", by Livingstone are; TRUAGH, MONAGHAN, DARTREY, CREMORNE, FARNEY. I see "Trough" and "Truagh" used. I was told that one of those was completely wrong and meant something entirely out of place for a placename, but forgot which one it was. >I see that nearly half of all MARTINs in Monaghan are from the southern >Barony of Farney(?), and son Bryan's naturalization papers have him born >1799 in Carrickmacross (also in this Barony). Donaghmoyne begins just above the town of Carrickmacross. >What should I learn about Farney Barony to aid in my research? I believe the Marquis of Bath was landlord of most if not all of that parish, with Shirley owning the majority of lands in the barony. I don't know where to tell you to look for records though. There are Bath papers on the Web, but they won't be of any help to you. Patrick Traynor, in California's gold-rush country. tray@jps.net TRAYNOR'S Web Page (Irish stuff) http://members.nbci.com/pattraynor/