Hello, Pat, What exactly do you mean by Cromwells Transportation Scheme. Do you mean people who Cromwell brought to IRELAND or something else? I have only read of the ones he brought to Ireland. Thank you in reply. Lyn Brown in Griffith On 21/03/2010, at 7:55 AM, Pat Connors wrote: > I have just put my transcription online for this parish on the > Monaghan > section of my website. It is quite large and includes over 750 names. > Please read my transcription notes carefully to see what kind of > problems I encountered with this transcription. > > > From my reading, I have read that Monaghan was quite effected by > Cromwell's transportation scheme. I > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message
> What exactly do you mean by Cromwells Transportation Scheme. > > Do you mean people who Cromwell brought to IRELAND or something else? > I have only read of the ones he brought to Ireland. After the 1641 Irish uprising against the English invaders, Cromwell wanted retribution. With 17,000 troups, he re-invaded Ireland killing 1/3 of all the Catholic Irish. In 1852 England passed the 'Cromwellian Act of Settlement' which forced Irish landowners to relocate from the very fertile land of the the country to the land west of the River Shannon which was not very conducive to planting (mostly covered with rock), hence the saying, 'To Hell or Conacht'. I know I left out a lot but I am not an Ireland history expert and I am sure many can fill in my generalities. So back to my genealogy. My babybook says my McEntees emigrated to NY from 'Connaught'. The only place I can find McEntees there is in County Mayo but I am beginning to think they originated in County Monaghan, hence my question to those in the know, how did the Cromwell transplantation scheme effect the county? Were there certain areas where they moved? County Mayo? -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com