Thanks, I think :-) So what is a barony? My Rice family came from Ballynahinch, baptised in Loughinisland RC Church in County Down. So I am to assume we are talking the town Ballynahinch? Regards Michelle ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:58:55 +0000 From: Ella Patterson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Ballynahinch To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Ballynahinch is also a town in County Down (this one is not a barony) Ella Ella Patterson Cataloguer Cataloguing Department Main Library Resources Management Division The Queen's University of Belfast University Square Belfast BT7 1LS Northern Ireland Tele: +44 28 90973639 Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean McCartan Sent: 18 February 2009 07:41 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Ballynahinch The Barony Of Ballynahinch is in County Galway. Sean -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michelle Roberts Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Ballynahinch Hi List Just a little confused. I think I was looking at a pension site someone mentioned and came across the Barony of Ballynahinch in County Galwey. I though Ballynahinch was in County Down. Can anyone explain? Cheers Michelle Roberts (Rice) Western Australia ________________________________________________________________________ ____ _ This message may contain privileged and confidential information and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). You must not disclose this communication to anyone without the prior consent of the Department for Communities(DFC). If you have received this email in error, please notify us by return mail, delete it from your system and destroy all copies. DFC has exercised care to avoid errors in the information contained in this email but does not warrant that it is error or omission free. --------------------------------- 476 list members as of 1 Feb 2009 - how many are related to you? --------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- 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 -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 17752 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message --------------------------------- 476 list members as of 1 Feb 2009 - how many are related to you? --------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------ To contact the NIR-DOWN list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the NIR-DOWN mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of NIR-DOWN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 64 *************************************** _____________________________________________________________________________ This message may contain privileged and confidential information and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). You must not disclose this communication to anyone without the prior consent of the Department for Communities(DFC). If you have received this email in error, please notify us by return mail, delete it from your system and destroy all copies. DFC has exercised care to avoid errors in the information contained in this email but does not warrant that it is error or omission free.

You are definitely talking the town of Ballynahinch. A barony was an administrative district but it no longer really exists. It is useful for us because censuses, poor law relief and things like that were to some extent based on baronies If you go to http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/local_history/geographical_index/baronies_.htm you will get a list of NI Baronies. This part of the PRONI website is also very good at explaining townlands, parishes, poor law unions etc. Hope this helps PS Rice is a very common name in that area. I actually live about 7 miles from Ballynahinch, near the village of Dromara and even there there are lots of Rices Cheers Ella Ella Patterson Cataloguer Cataloguing Department Main Library Resources Management Division The Queen's University of Belfast University Square Belfast BT7 1LS Northern Ireland Tele: +44 28 90973639 Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michelle Roberts Sent: 18 February 2009 08:27 To: [email protected] Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Ballynahinch Thanks, I think :-) So what is a barony? My Rice family came from Ballynahinch, baptised in Loughinisland RC Church in County Down. So I am to assume we are talking the town Ballynahinch? Regards Michelle ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:58:55 +0000 From: Ella Patterson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Ballynahinch To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Ballynahinch is also a town in County Down (this one is not a barony) Ella Ella Patterson Cataloguer Cataloguing Department Main Library Resources Management Division The Queen's University of Belfast University Square Belfast BT7 1LS Northern Ireland Tele: +44 28 90973639 Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean McCartan Sent: 18 February 2009 07:41 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Ballynahinch The Barony Of Ballynahinch is in County Galway. Sean -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michelle Roberts Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Ballynahinch Hi List Just a little confused. I think I was looking at a pension site someone mentioned and came across the Barony of Ballynahinch in County Galwey. I though Ballynahinch was in County Down. Can anyone explain? Cheers Michelle Roberts (Rice) Western Australia ________________________________________________________________________ ____ _ This message may contain privileged and confidential information and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). You must not disclose this communication to anyone without the prior consent of the Department for Communities(DFC). If you have received this email in error, please notify us by return mail, delete it from your system and destroy all copies. 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