Often times you will find surnames as well as place names spelled phonetically or how they sounded to the person writing the record. Fahiebeg would be Fahy Beg County Clare Barony: Tulla Lower Civil Parish: O'Briensbridge Poor Law Union: Limerick Nockaclavanea would be Knockyclovaun County Clare Barony: Tulla Lower Civil Parish: Killaloe Poor Law Union: Scarriff There are no townlands listed in The General Aphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland beginning with nock. Nock would be the phonetic of Knock. Knock is found in many place names, it is the anglicization of cnoc which means anthing from a small hill to a small mountain. Slan go foill, Margaret (Mairead) > Cheers to the list! > > Tithe Applotment records (1824) show townlands of "Fahiebeg" > and "Nockaclavanea" for Pierce GUNNING and Michael GUNNING > in Parish of O'Briensbridge and Killaloe in County Clare. I > can't find those townland names in Ireatlas. Can anyone give > me the real townland names? > > Also, can anyone give me the names of the children of Pierce > GUNNING and Michael GUNNING or any other information about > their families? > > Any help would be appreciated! > > Tom Gunning > > > ==== SHAMROCK Mailing List ==== > **Civil Registration began in Ireland > in 1864. Before that time, you will > need to access parish registers. See > http://community.webtv.net/mpetzolt2/helpfulhints ** >