Sheila at [email protected] writes: << Townland Glencairn, Civil Parish Lismore and Mocollop. I always thought they were from Barracks Street in Tallow Town <snip> The baptisms of their children is recorded in Tallow Parish, CastleRichard. I am having trouble understanding the geography. I see Castle Richard interchanged with Glencairn. Anyone know the difference? >> Sheila, The townland of Glencairn is located less than 3 miles north of Tallow Town. Within that townland, there is a crossroads. The north-leading road goes to Glencairn Abbey, on the south bank of the Blackwater. That crossroads is marked as "Castlerichard Cross Roads" on Discovery map 81. There is no townland of Castlerichard in the area (the nearest Castlerichard townland is 15 miles due south, in Co. Cork), but it is obviously a locally-used name for that place. Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts

Sheila, Its important not to overestimate the importance or significance of townlands. They are VERY small sometimes a few fields in size, the term 'town' is a bit confusing. Because of this they are often not used by locals. I for one would not know most of the townlands near me or right next to me unless I checked an OS Map. Very often they are only known because of an important building etc that exists on it. i.e Glencairn and the Abbey. Locals will often use a street or area address which covers a wider area relative to the townland. I have never heard of Castle Richard near Tallow, but that don't mean it doesn't exist. I suppose what I really mean to say is that is possibly enough to know that they came from Tallow. Its all about geographical scale Hope this helps Willie At 08:19 25/04/2002 -0400, [email protected] wrote: >Sheila at [email protected] writes: > ><< Townland Glencairn, Civil Parish Lismore and Mocollop. I always thought >they were from Barracks Street in Tallow Town <snip> The baptisms of their >children is recorded in Tallow Parish, CastleRichard. I am having trouble >understanding the >geography. I see Castle Richard interchanged with Glencairn. Anyone know the >difference? >> > >Sheila, > >The townland of Glencairn is located less than 3 miles north of Tallow Town. >Within that townland, there is a crossroads. The north-leading road goes to >Glencairn Abbey, on the south bank of the Blackwater. That crossroads is >marked as "Castlerichard Cross Roads" on Discovery map 81. There is no >townland of Castlerichard in the area (the nearest Castlerichard townland is >15 miles due south, in Co. Cork), but it is obviously a locally-used name for >that place. > >Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts > > >==== WATERFORD Mailing List ==== >** Visit the Waterford County page at >http://community.webtv.net/waterfordroots/waterford **