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    1. [WEX] Re: Tomnaboley
    2. Greg Finnegan
    3. Regarding this query: >From: Joshua Behn <gen_stonewall_jackson@yahoo.com> >Could anyone enlighten me as to where in Wexford, >Tomnaboley is? On my Great great Grandfatehr's birth >certificate, it says he was born in Tomnaboley, yet I >can find no reference to Tomnaboley on any maps. I'm >assuming it's a small village, too small to be on any >maps, but where exactly is it? The IreAtlas Townland Database is a great resource (and free!): http://www.seanruad.com/cgi-bin/iresrch> Townland Acres County Barony Parish PLU Province Tomnaboley Lower 301 Wexford Gorey Kilcormick Enniscorthy Leinster Tomnaboley Upper 107 Wexford Gorey Kilcormick Enniscorthy Leinster PLU=Poor Law Unit I don't know of a map that will show the exact boundaries. Those with more knowledge doubtless will be able to suggest one, as well as saying more about the political and social qualities of a townland, as the smallest administrative unit. (And perhaps they already have; I receive the list in digest form and therefore won't have seen any prior replies. Gregory Allan Finnegan Cambridge, Massachusetts USA Descended from POOLE, JOHNSTON, WEBSTER, with LEECH and COPELAND connections, from Gorey and Garrybrit (which last can't be too far from Tomnaboley?)

    08/16/2000 08:01:37