List of freeholders in the townland of Clarkill, parish of Forkill, Co. Armagh, in 1827 From PRONI’s About freeholders’ records: Freeholders were men who either owned their land outright or who held it in a lease for the duration of…
Continue reading →List of landholders in the townland of Ballykeel, parish of Forkhill, County Armagh, ca. 1828 [1823-1837]. Transcribed from PRONI Reference FIN/5/A/143, Tithe applotment for the parish of Forkhill, County Armagh.
Continue reading →List of landholders in the townland of Clarkill, parish of Forkill, County Armagh, ca. 1828 [1823-1837]. Transcribed from PRONI Reference FIN/5/A/143, Tithe applotment for the parish of Forkhill, County Armagh. Note: “Macan” = “McCann” “M’Kinly” = “McKinley” See more Forkill records.
Continue reading →My Lahey ancestors came from Killycross Upper, Ballymacegan, Lorrha, Co. Tipperary, Ireland;1 and emigrated to March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada from the mid-1820s to the early 1830s. And the reason why we have their townland of origin is that…
Continue reading →One of the challenges of Irish genealogy is that of identifying and locating townlands, the names and spellings of which can vary across time, and, even within the same time period, from one source to another. For a discussion of…
Continue reading →It’s wonderful to have online access to The Tithe Applotment Books, but there are some issues. The problems are described by Dr. Paul MacCotter, in a post that carries the rather ominous title “The Tithe Applotment Books Online: a health…
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