Thank you all for your help in finding out all of this about Dunwaist/Dunwest. It has been very useful. Good luck on future genealogy adventures!
Sincerely, Katherine Quigley > On Jul 9, 2019, at 10:02 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks. > > On my phone for a few minutes .... > > I had a quick look at the British Newspaper Archive/ Irish Newspapers at > Findmypast.co.uk .. > > For "Dunwest" -- 5 search-hits in 1800-1849, 1 in 1850-1899, 1 in 1950- > 1999. > > For "Dunwaist", 1 in 1950-1999. > > For "Dunw*st", a total of 32 search hits (so more than the above). > > Katherine, hope some of these might add to your local knowledge. > > Happy researching! > > Dave Mitchell > Cape Town, South Africa > > > > From: "Len Swindley" <[email protected]> > To: "CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Katherine Quigley" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "James > McKane" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 04:05:18 PM > Subject: RE: [CoTyroneMailingList] Dunwaist, Co Tyrone > > Hello Katherine, > > Your query has taken much time to research, but I believe it has now been > solved. The DUNWAIST recorded in the Longfield West Parish 1826 tithe > applotment book is the same location recorded as DUNWEST in Samuel Lewis’ > Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837). It is common to find townlands > and subdenominations spelt phonetically in the tithe applotment books; in an > era when many folk could neither read nor write, this was a common occurrence. > > You may wish to refer to: > Library Ireland https://www.libraryireland.com/ > Topographical Dictionary of Ireland – Samuel Lewis (1837) > Parish of Langfield West > https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/L/Langfield-West-Omagh-Tyrone.php > “The parish comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 29,906¾ statute > acres, of which 176 are water, and about 6,700 are mountain and bog. The > mountains afford good pasturage for cattle and sheep, and their declivities > are in a state of progressive cultivation; a great portion of the bog is also > being rapidly reclaimed, and the system of agriculture is fast improving. In > DUNWEST are extensive beds of coal in three strata, all easy of access; and > though at every flood large masses are detached by the river Poe [The POE, > (or Fairy Water), a stream of the county of Tyrone, Ireland, rises near > Castlederg, and falls into the Strule near Omagh], and carried down the > stream, no attempt yet has been made to work them: coal of very good quality > is also found in other parts of the parish”. > > LONGFIELD WEST TITHE APPLOTMENT BOOK (1826) > DUNWAIST > BARTON > John > BLEANEY > John > BOOTH > James > BOOTH > John > BOYD > [?] > DARCY > John > DOUGHERTY > James > GALLICE > Frank > GALLICE > Patt > GALLICE > Phelix > GALLICE > Redmond > McAREE > John > McCANNEY > Frank, reps of the late > McCANNEY > James > McCANNEY > John > McELHOLM > Rodger > McILHILL > Andrew & partners > McILHOLOM > Rodger > McMENAMIN > Owen > MEGLAGHLIN > Neil > MONTGOMERY > Hutsin [Hustin/ Hudson?] > MONTGOMERY > John > O’NEIL > Henery > PATTEN > James > PATTEN > John & son George > QUIGLEY > Andrew > REED > James > REED > John > STUT > George > STUT > John > > DUNWAIST/ DUNWEST is not recorded in Griffiths Valuation which indicates that > it has disappeared and been renamed. A comparison of the family names listed > in both the TAB and Griffiths finds these families holding leases in the > adjoining townlands of SLOUGHAN and BILLARY. Given that these records are a > whole generation apart and the effects of large scale emigration during and > post Famine, many of the families remained in these townlands. Also, neither > Sloughan nor Billary are recorded in the tithe applotment book. Another point > is that the Fairy Water flows along the southern boundary of Sloughan (the > site of the deposits of coal). > > GRIFFITHS VALUATION, LONGFIELD WEST (c1860) > SLOUGHAN TOWNLAND > GILLEESE > Owen > GILLEESE > Patrick > MANSFIELD > Rev. Geo. D. > McCANEY > Catherine > McCANEY > James > McCANEY > William > McCORMACK > Hugh > McELHILL > James > McELHILL > Mary > McELHILL > Michael > McELHOLM > Felix > McMENAMIN > Hugh > McMENAMIN > Owen > MEEHAN > James > MITCHELL > James, Jun. > MITCHELL > James, Sen > REID > James > WALKER > David > WINTERS > Edward > WINTERS > John > > BILLARY TOWNLAND > GILLEESE > James > GILLEESE > Owen, Jun. > GILLEESE > Owen, Sen. > GILLEESE > Sarah > GILLESE > Owen > GILLESE > Simon > HEALY > Michael > McLOUGHLIN > John > MONTGOMERY > Richard > MOORE > John > POOLE > Edward > QUIGLEY > John > SCOTT > Robert > STUTT > Archibald > STUTT > George, Sen > STUTT > George, Jun. > > It was not uncommon for townlands found in TABs to be renamed and > subdenominations to just disappear in the thirty year period of the > 1820s-50s; I have transcribed 43 tithe applotment books for Co. Tyrone, 20 > for Co. Donegal and 12 for Co. Londonderry and am continually surprised and > intrigued. Nothing is straightforward. > > I hope this has been helpful to your research; you did not share with the > List, which of the leaseholders was your forebear – was it John/ Andrew > Quigley? > > All the best with your research, > Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia > > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: CoTyroneList <[email protected]> on behalf of > Katherine Quigley via CoTyroneList <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2019 5:53:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Katherine Quigley > Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] Dunwaist, Co Tyrone > > I am having the hardest time figuring out where Dunwaist is (or was). I found > a record from Longfield West that mentioned several people from Dunwaist, but > no trace of it on maps or other databases. > > Does anyone know where it is? > > I appreciate any help, > > Katherine > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList Mailing List > Mailing List Email Address: [email protected] > Change Your Preferences: > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY
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