Thanks so much Len. I have amended the CTI page now to include Dunwest JIm
Jim McKane South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 10:05 AM Len Swindley <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> 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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