Hi Len, Can you please tell me how many towns is there in co. Tyrone in 1829. Thank you On Wed, 10 Jul. 2019, 8:23 pm James McKane via CoTyroneList, < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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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