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P.S. It's CAVAN not Caven/Cavin.
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No Gadget- just adding a comment. Sorry for the confusion.
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There are a number of ports. There is Girvan in Ayrshire. The rock there is nicknamed Paddy's Milestone because so many Irish came over. There is Port Patrick and of course Kirkcudbright which is still operating as a port. Stranraer is a busy port now but I'm not sure how busy it was before 1841.
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That is a beautiful photo and so representative of the magnificent scenery in Galloway.
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Thank you 
I have some from the other side looking back to Scotland but I can't find them at the moment 
I've also got a book, bought in one of the Wigtown bookshops which gives a really good account of the droving routes from Ireland to England but that is still up in the Highlands. I'll see if I can find it next week
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That's a beautiful photograph taken from Portpatrick, Gadget. I didn't know you could actually see Ireland from there, even though we visited the town last year. I will have to be more attentive next time we pass through.
When you talk about the "droving routes" is that to bring animals across or also common routes for travellers?
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Marshall, Williamson, Blair, Hoggart(h): Creetown, Stranraer, Dalrymple, Auchinleck, Coylton
Saxton, Brown, Sketchley: Nottingham, Rutland, Leicestershire
Bradbury, Turner: Walsall
McColville, Halliday: Northern Ireland
Hawker, Davies: Aston, Birmingham
Silvers: Dudley, Worcestershire
Blakemore: Black Country
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Hi anki-Judy
The drove routes were mainly cattle droves between Ireland and England.
I'll check my books in the next few days when I'm settled in
I've seen ireland from the Mull of Kintyre and Portpatrick and I've seen Scotland from just north of Belfast and on the north Antrim coast and have photos both ways. The two countries are so close.
Seeing the closeness at first hand, one realises how movement between them was so easy.
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Hi Gadget
On the first read I thought you'd been on the old Yellow Tail again but it must have been me. I have just read it again and makes sense now.
How could I have thought such a terrible thing? Hic! Hic!
I need a "hANKY" TODAY.
Judy
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Marshall, Williamson, Blair, Hoggart(h): Creetown, Stranraer, Dalrymple, Auchinleck, Coylton
Saxton, Brown, Sketchley: Nottingham, Rutland, Leicestershire
Bradbury, Turner: Walsall
McColville, Halliday: Northern Ireland
Hawker, Davies: Aston, Birmingham
Silvers: Dudley, Worcestershire
Blakemore: Black Country
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