Carton family of Carna Co Donegal

[jacqui63m]

Hello
I am writing in the hope that you may be able to help me locate a district(s) in Donegal.
Researching my family tree, (Carton/Cartan/Carten/Cartin) some records show a family connection to 'Carna' and 'The Rock' before moving to Derry.
We thought that they might be terms/abbreviations used locally as opposed to actual names.
Some family members believe we should be looking in the Carrigans area and others the Muff area. Me, I have no idea other than it is in Donegal.

Can you help?

Kindest regards

[glensman]

Rock is a townland in Donegal in the Barony of Banagh, Parish of Inver, DED of Mountcharles.  There is no townland called Carna in Donegal but there are 9 which start with Carna such as Carnaghan in Inch Parish and Carnamoyle in Muff Parish.

[jacqui63m]

Thank you Glensman for getting in touch.

It is all so confusing with so many Carnas. An abbreviation used obviously.

Jacqui

[glensman]

You can see the full list of "Carnas" here:  http://www.irishancestors.ie/search/townlands/index.php

Some more detail might help the search - for instance do you know when they moved?

[jacqui63m]

Hi.
It's not that easy to pinpoint an actual time but I would say it was sometime between the early 1840's to late 1860's.
I am finding it very hard to find any Carton/Cartin/Carten/Cartan connections other than our own line. So I am led to believe that other family members stayed in Donegal somewhere

Jacqui

[glensman]

Griffiths Valuation also shows a placename called The Rock in the parish of Inishkeel, townland of Drumnasillagh.  I note that it records a Maurice Carolan which isn't too far away from your name.

If you haven't already seen it, there is a lot of excellent information on the Donegal Genealogy Resources website: 

 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/

[ABradley]

Don't know if it's relevant but there is a town called Carndonagh in Inishowen,Donegal which is shortened locally to Carn.

Andrew

[rathmore]

donegal resources that Glensman has given you

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal

Carn - Carna comes under Templecarn

you will Templecarn on the right when you come down the page.