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Offline Ninatoo

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Re: Help with reading a town or Parish name please!
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 14 January 06 23:24 GMT (UK) »
Hi Prue,

There is a lot about Leitrim on the net, and I have found the address of the church at Glenfarne, St Michaels, which may hold some records, too.  Pity I am not in Ireland, hehe!

I found a map showing the location of Glenfarne which is a small village bordering the County of Fermanagh...I can only assume that Farrabarr was a smaller part of this village, but important enough to my ancestors to name IT as their place of marriage rather than Glenfarne. 

Given that it is only a small place, I may be able to eventually find some living O'Briens there who share the same ancestors. And hopefully if there are historical references there from before the 1840's they will be linked to my family.  It is a very exciting find....now I just have to work out who to write to!!!

Elizabeth, thanks for searching for me! 

Thanks again!

Nina
CARSON - Glasgow, Ayr and Ireland
CLARK - Dunbarton
CORR - Glasgow and Ireland
COTTERILL - Glasgow and England
CROMBIE - Glasgow, Ayr and Ireland
DOCHERTY - Glasgow
EASTON - Dunbarton, Renfrew and Glasgow
GLANCY - Glasgow and Ireland
GORDON - Glasgow and Ireland
GRANELLI - Glasgow and Italy
LOGAN - Glasgow and Ireland
MAIN - Fearn, Ross & Cromarty and Glasgow
MCCORMICK - Glasgow and England
MCNICOL - Glasgow and Ireland
O'BRIEN - Glasgow and  Ireland
WATSON - Glasgow

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Re: Help with reading a town or Parish name please!
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 15 January 06 04:16 GMT (UK) »
No worries Nina  ;D
Good luck with your search ... and let us know how you get on.

Prue

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Re: Help with reading a town or Parish name please!
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 15 January 06 12:45 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
by searching around I found that there is a townland called Barr of Farrow in the  parish of Cloonclare, barony of Drumahaire, Poor Law Union Manorhamilton.
I saw that there is a Clancy name above the writing- might be nothing to do with it but there are Clacnys in Barr of Farrow in Griffiths Valuation.
Good luck
heywood
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Re: Help with reading a town or Parish name please!
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 26 January 06 13:01 GMT (UK) »
Farrabar is in Glenfarne but will appear on a map as Barra Farr. It would be near another townland called Camderry. It is a small townland. St Michael's church or St Mary's church in Glenfarne would be the local parish churches if you need to trace more details.


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Re: Help with reading a town or Parish name please!
« Reply #13 on: Monday 30 January 06 05:19 GMT (UK) »
Wow...thanks for all the help everyone, and thank you mcmorrow for the extra info on the parishes.  I need to sit down and write to these places!

Will let you all know how I get on.

Nina
CARSON - Glasgow, Ayr and Ireland
CLARK - Dunbarton
CORR - Glasgow and Ireland
COTTERILL - Glasgow and England
CROMBIE - Glasgow, Ayr and Ireland
DOCHERTY - Glasgow
EASTON - Dunbarton, Renfrew and Glasgow
GLANCY - Glasgow and Ireland
GORDON - Glasgow and Ireland
GRANELLI - Glasgow and Italy
LOGAN - Glasgow and Ireland
MAIN - Fearn, Ross & Cromarty and Glasgow
MCCORMICK - Glasgow and England
MCNICOL - Glasgow and Ireland
O'BRIEN - Glasgow and  Ireland
WATSON - Glasgow