Shaw/Byrne, Tullyorior, Co. Down

[mickwally]

Well then that must be the James and Roseanna Shaw which my neighbour told me about. The townland of Tullyorior and all the houses in it are based around what's known as Circular Road. You said they that lived in house number 59 i don't understand this as it couldn't be the right number unless houses numbers have changed since that.

The Shaws lived down that lane which I told you about and John Shaw Jnr & Snr farms which were at 13a & b would be right as another neighbour of mine lives in 13 Circular Road and they are at the top of the lane.
I could take photos of the houses which are still standing. Do I just email them to you and what?

You could probably get a birth cert. easy enough at the local council offices I would say.

I could certainly check the graveyard the next time i'm there for you if you want it is most likely that he is buried in Annaclone graveyard. John Shaw probably left all his money and land to the parish as that's what most people did in those days.

 

[aghadowey]

Just to clear up some confusion here- 59 in 1911 census is the house number on the census form and not part of the 'address.' In the countryside townland names were used and there would have been no road names or house numbers.

Also, local registrar's only keep copies of marriage registers not birth and death records.

[mickwally]

Oh right thanks for letting me know I wasn't sure what way it worked in the past. I couldn't be exactly sure if they keep a record of people's birth cert from years gone by but all i know is they do have birth certs for people who are still living as I got a copy of my own birth cert. through them a few months back.

[AussieGaz]

Hi mickwally and also aghadowey

Thanks to both of you for your comments, insight and knowledge on Tullyorior and the goings on. I find it so exciting to get home from work to "discover" what other bits of new, hidden history you have provided on our family's past.
On the photos, if you could take some snaps that would be really the best prize as it will be the first time that anyone of our family would have "seen" where we come from in 150 years.
On the e-mail question and sending me copies of the photos, I will have to look up the rules and regs of RC to see if I am allowed to pass this information over a public domain.
I will let you know when I find out.
Thanks to you both for enlightening me on our history

Gaz

[AussieGaz]

I have had a read and updated my profile as a result.

[aghadowey]

You might want to check for photos posted on geograph site. There's at least one of Tullyorior and if you search in the surrounding grids there could be others.
http://www.geograph.ie/photo/222013

[AussieGaz]

Hi again aghadowey

Thank for that brilliant site - the photos are brilliant and it showed such a beautiful part of Co. Down. I will spend more time this weekend looking at more of the photos. Wll that is my weekend taken care of!!

Thanks

Gaz

[mickwally]

Hi Aussie Gaz,
                      I was wondering if you could give me all the info. you have on the shaw family to date it's just there is a history book being done on the area at the moment and the shaw family is included in it. Also if you want to take another look at the photos on the geograph.ie as i have posted some photos of tullyorior up on it for you. Thanks a million Mick

[AussieGaz]

Funnily enough, I saw the photos just last night by chance and showed our whole family them as they are brilliant. They are like picture postcards some of them. I commented about the photo that had the old school in it (assuming that it is the Tullyorior School) and said that one day; it is a dream to visit the area.
Thanks for them – at least others can share the beauty as well

On the research that I have done, do you have an e-mail I can send it to as it is quite substansive? I had a look at your profile and there was nothing?

Many thanks

Gaz