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Offline John Woods

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Place name Broha
« on: Friday 16 January 15 23:48 GMT (UK) »
In an obituary of a New Zealander, Alexander Livingstone (died 1898) it says he was a native of "Broha, County Tyrone, Ireland". The obituary was apparently written by someone who knew him personally over a long period of time.

Strangely, on his death certificate, it says he was born in "Omeagh", surely an attempt at Omagh. I'm guessing that this place name was chosen simply because it was the best known place in Tyrone.

I've searched through all the parishes and townlands of Tyrone, and not found Broha, but there is a village called Brockagh, also spelled Brocagh, near Dungannon.

How would Brockagh be pronounced, and what civil parish would it be in?

John in New Zealand



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Re: Place name Broha
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 17 January 15 12:20 GMT (UK) »

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/

Type in placename on this link


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Re: Place name Broha
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 17 January 15 12:54 GMT (UK) »