Military discharge paper

[seemex]

H again
            On the lower left of this page is "Intended place of Residence" then "Whitegate, __? Midleton, County Corll ? ( could be Cork, but Ireland doesn't seem like a natural choice with his family in England, although they were mostly grown up
I looked it up and there's a Whitegate, Midleton ( single d ) County Cork, Ireland but I also see a Whitegate, Middleton, ( double d) near Manchester.
I can't tell what the small word is between Whitegate and Middleton? Maybe someone knows?
Thanks again with all the previous help on my many questions.
Brian

[Treetotal]

Could it be "near"? I think it is County Cork too.
Carol

[craggagh]

Hello -

Midleton is in County Cork - a superlative whiskey is distilled there.

craggagh.

[seemex]

Ahhh....whiskey, you say?
It does look like the Ireland choice might be the correct one, by the description and the answers. I know his son was also in the Royal Engineers and was based and married at Woolwich, in 1880. On the marriage certificate the father is listed as " Sergeant Hants Engineer Militia" I wonder if Hants is a place?

[Birkbeck]

"Hants" is a place, it's the abbreviation often used for Hampshire.

[seemex]

Maybe he changed his mind about going to Ireland?

[seemex]

What about on the left side of the discharge paper where it says what looks like "Shille Island, Cull Harbour" as his final discharge place? I thought maybe Scilly Islands but nothing looks like Cull Harbour there and it doesn't look like a place where one might be discharged.
This guy is a mystery!
Brian

[StevieSteve]

Could be Cull' s Harbour, Newfoundland ?

[Sinann]

Could be way off but looking at the way the k of Cork is written it looks more like two Ls, take that thought to the Island, could it be Spike Island Cork Harbour.
Which had a British Army Star Fort on it.