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Title: Help with place name?
Post by: forthefamily on Friday 11 August 17 17:37 BST (UK)
Has anyone heard of a place called Meenaharness is in Inishowen. I've tried all the usual places I know to look but no luck.

I found the place name on a couple of births. The registration district is Carndonagh and the children are baptised in Buncrana parish.

I did find a reference online to the Meenaharness bog in Inishowen. It's probably a local name rather than an actual townland name.

From other research I've done I think it's in the area called Illies and probably around Carrowmore/Glentogher.

mab  :P ???
Title: Re: Help with place name?
Post by: little annie on Friday 11 August 17 21:32 BST (UK)
Meendacalliagh?
Title: Re: Help with place name?
Post by: forthefamily on Friday 11 August 17 22:09 BST (UK)
It would really help with my research if it was and tie all the loose ends together.....sigh  :-\

Title: Re: Help with place name?
Post by: Sinann on Friday 11 August 17 22:17 BST (UK)
Meenaharnish
https://goo.gl/maps/s1FqpraSa3F2

The image makes all the difference
Title: Re: Help with place name?
Post by: forthefamily on Friday 11 August 17 22:26 BST (UK)
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

The correct spelling helps too...... ::)

mab
Title: Re: Help with place name?
Post by: forthefamily on Friday 11 August 17 22:32 BST (UK)
It's not that far away from Meendacalliagh aka Meentahalla today.

mab
Title: Re: Help with place name?
Post by: Sinann on Friday 11 August 17 22:36 BST (UK)
Google maps is giving a spot below Lough Turk the old maps give a mountain top to the right of the lough, not that the lough seems to be on the old maps at all.
http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,645757,935699,11,8
http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,645757,935699,12,3

so I think you'll have to settle for it's that general area.
Title: Re: Help with place name?
Post by: forthefamily on Friday 11 August 17 22:54 BST (UK)
I've done lots of research in the Illies and it was a new place name for me. Never seen it before. Now I know :)

Thank you

mab
Title: Re: Help with place name?
Post by: Liam59 on Tuesday 15 August 17 23:49 BST (UK)
http://www.geograph.ie/photo/4024421
Title: Re: Help with place name?
Post by: forthefamily on Wednesday 16 August 17 00:29 BST (UK)
Open vistas  ;D