Felicia,
when ya read Dud's tithe list, keep in mind, the foks doin' the transcribin' way back when were phonetic spellers. I will give ya an example. Carrowmacbryan, is also spelled carrowmacbrien, which would be, IMHO, a direct connection to yer earliest forbearers.
Dud had a map which I no longer can find which shows a section on Carrowmacbryan as bein' called informally Hanleytown. This collection of houses is what Dud has in his tithe list. Ya see folks called O'Bryan, most likely spelled it O'Brien. This causes no end of confusion, yes? Suffice it to say we are at closest 4th or 5th cousins. I couch it like that 'cuz, I have a 2nd cousin whose mom was my grandfathers youngest sister.
This cousin Pauline is my fathers 1st cousin, she is my son's 3rd cousin. Yer family, most likely married a cousin to one of my dad's 1st cousins to create a loop like connection. Just exactly how all the connections are I can't spell out yet.
Here are some links for ya to peruse.
http://www.irelandgenweb.com/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlsli/sligocountyireland.htmlhttp://www.thecore.com/seanruad/http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/links/counties/sligo.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlsli/tithe1.htmlhttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlsli/barontireragh.htmlhttp://travelingluck.com/Europe/Ireland/Sligo/_3315936_Rathlee.htmlhttp://travelingluck.com/Europe/Ireland/Sligo/_2962972_Lenadoon+Point.html#local_mapSLIGO
TITHE APPLOTMENT BOOK
Diocese of Killa, Parish of Easky, Co Sligo
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlsli/tithe1.htmlBTW, Felicia, when ya use Google Earth switch over to map instead of hybrid, you will see at Lenadoon Point, the area called Carrowmacbryan lies very close to the coast, just a bit NW of Rathlee, even tho' Rathlee and Carrowmacbryan are part of Easkey parish.
Its all farm and bog with the houses situated along the narrow lanes depicted as narrow white lines on the map ya see with Google earth. The aerial resolution really sux, lemme tell ya. Lemme know how it all turns out when ya give it all a look-see as Yogi Berra might say it I think he came up with this oxymoron... if ya watch long e'nuff ya might see sumthin'. .. or what ever, along those lines.
