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Bann Valley Townland Map?
« on: Wednesday 15 April 09 18:53 BST (UK) »
Is there such a thing as a townland map for the Bann Valley?  If not how does one tell where they are and whether townlands you are interested in are adjacent?
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Re: Bann Valley Townland Map?
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 15 April 09 19:17 BST (UK) »
To start with, here's a map of the civil parishes in Co. Londonderry:
http://applications.proni.gov.uk/geogindx/lond.htm

To find townlands and parishes in Ireland: www.thecore.com/seanruad
Be sure to change default setting from 'exact match' to search for part of a word.

Administrative Division of Ireland: http://ireland.kiwicelts.com/irishMap/ireMap.html
This site can be hard to use at first and not complete for everywhere in Londonderry but well worth persisting to see if the area you are interested in is included.

Not sure if there is such a thing online as Co. Derry townland maps. I work with set of O.S. townland maps and other reference books and maps.

If there's a certain area you are interested in let me know and I'll see what I can find for you.
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Re: Bann Valley Townland Map?
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 15 April 09 20:38 BST (UK) »
Do you know which parish in particular?  I have townland maps for Aghadowey, Agivey, Errigle and Desertoghill in published books (but can't reporduce them here due to copyright restrictions).

The maps on the Griffith website show townland boundaries - and you can fade in the present day road system to get a feel for where they are on the ground.

http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4/gv_place_search_form.php

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Re: Bann Valley Townland Map?
« Reply #3 on: Friday 17 April 09 21:37 BST (UK) »
Thank you to both replies.  The various links you supplied have given me a clearer picture of the relative location of the townlands i particularly wanted to know about i.e. Moneydig,Culnaman, Bovedy, Dullaghy, Ballylame & Drumane.
I am still puzzling over Drumane.  As a child visiting my grandparents in Coolnaman I knew of a place called Drumene nearby (1 - 2 miles away ).  Also on my grandparents wedding certificate my grandmother's place of residence is shown as Drumeene. however I could never find it in any of my searches despite varying the spelling.  The nearest I found was Drumane in Tamlaght O'Crilly....BUT today poring over the Griffiths maps I found it in Culnaman and spelt Drummeene.  So presumably it is not a townland but what is it?
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Re: Bann Valley Townland Map?
« Reply #4 on: Friday 17 April 09 21:48 BST (UK) »
This web-site may help. www.4qd.org/bann/   

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Re: Bann Valley Townland Map?
« Reply #5 on: Friday 17 April 09 22:31 BST (UK) »
This web-site may help. www.4qd.org/bann/   

Above link doesn't work- here's the current link to Bann Valley site:
www.torrens.org.uk/Genealogy/BannValley/index.html
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Re: Bann Valley Townland Map?
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 18 April 09 01:45 BST (UK) »
Drumeene (not sure of spelling) is a hill – and a very steep one as I remember from riding (more likely, pushing) my bike up it as a child! 

If you go to Culnaman on the Griffith map and fade in the modern road network you should be able to find the junction of the Gortin Road and Carrowreagh Road in the eastern corner of the townland.  Drumeene is the hill running up the Carrowreagh Road from this crossroads towards Moneydig.  I’m pretty sure it’s in Culnaman in Desertoghill parish, but that crossroads marks the meeting point of three parishes, so part of Drumeene hill is probably in Gortin Coolhill (Parish of Aghadowey – north along Gortin Road from crossroads) and Tamlaght townland (Parish of Kilrea - east from junction along Carrowreagh Road).

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Re: Bann Valley Townland Map?
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 07 June 18 17:31 BST (UK) »
Many’s a time I whizzed down that hill on my bicycle.   

Great childhood times.

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« Reply #8 on: Thursday 07 June 18 18:20 BST (UK) »
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