possible place in ireland

[urrp]

My father's grandfather came from ireland and on the census for 1901 he is listed as having been born in trake ?? ireland. does this exist, or could it be that the person doing the census couldn't understand a gaelic word and wrote down what they thought it was. his age is given as 37.

[gortonboy]

Hi,,,can you post the census reference so we can see the original? 

[culbaire]

could it be misreading of Tralee ?(Co Kerry).

[urrp]

1901 Census- Llanelly (Llanelly St Elli Ecclesiastical parish) Llanelly civil parish,
Carmarthenshire, Wales-

John Bennett, 37, son-in-law, born Trake, Ireland
Also in household: Dennis Crowley 58 (head), Mary Crowley 28, Bridget Bennett 34 (daughter), Dennis J Bennett 3 (grandson)

i can't work out how to get the census itself on here.
thanks wendy

[shanew147]

it does look like Trake..I've attached an extract below

I've include a line which shows Pembroke as a comparison for the 'k'

(full census return images are not allowed)


Shane

[eadaoin]

There's a TREAGH in Co Louth in the PLU of Dundalk
- this would probably be pronounced Tray-ock

eadaoin

[hallmark]

The nearest I can think of is Strake in County Mayo. It's on one of the islands.

I know it doesn't correspond to what is written on census but just a thought.

[urrp]

thank you all, I am now going to see if I can find anything in both of the locations.

[hallmark]

Just remembered which Island, it's Clare Island in Co Mayo!