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"Stoney Park Farm" - Where is it?
« on: Saturday 08 February 14 16:03 GMT (UK) »
"Stoney Park Farm" - could be in Louth, Armagh or Down. It existed in the 1830's.
Can anyone pinpoint the location?
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South Armagh, South Down, North Louth

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Re: "Stoney Park Farm" - Where is it?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 08 February 14 16:36 GMT (UK) »
In my experience, in the 1800s, very few farms in Ireland had names. For most people the townland name was sufficient, as a means of identifying where someone lived. I could be wrong, but I suspect this might be a townland. There are some 25 or so townlands named Stonepark in Ireland. You can see a full list, with their locations, on this site:

http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/
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Re: "Stoney Park Farm" - Where is it?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 08 February 14 20:53 GMT (UK) »

For what it's worth, there would seem to be an area near Dundalk called "Stoney Park", this 1832 Dundalk Voters list cites farmers Thomas Hinchey and James Malone, and publican Thomas Malone:

http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1832_dundalk_voters.htm


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Re: "Stoney Park Farm" - Where is it?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 09 February 14 22:31 GMT (UK) »
Thank you, Elwyn and Gaffy for your comments. The phrase is from a letter witten from a lady born in 1830 and perhaps I should have used a pinch or two of salt and said "the farm at Stoney Park".
This place is indeed in east Dundalk in the "Red Barns" area as confirmed by Roden Estate Leases in louthnewryarchives.ie  :-

Lease. Red Barns, Stoney Park
26 April 1819
Mathew B. Taylor to James Malone Taylor, of Johnstown, County Meath. That part of the lands of Stoney Park with the dwelling house distinguished by the name of the Red Barns.

Thank you
O'Neill, Balmer, Dick, Lockhart, Jeffers, Morton, Ringland.
South Armagh, South Down, North Louth