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Re: Family history Bernard Darragh, born in Ahoghill, township Gloonan
« Reply #9 on: Friday 07 September 18 14:10 BST (UK) »
Thank you for your prompt reply and information. Very kind of you to forward my query to another Darragh researcher!
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Re: Family history Bernard Darragh, born in Ahoghill, township Gloonan
« Reply #10 on: Friday 07 September 18 14:27 BST (UK) »
My great grandfather Bernard Darragh, was born in 1860 in the township Gloonan city Ahoghill.
Gloonan is a townland in the civil parish of Ahoghill- see here for map:
https://www.townlands.ie/antrim/toome-upper/ahoghill/gloonan/

In the book with I found on Internet 1864-1879, Bernard leaves the farm an James Delofs takes it over. In the first pages I found a note out of which I understood that Bernard left in 1862.
This is the Valuation Revision Book- the one for Gloonan you mention covers 1865-1879:
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/information-and-services/search-archives-online/valuation-revision-books
In 1867 the tenant Bernard Darragh (6Bb- house only) was changed to James Delap.
The printed version of Griffith's Valuation (1862) shows Bernard Darragh listed in Gloonan. He occupied a house but there is no land or farm mentioned.

Much is online about the 1859 Revival and Catholics, position of the Catholic church, etc. Google finds such information easily. Here's one example:
http://www.pentecostalpioneers.org/1859UlsterRevival.html
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Re: Family history Bernard Darragh, born in Ahoghill, township Gloonan
« Reply #11 on: Saturday 08 September 18 09:52 BST (UK) »
Thank you aghadowey for the information you sent me. Very interesting books.
The Great Ahoghill Revival must have had its effect on the social structure of the town. With neighbours even falling out on religious disagreements.
I am very interested in these effects on the dailylife in Ahoghill and its townlands.
Any book or phd-study on Ahoghill known?

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Re: Family history Bernard Darragh, born in Ahoghill, township Gloonan
« Reply #12 on: Sunday 09 September 18 14:37 BST (UK) »
Michael,

As you may have gathered from aghadowey's reply, we don't have "townships" in Ireland, and Ahoghill is certainly no city!  As well as being a rather small parish [gemeente?] it's a village about 6 km west of Ballymena; the townland of Gloonan extends from the centre of the village about 2 km to the south-east.
Bagwell of Kilmore & Lisronagh, Co. Tipperary;  Beatty from Enniskillen;  Brown from Preston, Lancs.;  Burke of Ballydugan, Co. Galway;  Casement in the IoM and Co. Antrim;  Davison of Knockboy, Broughshane;  Frobisher;  Guillemard;  Harrison in Co. Antrim and Dublin;  Jones around Burton Pedwardine, Lincs.;  Lindesay of Loughry;  Newcomen of Camlagh, Co. Roscommon;  Shield;  Watson from Kidderminster;  Wilkinson from Leeds


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Re: Family history Bernard Darragh, born in Ahoghill, township Gloonan
« Reply #13 on: Monday 10 September 18 08:48 BST (UK) »
Thank you wee Hugh for your reaction. It is good to learn that there are people out there that speak Dutch. Indeed Gemeente is the right word.
So I take it that a Townland Gloonan is a small part of the village Ahoghill.
All townlands together form the parish of Ahoghill. Is this correct?

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Re: Family history Bernard Darragh, born in Ahoghill, township Gloonan
« Reply #14 on: Monday 10 September 18 08:55 BST (UK) »
To give a better understanding of land division/terminology in Ireland:

http://www.placenamesni.org/landunits.php
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Re: Family history Bernard Darragh, born in Ahoghill, township Gloonan
« Reply #15 on: Monday 10 September 18 09:08 BST (UK) »
To answer your PM (Personal Message) so that everyone helping knows what is found-

The Bernard Darragh who died in 1893 (a good candidate for the father of Bernard born 1860) is a labourer-
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1893/06013/4711515.pdf
There's no way to tell occupations for tenants in houses from Griffith's or later valuations so anything possible- farm labourer, etc.
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Re: Family history Bernard Darragh, born in Ahoghill, township Gloonan
« Reply #16 on: Monday 10 September 18 09:17 BST (UK) »
Unbelieveable how fast you all respond. I hope I do not offend anybody by stating that you seem to react faster than God can read. Thank you!

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Re: Family history Bernard Darragh, born in Ahoghill, township Gloonan
« Reply #17 on: Monday 10 September 18 09:47 BST (UK) »