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Brachlaun? Listrim?

  • 04-05-2014 12:11AM
    #1
    Clauric
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    I'm hoping somebody in the Kerry forum can help me. I was doing some family research, and came across a number of people who were baptised in Brachlaun, Kerry (record is here).

    I tried to Google Brachlaun, but I only got 1 (yes, 1!) hit, which was an archive of the place I found the information in the first place.

    I have family members, who share birthdays around the same period of time (+/- 10 years), with similar parents' names, who lived in Listrim, which seems to be west of Tralee.

    I was wondering if anybody knows where Brachlaun is, or if it still exists? Also, how close/far is it from Listrim?

    Many thanks.


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  • #2
    lottpaul
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    Prob not of any help but Brackluin is a townland in Annascaul and I think there is another one somewhere in south Kerry. It would be a good distance from Listrim and I doubt if they would have brought a child all of that way for baptism unless his mother was already in Spa - perhaps staying with relatives.
    Best of luck.


  • #3
    lollsangel
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    Looking at your post, the baptismals are from the 1800s, it may be best to look around listrim for somewhere that resembles somewhat the spelling of brachluan, it maybe a slight misinterpretation of handing writing, as more should come up on it.


  • #4
    5live
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    lollsangel wrote: »
    Looking at your post, the baptismals are from the 1800s, it may be best to look around listrim for somewhere that resembles somewhat the spelling of brachluan, it maybe a slight misinterpretation of handing writing, as more should come up on it.
    Thats true.

    There's a Ballinorig near me that was spelled 'Ballynorig' in the 1800s


  • #5
    RevBlueJeans
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    Brackluin (or Brackloon from the OSI maps), Annascaul.
    Ballynacourty Civil Parish - Annascaul Catholic Parish

    1901 census http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Kerry/Ballinvoher/Brackloon/
    1911 census http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kerry/Ballinvoher/Brackloon/

    On Griffiths evaluation there is a house called "Bracklow Inn" http://landedestates.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/property-show.jsp?id=1758
    and on Griffiths there is a house called Listrim House http://landedestates.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/property-show.jsp?id=1907


  • #6
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    There is a Brackloon near Sneem too, in South Kerry.


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  • #7
    pjmw
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    Eleven years on, most of the links above have evaporated, but I found this thread when trying to find the BRACKCLOWN mentioned in the baptismal record of a man believed to have been born in Listrim. Has anyone seen or heard any evidence of this local placename outside of the parish registers? The mention I found is at https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634234#page/25/mode/1up



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