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Griffith Valuation - difficulty in finding townland

  • 29-10-2018 5:07pm
    #1
    brownangel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40 ✭


    I am looking for a townland called Island, near Burnfort, and the family name, Healy. The address today is Island, Burnfort.

    I got the following data from the townland database:
    Townland Name Acres Civi Parish Barony Poor Law Union County
    Burnfort 538 Mourneabbey Barretts Mallow Cork, E.R.

    I can see the location on the map but when I use Griffith's "Places finder",
    I get Burnfort alright and it has 15 occupants but no Healy. I don't think the specific townland of Island is covered.
    I also searched the microfilm of Griffiths Valuation for the parish of Mourneabbey and it had many townlands but not Island.
    I would appreciate suggestions on what to do next.


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  • #2
    brownangel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40 ✭brownangel


    Problem solved. After checking the civil parish maps for Co. Cork on the Failteromhat site I saw that Island is near, possibly in, the adjacent parish of Rahan, and sure enough I then found Island in Rahan.
    So hopefully this helps others through the sometimes baffling problems in sorting out old parish boundaries.


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