Help with something Grandpa said

kswens6

I am not an experienced genealogist, but I’ve started to pick up where my grandpa left off. I need some help deciphering something that was recorded in his grandfather’s journal. My gggrandfather wrote in his journal that his grandfather was buried near Glangevlin. He was born in 1768 and was described as “Parra Beg.” I’ve tried looking it up, not sure if it’s Irish or Celtic? Or possibly a regional term? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Markcheese

Is that his local name ? Or the family he's from ? Beg is small ,or lessor ,

My friends family would be know as the Con Mörs, ( Con Mór was my friends granddad or great grand dad ,

Or it could be based on where he was from , townland ,parish farm .

Maybe try glangevlin.com ?

They have a Facebook page, maybe someone could steer you in the right direction.

spurious

Pana in Irish can mean a raggedy person. Pana Beg - little raggedy person? It sounds like a family nickname.

Did he share a first name with other family members (uncles/cousins etc.)?

Spook_ie

Beg and Begg as a surname seems to be a fairly common doing an Ancestry search around 1750 ( seems mainly Dublin though ) perhaps a high res scan on here might throw up a few suggestions from our resident handwriting gurus.