I have searched the Church Records on the irish Genealogy.ie site and have found a marriage and baptism records for thomas Hallasey and his son Timothy Hallasy.
The Marriage record of Thomas Hallasey and Mary Casey, Feb. 5, 1826 gives their addresses as Coumaduneen and Coumadireen. I am unable to find these names anywhere. Are they street names or ???
The Baptism records of Bridget Hallasey (2-11-1827) and Dermot Hallasey (5-9-1837) list the parents as Thomas Hallasey and Mary Casey.
The Baptism Record for Timothy Hallasey (April 15, 1832) lists the parents as Thomas Hallasey and Margaret Casey. Are Margaret Casey and Mary Casey the same person??
The addresses on these baptism records are Lacka,
Shauntore and Shanacnuck. Like the two above, I am unable to find these names on old maps and in searches they come up with nothing found.
Any help or information you can provide will be greatly appreciated. In advance-Thank You
Margaret
Wednesday 17th Apr 2013, 12:22AM
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Margaret:
I found a Shanaknock townland in O'Brennan civil parish. Here are all the Lacka townlands in Kerry. No luck with the other names.
Roger McDonnell
Search Output Townland AKA Acres County Barony Civil Parish PLU Province Lack 1,765 Kerry Corkaguiny Ballinvoher Dingle Munster Lacka 766 Kerry Dunkerron South Templenoe Kenmare Munster Lacka Beg 390 Kerry Clanmaurice O'Dorney Tralee Munster Lacka East 514 Kerry Iraghticonnor Duagh Listowel Munster Lacka East 180 Kerry Iraghticonnor Lisselton Listowel Munster Lacka East 38 Kerry Clanmaurice Rattoo Listowel Munster Lacka More 527 Kerry Clanmaurice O'Dorney Tralee Munster Lacka West 508 Kerry Clanmaurice Duagh Listowel Munster Lacka West 172 Kerry Iraghticonnor Lisselton Listowel Munster Lacka West 165 Kerry Clanmaurice Rattoo Listowel Munster Lackabane 338 Kerry Magunihy Aghadoe Killarney Munster Lackabane 591 Kerry Trughanacmy Castleisland Tralee Munster Lackabaun 578 Kerry Trughanacmy Castleisland Tralee Munster Lackaboy 160 Kerry Iraghticonnor Lisselton Listowel Munster Lackanoneen 466 Kerry Trughanacmy Ballincuslane Tralee Munster Lackaroe 608 Kerry Glanarought Kenmare Kenmare Munster Lackbrooder 1,118 Kerry Trughanacmy Ballincuslane Tralee Munster Lackeen 326 Kerry Dunkerron South Templenoe Kenmare Munster Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
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Hi Margaret,
Your locations are associated with the current-day parish of Templenoe, County Kerry, near the town of Kenmare.
Rural Irish parishes are composed of TOWNLANDS, which are the smallest divisional area names in rural Ireland. Townlands often cover an area of a few square miles, and are the residence of a number of farming families. The farms are accessible by roads named after the townlands they traverse or the villiage where they terminate. There are no street-names involved in addressing in the rural areas.
There are no postocdes, but those are planned for introduction in the next few years.
Some of your places are the names are townlands in Templenoe.
Others are placenames of olden times that were subsumed into other townlands. Some of those placenames have survived in informal current-day usage, some have not.
Coumaduneen and Coumadireen: Two spellings of the same place, I expect. This is not a townland name but I believe the area name is still in current use to refer to an area in Templenoe. Someone from Templenoe would be able to confirm. "Coum" is an Irish word referring to a hollow on a mountainside.
Lacka: This is a current-day townland in Templenoe
Shauntore and Shanacnuck: This is what drew my attention to your post. I have ancestors associated with those places and was searching for references. My ancestors from there were definitely associated with Templenoe, but I've checked with a Templenoe historian and the names are not in current usage. My theory is that they are located in the mountains at the north end of Templenoe. "Shan" is the Irish word for old and "cnuck" is the word for hill.
The Hallisey and Casey family names are associated with the area and there are some families of that name in the Kenmare region today. I have read quite a few of the baptism records, and I think it unlikely that Margaret Casey and Mary Casey were the same person mistakenly named. I think its more likely that Thomas Hallisey remarried or that there were two different Thomas Hallisey men.
Hope this is useful.
Mike
rye_212
Saturday 2nd Nov 2013, 01:12AM