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Ballynanty - is this a village, street or house?  It is on the NZ marriage certificate for Mary Houlihan born 20 December 1842 (daughter of Timothy Houlihan, Tailor, and Mary Doig).  Mary is stated on 1864 shipping records as a Laundress and her sister Ann a Domestic Servant. We have no further information.

Your help will be appreciated.

Pukerua

Monday 18th May 2015, 11:57PM

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  • Margaret:

    Ballynanty is a 404 acre townland in Tullabracky civil parish about six kilometers from Bruff.

    NOTE: There are also two townlands called Ballynanty Beg and More very close to Limerick Town. I think you want the Ballynanty near Bruff.

    The 1850 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Tullabracky parish shows a Timothy Hoolaghan in Ballybane townland.

    http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/limerick/tullabracky.htm

    Roger McDonnell

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Tuesday 19th May 2015, 12:52AM
  • I just asked what may be a related question about "Ballancanty" which I think may be a bad transcription of Ballynanty.

    Friday 14th Aug 2015, 01:35PM
  • Margaret,

    my ggg-grandmother Honora (Donovan) Lynch, lived in Ballynanty and in 1860 left for Australia. Ballynanty seems to have no roads that appear on google maps even today. 

    https://www.google.com/maps/@52.4984547,-8.5823016,1572m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

    There must have been a very small number of people there in the early years after the famine. I'm sure that our people knew each other.

    If you come across any reference to Wedslow (or similar) as the name of a house or a farm, please let me know.

    Saturday 15th Aug 2015, 01:48AM
  • Ballynanty takes its name from the Irish Baile na Neanta which means the townland of the nettles!

    John17

    Thursday 1st Aug 2019, 11:37PM

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