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Thank you both, for reading my message and replying and providing your additional information - and for the informative link by rafcommands.

Certainly my father's record was very detailed about his service - which appeared to start in 1941 - end in 1946, then included his service in the Territorial Army from 1946 to 1956.

I have just received a hint on Ancestry for my mother!

This was a Service Record for my father in WW2 - UK Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
It was a 9 page record of my father's service (My Mum was included on it as his wife).

I didn't know ANY service records for WW2 were available to view yet, so I just thought I would mention this. It is a very detailed document.

(It didn't give me this hint against my father's name, as he had omitted his middle name when he enlisted - but my Mum's name, as his wife, - was correct).

Do let us know, Lizzie -- if you develop this interesting trait on one of your toes!

Just to add - this reminded me of an address of an ancestor of mine on the 1841 Yorkshire Census in Heckmondwike. The family's address was Swallows Nest - there were a few houses.

I pictured this as an old terraced Street on a hill - leading to a field with trees, where there were swallows!! (I have a vivid imagination!)

However, when I researched that town - I discovered that a Joseph Swallow had built a homestead ages ago -- and named it 'Swallows Nest' - hence all the houses with that address, were simply on his land or in that area.

This is why I thought the address of Crowefort (or similar) - may have been something like that.

I thought it looked like Crowefort - but I couldn't see either that or anything similar on the Ireland Townland Database.

https://thecore.com/seanruad/

Maybe it is a very local name such as a large estate.