Is Calerae a place?

[Burto]

Hi,
I've just discovered one of my ancestors was from Ireland and on the 1861 census it says from "Calerae Ireland" I can't find this place...is it a misspelling?
Thanks.

[aghadowey]

Any idea of what part of Ireland? Or how about names and dates?
'Calerae' could be almost anything spelt phoenetically. Cal could be Kil (church in Irish) and there are hundreds of places that begin Kil. Could even start with Col...

[Burto]

Hi,
I'm just going on what it says on the 1861 census...my ancestors name was Mary Bennett born abt 1796.
She for some reason came over to Nottingham.
I did wonder if it might be Coleraine, looking on this county list and maybe the person who wrote the census miss heard her?
This probably sounds stupid, but are there any places that would sound like Calerae to an English person, but the spelling might be different? For some reason, 6 years after my ancestor was born in this place, the family had moved to Malta where her sister was born.
Many thanks.

[RonnieG]

Could be right off track - but as soon as I saw it I thought of Castlerea.

If you could post the census image or reference it might be worth another look at the writing

RonnieG

[aghadowey]

Funny enough my first two thoughts were Coleraine and Kilrea but there are so many possibilites. Maybe if we saw the image it would be clearer.

[suey]

I did the lookup for Burto, here is the census ref for Mary Burton (can't get part of the image up ) she is in Nottingham in 1861

1861 census Nottingham RG9/2456/F34/p23

Hope this helps

Suey

[PrueM]

Here is a snip of the census page - certainly looks to have been written as "Calerae" 

Prue

[RonnieG]

Burto,

According to www.ireland.com/ancestor there is a place called Calary in Wicklow.

Calary lower and upper in the parish of Calary, Rathdown Poor Law Union, Co. Wicklow.

RonnieG

[RonnieG]

Burto,

I just checked for Bennetts living in Wicklow.

Anna Maria Bennett lived at Glasnamullen in the parish of Calary, Co. Wicklow and was recorded in Griffiths Valuation c.1847-1864.

She had an interest in 4 properties including a house she was letting out, about 47 acres of land and a share in a mountain, probably for grazing sheep.

RonnieG