Noctors of Tara Hill Wexford

[Michael McCormick]

I also thought this might be of some interest to the Noctor Family which comes from www.duchas.ie

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0888, Page 072.

I remember one day I was working in the Public work. There was an old man named Charlie Noctor a pot lifter. One windy day we went up to Ask quarry to drink the dinner. When I was getting the water for tea, Charlie went to get some sticks for the fire. He came back with an armful of sticks and a hoop thirty inches in circumference. He used it for a "boley". After a time it broke and he found out it was a collar of gold belonging to Malachy the King. He brought it to Dublin and sold it for £150. If he knew what it was before it broke it would have been worth £2,000. I dreamt one night that a witch went into a farmer's house and she said that if he gave her dinner she would tell him where there was a collar of gold.
So what I dreamt was true.
Colm Connolly.
Above from
Mr. Chris Peters Gorey.
Co Wexford.

[genseacher]

Hi Michael
John and Jane Noctor are my great grandparents. I would love to know where exactly on the hill (Tarahill) they lived, if you could point me in the right direction. I also would be interested in seeing photos etc of the lands and house. Nice to hear from you.
Regards Gensearcher

[Michael McCormick]

Hi Gensearcher,

I sent you a private message. Please let me know if you got it?

Many thanks.

All the best,

Michael

[genseacher]

Hi Michael
This is a photo of John Noctor and Jane Noctor nee Quinn outside their home in Tarahill Wexford.

Regards
Gensearcher

[shanreagh]

I am sure that I read somewhere just recently, that the name Noctor is often interchangeable with another name. The other name of course I cannot remember....!

Does this ring any bells with anyone?

[Sinann]

Must be this

If you are going to trawl all the records in that area, it's possibly worth mentioning that around Magherafelt Connor can also appear as Nocher/Nogher. It’s a surname variant. Not an obvious one but you will find Nochers in the 1829 tithe applotment records for Magherafelt who appear as Connor in the 1831 census. Example here of John from Megargy:


https://www.irishgenealogyhub.com/derry/tithe-applotments/magherafelt-parish.php

https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1831/Londonderry/Loughinshollon/Magherafelt/Megargin/22/

MacLysaght (The Surnames of Ireland) explains:

“MacConnor was formerly much used erroneously by officials eg Petty’s census enumerators, for O’Connor; the true MacConnors of Ulster are now usually called MacNaugher, No(c)her etc.”

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https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=892584.msg7667055#quickreply

[shanreagh]

Thank you!   

Yes that is it but I see it is Nocher/Nogher and not Noctor as is the Wexford name.  Close I guess??