County Mayo search question

[Bockety]

Could be pronounciation of CarronXXX or CartronXXX or CorranXXX or CarrowXXX with a T among the X's somewhere.

You can get a lot of suspect names like this. Go to http://maps.osi.ie/

Click search, select county Mayo.

Click Locality Box , a load of suspects show like Cartronrathroe or Carrowntubber

Click Townland box, even more suspects appear such as Carrownteeaun

These are all variants on "Ceathrú An" in Irish meaning the "Quarter of" or "Area of " something or somebody.

Corther just seems wrong, the only Townland or Locality beginning CORT is Cortoon ( more than one)

HTH

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[Gallenruane]

Thanks again Guy's.

I will get on it now!

Yes the Corther, has had me baffled for a long time. I found a name of a village /townland in South Mayo (I think it was in Oghagower parish?) named something like Caharuane/ Cahiruan, but lost it straight away by clicking something wrong on the site, couldn;t get back to it. I thought that could have been what was ment by Mary as she would have been iliterate like most of my ancestors from that time were. I am looking forward to receiving the death cert for Sabina Cunningham, just hope it has Mary Ruane (Rown,Rowan etc) as present and says daughter.

Slán, go raith maith agat (probably spelled wrong Ha!)

[Gallenruane]

Heywood,

you are right, what a site, couldn't find a thing, but thanks anyway!

[heywood]

Very impressive - and thanks to you too!
(Spelling not quite there but it's better than mine! I am trying to  learn but it is very difficult).

Try this one http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start

Family Search pilot
enter Farrel Ruane
for location - type Mayo and then a dropdown list of places (you wouldn't believe the places called Mayo) and click on Mayo, Ireland.

There are 7 entries- most too late for you but it does have the one who dies.

[Gallenruane]

Thank a million Heywood,

got em all!

Yeh My Irish is poor, but I am going to get at it again.

Thanks a lot!

[Gallenruane]

Hi folks, in regards to the Corther in Mary Rown (Ruane) 1851 census Northumberland place of birth;  I think this one more likley to be closer than the rest; Cahermore, (in Claremorris, Co. Mayo). The below are Co Galway. Most Caher’s in Ireland translate to the English; stone fort.
            
Caher            
Caher            
Caheradangan            
Caheradine            
Caherakeeny            
Caherakilleen            
Caheraloggy East            
Caheraloggy West            
Caherapheepa            
Caherateemore North            
Caherateemore South            
Caherateige            
Caheratrim            
Caheratrim            
Caheravoley            
Caherawoneen North            
Caherawoneen South            
Caherbrian            
Caherbriskaun            
Caherbroder            
Caherbulligin            
Cahercarney            
Cahercon            

[heywood]

it's difficult really.

Looking at the place name and comparing the writing to other letters round about- it looks to be Cortherman.
It the second letter was 'a' - it would be joined from the bottom and not the top etc.
Sadly, I can't find any place name which might be like this.

[Gallenruane]

Heywood,

Yeh thats for sure!
It has to be put down to an 19th century longhand typo of which we see many in census records as there is not a place on the island of Ireland with a Corther. I guess it is just down to whom wrote it, how it sounded phonetically to that person (especially if they were not Irish themselves). People then like now had speech impediments, etc,etc, we'll never know either way. There are not many records in East Mayo I can search (date for wise) I might be lucky with a marriage from 1840 onwards, though I will try Killasser parish 1847 first as they may have got hitched there seems to be where the O'Ruadháin's aka Ruane's hailed from in Gallen. But it could be anywhere in Mayo county. I will just have to be patient and search through each RC parish with dates that would fit. I have made a list up now and deleted the ones with late records. Just hoping Sabina Cunningham death cert June 1861 will state she was Mary's Ma, either by relationship to who reported it, just hope it was Farrell or Mary. Otherwise I won't have a surname, and I am sure plenty Farrell Ruanes married many Mary's in Mayo. Good thing is though Farrell is not too popular. My e mail buddy gave me the death info so it should be her as this guy is great at this sort of stuff. Thanks Heywood!

[Gallenruane]

Silly me didn't check my post.

I have the certificate of death of Sabina Cunningham: Alnwick Northumberland England (widow of Patrick Cunningham labourer) age at death 67 years. Died April 14th 1861, with the mark X of Farral Rown present at death reported 15th April 1861 does not have relationship. I will now look for a marriage for Patrick and Sabina abt 1815-1824 in Mayo possible also Galway/Roscommon/Sligo border region. Here I go on your site Heywood!