County Mayo search question

[heywood]

Thank ;)s Hewood ya a star!

I will try for other now, I am not very good with computers, as no doubt you have guessed. )

 

[Bockety]

I would point out that Attymass has a local website with local history resources and I take it a local historian one could contact that way.

http://www.attymass.ie/

and

http://www.attymass.ie/historical_documents/index.php

And Mayo Library has an excellent mapping project, particularly with old maps like the 'Bald' map of Mayo where you can see 19th century spellings of place names. 

start here.

http://www.mayolibrary.ie/en/LocalStudies/MapBrowser/BaldsMapofMayo/

and look  here when you zoom ( magnify) in place names appear in new format and also on map itself

But "corth" must have been an Englishman hearing cort or cart from an Irishman , that is all. The T sound in the west is rather hard.

[heywood]

Hi Bockety,

Thanks for your input. I mentioned the Attymass site in my first post but forgot Mayo library site - although it is in the resources.
The historical documents part that you mention is very interesting and very moving and of course explains so much.

With regard to pronunciation/ hearing, I wondered if it could even be a distortion of 'County Mayo' - although it does look to have 'n' at the end of the word.

best wishes
heywood

[Bockety]

Cortherman = County Mayo is too much of  stretch Heywood. Sounds unlikely in my minds ear

I referred in particular to Bald because there are placenames shown on that unique map that are not recorded anywhere else. There is a "Knock a Cortones" south of Beltra lake between townlands Muckenagh and Barnastang on Bald by the way

[heywood]

Our ears are obviously tuned differently 
That's what I meant re the 'n'- if it wasn't for that I could go along with 'Cortherma..' as a corruption of CountyMay..
Not that there is any corruption in that county of course 

Mind you at the moment we have no evidence that she was from Mayo at all. As I said, there don't seem to be any Cunninghams in those parishes at that time although there are plenty round about.

[Bockety]

Never heard it said without a big ignorant YO! at the end Heywood and in fairness ya gotta admit .......

[Gallenruane]

Thanks  a lot guys that site is brilliant, cheers!

[Gallenruane]

Guy's (Heywood)

Got Wiinifreds birth certificate, mother Mary Cunningham (no probs there then) Farrel Rooney, same address as 1851 census for Roan, same address Sabina died. Now because you guys know a hell of a lot more than I do!!! Do I search for a Farrell Rooney??? Maybe it was changed to Rowan, Rown, Roan for reasons I last stated? I will now begin a search for UK marriages and check the roots site for Farrel and Mary Rooney (Cunningham marriages). Thanks all for your valuable help! Keep it coming guys if you get more, thanks!!!

[Gallenruane]

Well, I have searched all the sites i had in favourites for Farrell Rooney, no show!!! I did find this from the Tithes which could be Farrell;s da and Pat Cunningham living near each other, but I doubt it very much, it doesn't look like Ruane (maybe if the A is a U). I will spend the rest of the day trying though. Fuerty Is pretty far off the Mayo border I thnk by the map site. I am glad my ggg granda's name was Farrel  though, it narrows it down its not so common. I will have to pick carefully for parishes as I will have a drive down to Mayo next week see if i can bribe (ha make a donation to) a few local priests, done it before in Louth worked a treat! Any expert advice from you guys on parishes more likely (I know records are limited) to be near the mark would be appreciated. I thought Swinford RC and Foxford area. Tithes found below! Thanks ya'll.

Pat Cunningham, Muff, Fuerty, Roscommon 1825
Farrell Rain, Castlecoote, Fuerty, Roscommon 1825