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COMPLETED Antrim place name
« on: Saturday 02 June 12 17:00 BST (UK) »
Hello folks,

Been sitting on this one for awhile, but really need some help in deciphering what the place name is on the fourth line down. I believe the line below it is County of Antrim.

Its from a Scottish 1855 birth record, so I got lucky.

The rest of it says..

Patrick McGrogan
Coal Miner
32 Years
??
County of Antrim

Thank you.

Nicky
McMillan/Marshall - Mochrum, Whithorn,
Smith/Sinclair - Berwick Upon Tweed
McGrogan - Carfin/Holytown, Newark, NJ, Malvern, PA
Murphy - Carfin/Holytown, Newark, NJ, Clones Ireland
Clark/Ogilvie - Lanarkshire
Caddell - Coatbridge

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Re: Antrim place name
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 02 June 12 17:15 BST (UK) »
Just popping in to say hello and welcome  :))


Ive been looking at place names in Antrim,up to now no luck .
stoke on trent. carson,wain,leese,shaw,key,scalley,mitchell,<br />james,<br /> nottingham,pollard,grice,<br />derbyshire,vallands,turton,howe.<br /> new zealand,turton<br /> canada,carson.<br />australia,mitchell,scalley,<br />

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Re: Antrim place name
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 02 June 12 17:22 BST (UK) »
Thank you hepburn :) Been lurking awhile, this forum has been a great resource.

Yes I have tried to compare it to a list of places in Antrim. The best I could come up with that its been spelt incorrectly. Patrick McGrogan was Irish and illiterate so the registrar probably wrote down what he thought he heard. It looks as if he hesitated halfway through writing the place name.

Best we could come up with is Culfeightrin.
McMillan/Marshall - Mochrum, Whithorn,
Smith/Sinclair - Berwick Upon Tweed
McGrogan - Carfin/Holytown, Newark, NJ, Malvern, PA
Murphy - Carfin/Holytown, Newark, NJ, Clones Ireland
Clark/Ogilvie - Lanarkshire
Caddell - Coatbridge

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Re: Antrim place name
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 02 June 12 17:29 BST (UK) »
I never was any good at deciphering , you sound as bad as me ...... ;)
stoke on trent. carson,wain,leese,shaw,key,scalley,mitchell,<br />james,<br /> nottingham,pollard,grice,<br />derbyshire,vallands,turton,howe.<br /> new zealand,turton<br /> canada,carson.<br />australia,mitchell,scalley,<br />

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Re: Antrim place name
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 02 June 12 17:31 BST (UK) »
It looks like it starts with 'Cal' to me.
stoke on trent. carson,wain,leese,shaw,key,scalley,mitchell,<br />james,<br /> nottingham,pollard,grice,<br />derbyshire,vallands,turton,howe.<br /> new zealand,turton<br /> canada,carson.<br />australia,mitchell,scalley,<br />

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Re: Antrim place name
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 02 June 12 17:58 BST (UK) »
Deciphering has never been a strong point of mine!  ;D

I was looking at Cul or Cal with the last two letters being in
McMillan/Marshall - Mochrum, Whithorn,
Smith/Sinclair - Berwick Upon Tweed
McGrogan - Carfin/Holytown, Newark, NJ, Malvern, PA
Murphy - Carfin/Holytown, Newark, NJ, Clones Ireland
Clark/Ogilvie - Lanarkshire
Caddell - Coatbridge

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Re: Antrim place name
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 03 June 12 06:55 BST (UK) »
Hi Nicky,

Don't know if this will help or just confuse matters further but ... there's a couple of places in NI called Culkeeran, but they aren't in Antrim. Don't know if the borders could have changed since then  :-\ but I thought the similarity was worth mentioning.

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Re: Antrim place name
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 03 June 12 07:53 BST (UK) »
There is a townland called Coolkeeran in Antrim. In the civil parish of Loughguile. Details here: http://www.thecore.com/seanruad

The Irish word 'cúl' is sometimes anglicised as 'cool' explaining the spelling issue at the start of the name.

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Re: Antrim place name
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 03 June 12 12:44 BST (UK) »
It looks to me like Calkaaren / Calkaarin.

remember, being Ireland, it might be the name of a townland, not necessarily a town per se.

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