Where or what was 'standalone' in Coleraine c.1845?

[aghadowey]

I'm not sure when I'll ever get a chance to pop into Coleraine Library when I'm in town but if I have a half hour to spare will try to check St. John's records and see what is actually written in the register.

[nannyj]

Ah, that would be very kind of you ... no rush. Any help is always appreciated. Thank you 

[llarge]

The word should be Stanalone not Standalone.  My gr.gr.grandparents lived in Stanalone,Ballyhacket,Dunboe,county Derry,Northern Ireland.  I have been searching for years for the word Stanalone. Just last week I found out the word Stanalone is a townland in Dunboe,county Derry. So I narrowed my search down and with the help of the Derry county genealogy center they were about to tell me where it was located. My gr.grandfather said he was from Coleraine, this is the closest large city to Stanalone. Hope this information has helped. It was a mystery to me for years!! Please feel free to contact me if you'd like.

[gaffy]

I think you're onto something, but the only actual townland I can find is Stanalane, in County Antrim.

Specifically, in Dunluce parish, Barony of Dunluce Lower, Coleraine Poor Law Union.  One of several old forms for its name is Standulon (17th C).

Note also a place called Stanalin in County Londonderry, in the townland of Bellemont More, Ballyaghran parish, Barony of North East Liberties of Coleraine, Coleraine Poor Law Union.

[nannyj]

Thank you both! 
Will have a look back through my notes now.
Been spending a lot of time on the Dublin and Essex sides of my family recently.
Regards.

[llarge]

I have documentation of Stanalone being in Dunboe,county Derry. According to Coleraine RC baptismal records and Articlave birth registers Stanalone is located in one of the Ballyhackets in Dunboe,county Derry. I also have several letters dated in the 1860's with Stanalone being the place my ancestors lived.  Not sure if there can be more  "Stanalone" townlands or not. I also received this information confirming it from Derry county genealogy center.

[gaffy]

Derry county genealogy center must mean that there is simply a place called Stanalone in one of the Ballyhacket townlands which all lie beside each other (Glenahorry, Lisawilling, Magilligan, Toberclaw), for I can't see any townland called anything like Stanalone in the parish of Dunboe.

If that is so, given where the 4 Ballyhacket townlands are, that would place Stanalone about 1 - 2 miles SW of Castlerock.

The townland of Stanalane in Dunluce parish lies several hundered yards west of Bushmills.

And the place called Stanalin in the townland of Bellemont More in Ballyaghran lies about 2 miles east of Portstewart.

[aghadowey]

Gaffy is absolutely correct. There is no townland called Stanalone in the area (or Co. Derry)- it is merely a local name for a portion of a townland. It may have been used in church records or by family members but is it not a townland, so when checking sources like Griffith's Valuation, census, etc. you will need to use the actual townland name.
The Valuation revision books are now online (www.proni.gov.uk) and go up to c1930 so you might be able to use then to find where your family lived.

[gaffy]

OK, here's another guess.  In reply #2, the query was about Patrick McGonigle, baptised May 1846, to father James McGonigle (mother Sara McLeese), address "Standalone".

In light of what was kicked off by the post of llarge, I looked at Griffiths Valuation for the townlands of Stanalane, Bellemont More, and the 4 Ballyhackets.

The only relevant hit I could find was James McGonigle in Ballyhacket Lisawilling.