New Look on County Boards

[eadaoin]

No problems - I'm just curious, really!

What are the criteria for the names given under each county?

It used to be Civil Parishes, I think.

eadaoin

[aghadowey]

Cities and towns with pop. of 750 or greater, in 1871, keeps the lists a little more compact, and still shows a reasonable number for the less densely populated counties. Unfortunately, the old list of civil parishes meant there were many more places under each county and it took a great deal longer to scroll down to the lists of threads on tthe board itself.

[eadaoin]

thanks, aghadowey
I knew there had to be a good reason - just curious, as I said!
(and thanks for all the hard work that you and Shane and the other moderators put in!)

eadaoin

[Sinann]

thanks, aghadowey
I knew there had to be a good reason - just curious, as I said!
(and thanks for all the hard work that you and Shane and the other moderators put in!)

eadaoin

Second that

[shanew147]

It was Civil parishes - now towns and Cities as aghadowey mentioned. I think much more recognizable for people this way, especially beginners who might not know what a civil parish was..


Shane

[Sonas]

There is a place listed under Cork - Cloanmines - which I looked up as I'd never heard of it. It's now Cluin but much better known as Allihies. Bit on it here from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allihies
Would it be an idea to clarify for anyone unfamiliar with it?

[shanew147]

The town names are based on a report created from the 1871 census, but maybe including an alternate name for this would be a good idea - as in the Queenstown/Cobh notation.

It's also listed as Cloanmines on the 1851 townland Index -
  Civil Parish / Kilnamanagh
  Barony / Bear
  Poor Law Union / Castletown


Shane

[shanew147]

The unnamed town is shown on the OSI maps in the townland of Cloan, even though is has a police barracks and post office. Allihes appears as the town name of the later map.

The placename database lists Allihies as a 'population centre' - i.e. one step down from a town. The townland it's contained in is listed as Cloan or An Chluain as Gaeilge.

for reference : 

   1st Ed - c1835
   25" - c1890

I'll talk nicely to Admin about adding "/ Allihies" to the Cloanmines entry.


S.

[Sonas]

Thanks Shane. Cloanmines seems a bit obscure as a placename. From what I could see it doesn't seem to feature much in Google hits apart from censuses and I don't think it even gets a mention in Lewis' Topographical Dictionary.