Birth Record

[wynnepa]

Need help with the second entry of profession. Clearly the first one is shoemaker but i can't quite make out the second one.....looks like Hurd? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Peter

[Bookbox]

Is it in a Northern county? If so, perhaps it's Hind -- a farm labourer?

[wynnepa]

This is from County Sligo in the Tobercurry/Coolaney area. Previous records show his profession as Servant and Labourer.....which I'm thinking he was a farm labourer so Hind might be the right profession.
As an addendum for the other entries on this page the transcriber uses the term Labourer and Farm Labourer for other entries.

Here is another screen shot showing the handwriting to the left. The first two letters of the profession look like He. So is Herd a profession?

[GR2]

Herd

[aghadowey]

I think it's 'Hurd' [herd]- 'hind' would have been unlikely to have been used in Ireland.

Added- agree with next reply- Herd rather than Hurd

[alpinecottage]

I think it's "Herd", based on the first two letters of "Henry".  As in shepherd, goat herd  etc.  Perhaps he took stock to market or drove them elsewhere in Ireland.

[wynnepa]

Thank you. Herd [Shepherd] is what I was tending towards.