Duagh / Dowar - same place?

[spstevenson]

Greetings all!

According to my great grand uncle's WW1 Army Medical History papers, his parish of birth was Dowar, Kerry. I have (what I hope) is his parent's 1871 marriage cert and it states that they were married in the RC chapel of Duagh.

I can find Duagh in Kerry but no Dowar. Just wondering are they the same place. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Sharon

[conahy calling]

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/kerryrc.htm

RC Parishes in Co Kerry on link.  I see Duagh in the north east of the county, but no parish name like Dowar.

[Sinann]

I would think Dow-ar is an attempt at Duagh by an American hearing a Kerry accent, but not being 100% on the pronunciation of Duagh I could be wrong.

[spstevenson]

  Thanks folks. I had a look through the census for 1901 & 1911 - nothing similar to Dowar either...

[gaffy]

Probably the same place, here's another example of the confusion - this time, Duagh / Dewar:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=659612.0

[spstevenson]

Cheers Gaffy,

Phonetically I've been thinking Du-aah and Do-wah and how they might sound to an upper middle class army officer 

Thanks everybody for your input!

[breenbyrne]

Hi, yes it's a phonetic pronunciation of Duagh - I'm from a town about 5 miles away and Doo-wah is a close enough approximation of what it sounds like.
I have an ancestor from there who died in WW1 - for a small parish I would not have thought that there were many sons of Duagh who had served in it.
Let me know if you need any help with records from there - the Parish Priest was extremely helpful and generous with access to the records when I was working on that side of my Family Tree.
Regards.

[spstevenson]

Hi Breen Byrne,

Many thanks for the reply. I have to say this site is fantasic when it comes to folks sharing their knowledge and expertise.

I know I'm preaching to the converted when I say that the Irish B, M & D certs do not contain a wealth of information. How dare they not consider future generations 

My great grand uncle from Duagh was William Regan. My grandmother had the "deadman's penny" or memorial plaque in his name. I assumed he died in WW1 - he served in the Royal Munster Fusiliers. Turns out he was overcome by fumes in a lime kiln in Rathkeale and died in 1919 while a still a member of the Labour Corps.

Based on your information, I'm satisfied that the 1871 marriage cert I have for Mary Moloney and William Regan means that they are my great x 2 grandparents (hopefully).

You're lucky to have a helpful PP.

I'm hoping to get down to Limerick later in the year - most of ancestors are from the Loghill/Ballyhahill/Shanagolden neck of the woods - so I may take you up on your kind offer of help in advance.

Many thanks,

Sharon