I have ancestors who came to Australia in 1850. The immigration records state that they came from LoughMAGH - is this just another interpretation of Loughmore/Loughmoe???
Hello, Julie. Here is my son on our 2009 trip. I took his photo on the east side of the village center. The photo is in the vicinity of Purcell Castle and looking westward. The spelling on top would be the traditional IRISH spelling and pronunciation of the village while the lower would be the modern Anglicized version.
If you have records from 1850, remember that most common folk were illiterate and relied on the doctor or the parish priest for any formal document writing. Spelling of place and surnames is a bit of an adventure when studying Ireland so we won't worry about the differences between your request and that on the top of my sign. Another side of my family is from Macroom in County Cork. I have church records from a family of seven children with four different spellings for the surname! As far as I know, the sign in my picture still sits there today.
I'd suggest you browse to maps.google.com and put these coordinates into the search field:
52.756245, -7.819766 (might also require N52.756245, W7.819766 instead)
Once you zoom down to this point on the road, drag in the little yellow man icon for "Street View". There is the sign. The street view photo was taken in 2009 so I don't know the today status. Once you are in street view, start marching westward until you get to the center of the village and have a pint at Stapleton's Bar.
What surnames are you derived from? Mine are Hayes, Maher, Ryan (of course) and Finnegan. Any of those in your history? I have church records back to 1780 in this village with distant relatives still living there today. A 230 year trail!
Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA
