Author Archives: Shane

Portlaw – Cotton Factory.

Posted on 17 August 2015 by Shane

I had read about the cotton factory at Portlaw, but the size of this operation only properly registered this morning – see image of Portlaw in the tweet from the National Library below… David Malcolmson had been involved in milling … Continue reading →

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Alterations to County borders in Ireland – 1898

Posted on 3 August 2015 by Shane

Summary of changes to county borders as a result of the Local Government (Ireland) Act of 1898. Links to the transferred Electoral Districts (DEDs) on the 1901 census showing the transferred areas included, and in addition links to townlands transferred as parts of … Continue reading →

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Catholic Parish Search by Town

Posted on 15 July 2015 by Shane

New option added to allow a search for Catholic Parishes based on a list of towns. see Town > RC Parish Search at the top of the menu. Coordinates are included in the system for cities and over 500 (1) towns all … Continue reading →

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Kilmore Co. Wexford and the Saltee Islands

Posted on 5 July 2015 by Shane

Details of Kilmore and The Saltee Islands from 2nd Ed. Topographical Directory of Ireland by Samuel Lewis, 2nd Ed., printed 1849. KILMORE, a parish, in the barony of Bargey union in the county of Wexford, and province of LEINSTER, 9 … Continue reading →

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Surname Crossmatch – Variations

Posted on 30 June 2015 by Shane

Added a new Surname Variants search option to the Cross-Reference  Search, which now includes variants of the selected surnames in the search. In the previous version a search for Sullivan and Collins would only have located any parish where exact matches … Continue reading →

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