Curran, Ireland ??? .....

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stephlangan
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Curran, Ireland ??? .....

Post by stephlangan » Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:31 am

Can some kind soul help me in determining where Curran Ireland is. My Great Grandfather Thomas McDonald was born in Glasgow, and his birth certificate lists his parents John and Rose McDonald (ms McConnachie) as being married in Curran Ireland on October 15 1856. The family never really found out from my grannie where in Ireland her fathers family came from - this is now our first clue. I have checked the internet but Curran seems to be a townland and not a town/city- so I am confused and not sure how to continue.

Thanks

Stephanie Langan
Attempting to research : Langan, McDonald, Cosgrove, Stevenson/Stevens, McConnachie, McAvoy, Mullan
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Malcolm
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Post by Malcolm » Sun Nov 20, 2005 2:23 am

Hello Stephanie
I'm not sure what you mean by townland. The only Curran i can find is in America. There is however, a Currane in Co Kerry. It's in the south west of the Republic of Ireland.
It's not unusual in archive material for spelling mistakes to be made. I make them frequently and i've got a computer complete with its own spelcheck facility
I hope this helps
MM
Morris (formerly Morrice) of Fife and Geekie of Scone
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JustJean
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Post by JustJean » Sun Nov 20, 2005 2:49 am

Hi Stephanie

I had a look in the Bartholomew's Gazetteer (1932) and these are the listings that were there:

Curran, village 1 mile SE. of Larne, E. County Antrim
Curran, village Maghera parish, S. County Londonderry, 3 miles NW of Castledawson, pop 89
Currane, hamlet W. County Mayo, 7 miles S. of Achill Sound
Currane, lough SW County Kerry and draining into Ballinskelligs Bay at Waterville

Now for telling you which (if any) will assist you in your search...... :roll: :- (I'm in about the same situation as you with my own Irish research!)

I agree with Malcolm though that spelling is a huge factor. The place you seek might only have sounded a bit like Curran and be spelled nothing like these examples.

Best wishes
Jean
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scotmum
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Post by scotmum » Sun Nov 20, 2005 7:39 pm

Do you have them in the 1861 Census for Scotland? If yes, does it give any further clues as to where in Ireland they came from?
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Malcolm
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Post by Malcolm » Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:52 pm

Hello again
From JustJean's stuff my map book clearly isn't big enough. Here's an Irish site fron Judy Phillips that shows more Curran's than you can wave a stick at.

http://www.seanruad.com/cgi-bin/iresrch
MM
Morris (formerly Morrice) of Fife and Geekie of Scone
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