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The Neighbors in Ireland The Neighbors in Ireland By Michael F. McGraw Austin, TX And Clare Tuohy Dublin, Ireland The Neighbors in Ireland 12-05-11.doc - 1 - Copyright © 2011 Michael F. McGraw Cover Photos Lower Left - Patrick Tuohy (1806 - 1873) and Bridget Fanning (? - 1883) - Picture taken in 1871 at the latest - Photo courtesy of Clare Tuohy Lower Right - Mary Maher Tuohy (1820 - 1901) and William Tuohy (c. 1805 - ?) - Picture taken in 1871 at the latest - Photo courtesy of Clare Tuohy Bottom Center - Map of Co. Tipperary Background - Satellite image of the townland of Grange. - OS Ireland web site. Shown are the locations of the farms of Patrick Tuohy, William Tuohy, Patrick McGrath and Thomas Long. Contact Information Michael F. McGraw [email protected] Clare Tuohy [email protected] The Neighbors in Ireland 12-05-11.doc - 2 - Copyright © 2011 Michael F. McGraw The Neighbors in Ireland By Michael F. McGraw & Clare Tuohy Table of Contents Introduction....................................................................................................................... 5 Overview................................................................................................................. 5 Goals ....................................................................................................................... 6 The Neighbors and The Time Frame.............................................................................. 7 Neighborhood Families........................................................................................... 7 Timing Dates and Locations ................................................................................... 8 Information Sources................................................................................................ 9 Valuation Introduction................................................................................................... 10 Overview............................................................................................................... 10 Housing Clusters; Building Measurements; Acreage........................................... 11 Tracking Across the Valuation Data..................................................................... 11 The Field Books.................................................................................................... 12 The House Books.................................................................................................. 14 The Acre Problem ................................................................................................ 15 The Evolution of the Farm Lot Numbers in Grange............................................. 17 House Book Examples: Grange and Raheen ....................................................... 18 Land Measurement Estimates............................................................................... 22 The Cancelled Books ............................................................................................ 23 In Depth Glenreaghmore Analysis................................................................................ 25 The Books, the Table and the Maps...................................................................... 25 Extended Precision................................................................................................ 29 High Precision Area Measurement ....................................................................... 32 Structure Matching................................................................................................ 33 The Cancelled Books of Glenreaghmore.............................................................. 35 Final Thoughts on Demolished Cabins................................................................. 37 Summary............................................................................................................... 40 Family Groups................................................................................................................. 42 Gleason Family ..................................................................................................... 42 McGrath Families ................................................................................................. 47 Fanning Families................................................................................................... 66 Patrick McGrath Family ....................................................................................... 70 Long Families ...................................................................................................... 75 Tuohy Families ..................................................................................................... 98 Other Neighbors: Davern, Ryan & Fanning ....................................................... 108 The Neighbors in Ireland 12-05-11.doc - 3 - Copyright © 2011 Michael F. McGraw Tipperary - The Center of Local Disturbances.......................................................... 115 The Environment Leading Up to the Famine ..................................................... 115 Detailed Analysis of Four Farmers in Grange .................................................... 117 Aftermath ............................................................................................................ 120 Summary........................................................................................................................ 123 Overview............................................................................................................. 123 The Neighbors’ Farms on the GV Maps............................................................. 124 Family Group Summaries................................................................................... 124 Mysteries: Going In & Coming Out ................................................................... 126 Record Appearance Summary ............................................................................ 127 Where To Go From Here? .................................................................................. 129 APPENDIX.................................................................................................................... 130 1 - The House Book Quality Letter..................................................................... 131 2 - The Moyaliff Townland Charts..................................................................... 132 3 - Cottage Area: Inner, Outer ............................................................................ 137 4 - Cottage Construction ..................................................................................... 138 5 - Lessons from the Poor Rate Valuations ........................................................ 140 6 - Gleason Baptisms from Holycross Parish Records ....................................... 141 7 - A Rate for the Relief of the Poor of Thurles Union - Moyaliff..................... 142 8 - A Rate for the Relief of the Poor of Thurles Union - Holycross................... 143 9 - Letter to Major General Lord Viscount LUTTRELL (1786)........................ 145 10 - Religious Census of Ireland - Moyaliff - 1766........................................... 146 End Notes....................................................................................................................... 147 The Neighbors in Ireland 12-05-11.doc - 4 - Copyright © 2011 Michael F. McGraw The Neighbors in Ireland Introduction Overview It took a while to discover where that first ancestor had come from in Ireland. Slowly, a few more people were found who had come from that same area of Ireland and then the floodgate opened. Central New York appeared to be a magnet for the Irish from the Upperchurch area of Co. Tipperary. Then, while investigating persons who were neighbors in the Truxton and Pompey area, it was determined that not only were they just from the same area, they were also neighbors back in Ireland. In 2008, one of the authors (Tuohy) was able to find the Holycross church records that provided the actual locations where some of the families had been living in Ireland during 1835-50. The people described in this document were all living in adjacent townlands, which in the U.S. means that they were living on adjacent farms. One of those neighbors, a James Long, appeared in the Griffith’s Valuation (GV) for Holycross parish, Co. Tipperary. It was possible to find the land he had occupied in Glenreaghmore townland on one of the GV 6” OS maps and also in the modern day Ordnance Survey satellite images of the same area. In this paper an attempt will be made to do the same thing for all the other neighbors on the list. The families who were neighbors in Ireland were living in adjacent townlands. The townlands were located in the adjoining parishes of Moyaliff and Holycross. In Moyaliff parish the townlands were Ballyoughter, Clareen and Moyaliff. In Holycross parish the townlands were Raheen, Lisnagrough, Glenreaghmore and Grange. The Farneybridge River separates the two parishes. While trying to locate the U.S. neighbors on their land back in Ireland it was inevitable that new Irish neighbors would be found. In some cases these new neighbors had remained in Ireland but some of the new Irish neighbors had also traveled to the U.S. The Neighbors in Ireland 12-05-11.doc - 5 - Copyright © 2011 Michael F. McGraw One of us (Tuohy) was able to fill in the Fanning family tree and provide background on these new neighbors,
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