Down, Ireland Research Site—Map of the townlands in Kilkeel parish.The name of the townland has been in use since at least 1613. The Gaelic name is Baile Mhig Eothach. The Gaelic name of the mountain is Sliabh Mhig Eothach. In Place-Names of Northern Ireland, Volume Three, county ...
County Mayo, which is located on the west coast of Ireland in the province of Connacht, had a population at the time of the Great Famine of almost half a million. The haemorrhage of emigration in the past century and a half has reduced the population to a little over one fifth of this...
To the west the land rises into the lofty range of the Slieve-Bloom mountains, which form a marked line of division between this and the King's county; their summit is called "the Height of Ireland," from a popular opinion that it is the most elevated point in the Island; near it ...
It had a high street, alleys down to the river and a population of around 700[7]. It was moved to its present site in the 1780s by the Browne family of Westport House, who also renamed it Westport. Westport is designated as a heritage town and is unusual in Ireland in that it one...
Both were buried in the family plot in Galveston. A younger brother, John Whelton, stayed in Ireland.Maps of the town Clonakilty and Timoleague, County Cork.The West Cork, Ireland, web page, lists Whelton (and Houlihan) among "well known family surnames with roots in West Cork." The ...