Interpreting handwriting in Tithe Applotment Books

[pwaldron]

Over the years, there have been differences in interpretation of the handwriting in the Tithe Applotment Books for the parish of St. Munchin's, which straddles the border between county Clare and county Limerick. A high resolution image of the relevant page of the original book has been available since the launch of the online Tithe Applotment Books last Thursday. It is at
http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarc ... _00079.pdf
I am particularly interested in entries number 14, 16 and 17 on this page.

Those who believe in pay-per-view access to records would leave me to look at these three entries in isolation; the free-to-air philosophy enables me to look at other samples of the same handwriting, and other conventions used, both on this page and in the rest of the parish.

If anyone would care to send me a private message with an independent interpretation of what these three entries say, I would be very grateful (just click the "pm" button below). Remember to use the zoom control in your PDF viewer to blow up the relevant words. I will summarise the results here after a few days (and explain the significance of how the entries are interpreted!).

After you have looked at the original and suggested your own independent interpretation, you can check out three of the published interpretations at the following links:

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarc ... rch=Search

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarc ... rch=Search

http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... ns_tab.htm

and (at least if you are an ancestry.com subscriber)

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse. ... s=rfs&so=3

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse. ... s=rfs&so=3

[mgallery]

Thanks Paddy for telling me about this link. It has cleared up a few things by giving the full record including the fact that my grandfather called our family home in Doonogan Dromin and said it was the name of an old Townland (it is such on the ordnance survey)

Here David Kenny has it as Drominaveigh

I looked at some of the Kennys I am researching. I note that I can pick out the ones I want. They call themselves gentlemen signing leases and marriage settlements unless they have a business in which case they sign as merchant.
The Kennys are called Mr in the tithe applotments

I have a rent roll from the Mahon estate where a Gallery relative is referred to as Mr Gallery (I am not sure whether he is Christoper of Newhall) or who he is. All others on the list are called first name last name no title.

Mr clearly had some significance early 1800s. I know we are Mahon descent (twice) but am not sure if same Mahons though I think likely. I was not sure if Mr was because a cousin even if distant

regards

Margaret

Killard
Actual Name Name as written
Thomas Halpin 8.1.30 +2yrs at 1.15 for a new yearly rent 14.15.2
Patrick Lillis 5.2.20 +2yrs ? For a new yearly rent 9.16.10
Dennis Custy and partner 8.1.30 ? For a new yearly rent 14.15.2
Patrick Connors 7.1.13 ? For a new yearly rent 8.6.8
Thomas Thomas Diviny 6.1.13 ? For a new yearly rent 8.6.8
John Meehan 6.1.13 ? For a new yearly rent 8.6.8
John Kean & Gallerys 22.2.0 for yearly rent, Irish 27
91.7.
Strasburgh
John Gilligin 4.3.27 for yearly rent 8.6.5
Michael Daffy Michl Daffy 6.0.21 Lump Paid 8.0.0
Michael Connells Michl Connells 7.0.33 Lump Paid 8.0.0
Luke Daffy 14.1.1 Lump Paid 17.18.9
Henry Haran 2.0.6 Lump Paid 5.0.0
Patrick Meehan 3.1.32 Lump Paid 6.18.0
Michael Meehan Michl Meehan 3.1.32 Lump Paid 6.18.0
Mr Gallery 16.0.2 at 1.1.1 for Barefield (may be mistranscribed) yearly 24.0.0
176.0.4

Charles Mahon Esq 24.2.10