Hi Rozanne
The Tithe Applotment books show that Leitra is a subdivision of the townland of Tyredagh:
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... la_tab.htm
The Tithe Applotment books were transcribed by volunteers for the genealogy section of the clarelibrary.ie site, thus providing a very handy way of looking at the information contained in those books.
At the time that the Tithe Applotment books were drawn up (1827 for Tulla), the outlines, or boundaries of townlands had not yet been decided and mapped. So the area that was called Tyredagh at that time may not be exactly the same as the townlands of Tyredagh Upper and Tyredagh Lower that you see outlined in the Tulla map:
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... parish.htm
I’m saying this so that you won’t be very surprised if your ancestor appears in Griffith’s Valuation (1855) as living in a nearby townland.
If you compare the names that occur in the subdivision of Derryriree & Leitera, in Tithes, with the names that occur in the baptisms (attached), and then compare them with the names that occur in Tyredagh, Upper, and Tyredagh, Lower, in Grifftih’s Valuation, you may be able to figure out where Leitra was located (roughly).
Rozanne, I hope you won’t mind if I use your query to demonstrate how I would go about finding out where Leitra was located. For this demonstration I will imagine that Michael Stephens in the baptisms is my ancestor (the baptisms show Michael Stephens and Mary Donahoe are the parents of Teresa Stephens born 1832):
Go to Tithes at
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... la_tab.htm
This shows Mich’l Stephens in the Tyredagh subdivision called Derryriree & Leitera.
Now go to Griffith’s at
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... /tulla.htm
But Griffith’s does not show any Stephens in Tyredagh Upper, or in Tyredagh Lower. This does not mean, however, that we will not find out (roughly) where Michael Stephens lived. We will go back to Tithes again and this time look at his neighbour, Connor Donohoe. We see that Connor is also mentioned in the baptisms. But, alas, he is not in Griffith’s either. So back we go yet again to Tithes and find another neighbour of Mich’l Stephens, this time Peter Powell. We see Peter mentioned in the baptisms. And, yessss, Peter is in Griffith’s. He is in Tyredagh Upper. So now we can go to
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... _upper.htm, and click on the external the link to Griffith’s (askaboutireland). Note the headings of the columns, i.e: Original Page; Map View. Now scroll down to find Peter Powell, and click on “Original Page”. Here we see that Peter Powell is leasing plot 11a from Jeremiah Keeffe. This plot (farm) is made up of two pieces of land, A & B. A is one is 1 acre, 3 roods and 35 perches; B is 3 roods, 30 perches. Peter’s house is in the larger piece, and this is where he lived. So now, having noted all that, we go back and this time click on “Map Views” (on the same external site). It takes a minute for the map to appear and then it takes a while to locate the townland of Tyredagh, Upper (I found it at the left side of the box – it’s a long townland – the “T” of “Tulla” is at the bottom end). Finally we can see plot 11A. It is towards the north of the townland close to where there is a kind of bottleneck. At this point, we must note some characteristics of the surrounding area. For instance there is a group of houses at the east end of plot 11. A little road runs by the northern end. We must even note the shapes of the fields – for instance the funnel shape that leads eastwards and ends at Peter’s house. Now we can go back to Tyredagh Upper
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... _upper.htm, and this time click on Bing maps satellite view with OS Map overlay. And here we see that funnel shape and we see that plot 11 A & B have been planted with conifers. This indicates to me that the land was not very fertile. But, when a lot of work was put into it, it must have been good enough to support the family that Peter and his wife, Joan Lahive, raised there. His neighbours, Connor Donohoe and Michael Stephens must have lived nearby and raised families also. And so that is how I find out where Michael Stephens lived.
When you are looking at this attachment, bear in mind that it represents only a fraction of the baptisms in Leitra. Many baptisms were unrecorded. Those that were recorded were often not given an address. Also the addresses given were often illegible – so some were not transcribed at all and some were mistranscribed.
Sheila