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Identify two townlands in Parish of Tomregan

CavanDrumgoon (Cavan)

Anyone able to work out the names of these two townlands?One seems to be Gortamullan; they may not be in the Parish of Tomregan.

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The Parish of Tomregan covers areas in counties Fermanagh and Cavan.

The bride's residence looks like Gortmullan to me, which is a townland in the Fermanagh portion of the parish (Marriages usually took place in the bride's parish).

Not able to see  much of the groom's residence at the moment - other than it ends in ..gh  and includes an i.

i've attached a slightly enhanced version of the record as a jpeg image.

EDIT : what's the groom's name ?  worked it out from the index - John Ross & Margaret Lunny Bawnboy reg. district.
there might be a clue to the townland he or his father lived on Griffith's
(he could live outside the parish so makes the search a little more difficult...)

shanew147IrelandXO Volunteer

Thanks for that; now realise that Parish is in both Counties Cavan and Fermanagh and that John Ross probably lived at Ummera; I think the Minister added "agh" so looks like Ummeragh. Would you know if the gravestones in the Church at Bsallyconnell have ever been transcribed? I did visit it once and it is very historic!

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David Ross’s wife Isabella died 27.12.1881, aged 76. She was a widow. Informant was John Ross of Umera.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_retu…

Birth of Edward Ross to John Ross and Margery Lunney on 7.4.1886 at Ummera:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_retur…

Ummera is in Co. Fermanagh. Griffiths Valuation for 1862 lists Isabella Ross on plot 8a which was a 14 acre farm.  Today that farm is on the Temore Rd. David evidently died before 1862.  This is that Ross household in 1901:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Fermanagh/Aghyoule/Ummera/1357224/

1911:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Fermanagh/Ashyoule/Ummera/523160/

Probate abstracts taken from the PRONI wills site:

Ross Mary Jane of Umera Derrylin county Fermanagh married woman died 21 January 1944 Probate Londonderry 21 April to John Wallace and William Arthur Lunny farmer. Effects £108 6s. 10d.

Ross, Edward of Ummera Derrylin county Fermanagh farmer died 22 February 1961 Probate Londonderry 8 June to James C. Brady solicitor. Effects £209 10s.

The wills themselves should be in PRONI (the public record office) in Belfast, in paper format.

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