Hello Lois,
It’s great to hear you like maps too. I think maps bring to genealogy more than just names, and descriptions of places, as maps can show where an ancestor had lived, worked, and worshipped.
I believe I found the maps you requested. The maps are from the GeoHive website and are called Ordnance Survey Maps. You’ll see two particular editions of maps in the reply. One is the 25 inch black and white Ordnance Survey Map, which according to GeoHive, is dated from 1897 to 1913
The second is the 6 inch colour Ordnance Survey Map dated from 1829 to 1841. In some cases I’ve included both maps for one location. Below I’ll refer to the maps as either black and white or colour. I’ll be using the English/Irish spelling for “colour,” as that is how these are described at GeoHive.
The following is the black and white map from the 1897 to 1913 time period. It shows where 4 Kyle Street, Cork would be today, though back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, this location may not have referred exactly to the 4 Kyle Street address: https://rebrand.ly/732luda
Next is the black and white map for Gratten Street, Cork City, which runs from a northwesterly direction from Bachelor’s Quay, southeasterly to Sheares and Liberty Streets : https://rebrand.ly/vexouhc
This colour map shows Duncan Street, Cork City, from Bachelor’s Quay past Nile Street and then becoming Court Street: https://rebrand.ly/n615zbo
Here is Saint Finbarr’s South Church, Dunbar Street, Cork City: https://rebrand.ly/s5jykfl
The following colour maps shows the location of Saints Peter and Paul Church. Both maps refer to the church as the “R.C. Chap,” and R.C. Ch: https://rebrand.ly/rodb00u; https://rebrand.ly/9mw98t6
On this colour map, Saint Mary’s Church, Cork City, is called the Dominican Chapel, located between Pope’s Quay and Camden Quay: https://rebrand.ly/4xei4v2
Moving ahead in time to the black and white map, Saint Mary’s Cork City is called the R.C. Ch.: https://rebrand.ly/vq5atpo
Here is a very good looking colour map of Carrigaloe, eastern shore of the Cork Harbour, and just south of Passage West: https://rebrand.ly/z39b15t
The following is a colour map of Cove. Cove is the English Spelling. In Irish, it is Cobh. There is no letter v in the Irish language. The letters bh are pronounced as the letter v in Irish. For that matter, the Irish language doesn’t include the letters j, k, q, w, x, y, or z either. The English also called Cove, Queenstown: https://rebrand.ly/aosnpst
The next two links will bring you to colour and black and white Ordnance Survey Maps of Ballydehob: https://rebrand.ly/l0nsck8; https://rebrand.ly/g5d9cx2
Here is a beautiful colour map of Ballinspittle showing the locations of the R.C. Chapel, the Pound, the Constabulary, the Dispensary, the Corn Mill, and the National School, just south of the River Spit: https://rebrand.ly/73qq3hp
The Rahilly family may have worshipped in the Ballinspittle R.C. Chapel, and the children may have attended the National School.
Ballinspittle is the English spelling for the town. In Irish it is, “Béal Átha an Spidéil,” meaning the “ford-mouth of the hospital.” In other words “spiddle” means hospital, from which the River Spit is also derived. The colour map of Ballinspttle shows the location of a Dispensary, where medical care may have been provided and where medicines were dispensed.
This is a Google Street View of the River Spit in Ballinspittle: https://rebrand.ly/q3coqef
Thank you for writing Lois. I hope you enjoy looking at the maps as much as I did. My favorite is the map of Ballinspittle for it’s detail and colorization of the River Spit.
With Kindest Regards,
Dave
