Shanavalla in Duagh

KerryDuagh (Kerry)

I have some cousins from Australia who are visiting Duagh. The have been photographing family infromation from the parish records. So far, I have my great great grandfather Phillip Connor's baptism in my possession. The record indicates the family resided in Shanavalla, but there is no Shanavalla Townland in Duagh. The closest name I can find is Shanafona. I also found another Duagh record with Shanavalla listed as a placename on Church Records site. Does anyone have any idea what Shanavalla is referring to? Here is an image of the record:

On another note, it appears there are many errors on the Church Records transcription from Duagh. My cousins noted several discrepencies. For example, the site listed Phillip's mother as Joanna Connor, but the image indicates Joanna Connell.

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14 years ago

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I think I have found the answer on my own. I looked this up at logainm.ie and Shanavalla is a variant of Shanbally. There is a reference calling it Shanavalla from 1841:

http://www.logainm.ie/Viewer.aspx?text=shanbally&streets=yes&listText=&…

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14 years ago

I think her maiden name is Connoll and married name is Connor- I think it says Philip was baptised 1834 May 21, legitimate son of John Connor and Joanna Connoll, Demitrius Connor and Ellen Lynch sponsors., the baptism record always lists the mothers maiden name, no ideas about the place though

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14 years ago

Shanavalla in Duagh

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