Finding an address

KerryMarhin (Kerry)

I have found an area of 51 acres in Ballineanig-Castlequarter in the Griffiths evaluation that my ancestor had farmed long ago. There are about 2 houses located on that land from what I can see on Google maps.

So my questions are:

1. would it be ridiculous to send a letter from the USA to those houses to say hello?

2. Do the houses have address numbers? I can see the two homes on a map but I can't seem to find a house number or way to identify which house on the road I could send a letter to. How can I figure this out?

IrelandXO member

12 years ago

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In rural areas, there are often no house numbers. The townland and the person?s name are sufficient to get a letter delivered. The postman knows who lives in each house. The absence of any specific addressee?s name will therefore give you a bit of a problem. You could try writing to the postmaster at Dingle, enclosing some letters, and asking them to deliver a copy of your letter to every household in the townland. Something like that, I suppose. (There were only 7 households in the townland in 1911, so not an enormous task).

There wouldn?t be anything odd in writing letters to the current householders. A lot of people do write looking for their ancestors in this way. You won?t always get a reply, but there?s no harm in trying.

Ahoghill AntrimIrelandXO Volunteer

12 years ago

The post address for this area is NOT Dingle. The address would be Occupant, Ballineanig-Castlequarter, Ballyferriter, Tralee, Co Kerry, Ireland. PS Kerry Spring Water factory if in this area. Best of luck.

Dunquin

11 years ago

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