Ballynanty - is this a village, street or house? It is on the NZ marriage certificate for Mary Houlihan born 20 December 1842 (daughter of Timothy Houlihan, Tailor, and Mary Doig). Mary is stated on 1864 shipping records as a Laundress and her sister Ann a Domestic Servant.We have nofurther information.
Your help will be appreciated.
Margaret:
Ballynanty is a 404 acre townland in Tullabracky civil parish about six kilometers from Bruff.
NOTE: There are also two townlands called Ballynanty Beg and More very close to Limerick Town. I think you want the Ballynanty near Bruff.
The 1850 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Tullabracky parish shows a Timothy Hoolaghan in Ballybane townland.
http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/limerick/tullabracky.htm
Roger McDonnell
I just asked what may be a related question about "Ballancanty" which I think may be a bad transcription of Ballynanty.
Margaret,
my ggg-grandmother Honora (Donovan) Lynch, lived in Ballynanty and in 1860 left for Australia. Ballynanty seems to have no roads that appear on google maps even today.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.4984547,-8.5823016,1572m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
There must have been a very small number of people there in the early years after the famine. I'm sure that our people knew each other.
If you come across any reference to Wedslow (or similar) as the name of a house or a farm, please let me know.
Ballynanty takes its name from the Irish Baile na Neanta which means the townland of the nettles!