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Place name: Gulphire, Newtowncashel R. C. parish

LongfordCashel (Longford)

I have an 1831 burial record for Edward Mearly in Newtowncashel R. C. parish records that seems to read "Gulphire" as his residence.  Find My Past has indexed the record as "Gulphire".  I have used various sources and found no place name even vaguely matching that place.  Hoping someone can help identify! 

 

The Mearl(e)y family lived in County Longford (Cashel, Ballagh, Ballyrevagh, Corrool Brennan area). I will be visiting the area in October and would like to find all these places.

 

The burial record at NLI (copy attached) is on the right side of the page (baptisms are on the left).

Cashel | Microfilm 09359 / 04, Page 4; Apr. 1831 to Dec. 1831

https://registers.nli.ie/pages/vtls000639799_004

 

Thanks for any help!

Pat Petrizzo

Florida, USA

 

PatNYC

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Hi Pat,

I'm quite sure it's not 'Gulphire' I live not to far from Cashel and when I'm in the area I will make some enquiries and get back to you if you have not already solved your query. Can you provide the names of any other family members of that time so we can possibly help broaden the search? For the moment I've attached a link to the townlands of Cashel, which you may find helpful. 

https://www.townlands.ie/longford/cashel

 

Regards

Paul 

Juliandeburgh@…IrelandXO Volunteer

Pat/Paul:

Possibly the place is Elfeet.

Pat: If you have not done so already, could you add your trip to this form. Thanks! https://www.irelandxo.com/meet-and-greet

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

 

Roger is correct.

 

The place is recorded as 'Eulphide' in the burial records.

 

However, the standardised Ordnance Survey spelling of the Townland in Newtowncashel RC Parish is 'Elfeet (Adamson)' or 'Elfeet (Burke)'.

 

Hoping this clarifies,

davidleahy@eir…IrelandXO Volunteer

To all,

 

Thank you!  Elfeet makes sense as it is close to the other Mearley townlands as well as a Cunningham family who has ties to them. I never would have gotten Elfeet from that document!

 

Yes, I will post my trip at the Ireland XO Meet and Greet.

 

Thanks to all, looking forward to exploring Newtowncashel!

 

Pat

PatNYC

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Joan Peterman

Hi all!

Recently returned from my trip and it was wonderful!  David Leahy showed me around the Newtowncashel area and also did his own research on the Mearly family (lots of info!).  He went above and beyond to decipher a barely legible tombstone we discovered in the Mearly family plot that I had never seen before.  This provided further evidence that Patrick Mearly's wife was a Mulholland!

 

Posting a few photos.  The church was impressive and the cemetery on a hill overlooking Lough Ree...very peaceful!

PatNYC

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