Thanks Clare I will look into that.
As an aside and not to be confused with my query, I have a "Relation" who wrote a book, The Perambulations of Barney the Irishman Published 1850 (Sheffield England), in which the Author Bernard Bird says he was born in the Townland of Drumlendrie, County Monaghan 1790. His Fathers name was Patrick and his Mother was Rose McMahon.
He states in the book he is Bernard McAiney and Ainey in gaelic becomes Bird in English, hence Bernard Bird as the Author. The nearest I found was ean?.
But in a way this is why I sort of hold onto the McAiney spelling, yet around 5 spelling variations exist when checking the English census.
Again, does or did Drumlendrie exist as I cannot find it?.
Finally thanks again for everyones help and the information, it really is appreciated as I don`t seem to hit a wall in my search but more of a Black hole :-)
Yours, Puzzled of Preston! (Steve)