Jack, what do you know about Fintully, Clontibret, Monaghan? Perhaps you read my other post.... Macklin family or Moss of Co Tyrone. Thanks very much!

Fintully is a Townland of 141 acres 3 roods & 34 perches. It is listed in Griffiths Valuation (1846-64) with the following people living there - Dominick Harrison, James Johnston, Patrick McKeon, Sarah Mooney, Samuel Dunn, Alexander Kinnear, James Murphy, William McClelland, Patrick Rooney, Ellen Rooney, Philip Cassidy, William Macklin, Peter Cassidy - the Landlord was Rt Hon Edward Lucas of Castleshane. It is right beside Gallagh where St. Colman's Church of Ireland is situated. As you can guess by the names it was a staunch Presbyterian area with two Presbyterian Churches nearby. The Presbyterians were originally Scottish settlers who came to this area in the late 1600s early 1700s.

Thank you very much!

You would appear to have a lot of information at your fingertips so I am hoping that you can help me with the birthplace of my husband's grandfather. There are an awful lot of 'Thomas Wright's in the family but the one in question was born on 23 April 1887 in "Clintoe Monaghan". I have a photo of a certified copy of the original birth certificate dated 27 July 1946.
Birthplace and Dwelling-place of Father are both listed as "Clintoe Monaghan" whereas "Residence of informant" is given as "Clinto Monaghan".
I can find no mention anywhere of a Clinto/e so it's over to you.
Yours with fingers crossed,
Heather

You are most probably looking at Tedavnet/Tydavnet for those Wrights, my Wrights attended there too.

John Wright of Clontoe was the Chief Constable there in 1850's and attended Tedavnet Church.

John Charles Wright owned about 250 acres of land in Clontoe.


Good luck with the Wrights, there's no shortage of them!

Clontoe was right beside my home - I know it well - last owner was Tommy Knox - he was a really nice man - I have copied a lot of Church Records too of local Churches - my e-mail is jack.storey@btconnect.com if you wish to contact me directly

The Knox line goes throught the Scotts to the Wrights and the Swanns, I remember my aunt talking of them.

The main problem which Researchers have is due to the Townlands being translated into English. The purpose of this posting is to alert Researchers to the list of equivalent Townland names (which I have) in English which correspond to the older Irish language version. Irish language speakers can recognise a townland by its name since each name is really a description (in Irish) of that Townland. My father had a rule - Never buy a farm entitled Drum...... it will be hilly, whereas one entitled Clon..... will be flat land

Think I'll go and live in Clondrum!