Eire

Eire is Gaelic or Irish for Ireland.

Ancestral Names

Well judging from names of Irish relatives, the Irish side of my existence is probably a mixture of old Irish/Norse and Lowland Scots who settled in Ulster in 17th century Protestant plantations.

  1. Caskey: Northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Ascaidh, a patronymic from a personal name of Norse origin. Mac Ascaidh means 'son of Ascadh', a Gaelic pet form of the Old Norse personal name: Asketill. Found in Counties Derry and Tyrone. Caskey can also be Scottish. See Ancestry.com It was most likely originally Scottish and imported with the planters to Eire. See The Internet Surname Database.
  2. Fulton: Scottish name from a place in Roxburghshire, Lowland Scotland on the south-east border with England: from the Old English fugol `bird' + tu-n `enclosure', `settlement'.
  3. Jeffers: English and associated with counties Cork, Clare and Dublin and in Ulster. But, of course, Jeffery came from the Isle of Wight in my case.
  4. Morell: Well it is English, but maybe originally French or even Catalan!
  5. Nimmocks or Nimocks: Nothing, and I've no idea.
  6. Tannahill: Scottish from Tannahill in Ayrshire: western Lowland county on the Firth of Clyde.
Sites

  1. Civil Parishes of Ireland There is no Formoyle parish in Derry according to this source, but Dunboe shows Formoyle as a township and there is a Formullen township too.
  2. Dunboe census 1831 online with various Caskeys of which one of the two Josephs (at Fermullen/Fermullan/Formullen) may be the father Joseph David (1840--1930), my great grandfather. The whole Dunboe census or here.
  3. Maps of Eire
    1. Mr. O'Broin's Maps A goodish topographical map here.
  4. Formullen (Fermullan) and Knockmult in parish Formoyle. See Civil Parishes of County Derry. According to Formullen (Fermullan) images, Fermullan is on Sconce Road.
  5. Formullen (Fermullan) images by Kenneth Allen who mostly seems to take pictures of roads. The best one: that may be the old homestead in the distance, but probably not.
  6. Formullen (Fermullan) monuments There's a cave there. That's it---a cave.
  7. Griffiths Valuation of 1848--1864 Caskey, Derry turns up a Joseph Caskey of Formullen (township), Formoyle (parish). Formullen may well be Fermullan and the place may have moved parishes since 1831. This Joseph may have been the younger Joseph from the 1831 census and the father of Joseph David Caskey.
  8. Ireland Census 1911 See Articlave townlands, Fermullan for Caskey: house 3 Thomas Caskey Sr, Knockmult for Tannahill, Millen, Nimock: house 2 for James & Aunt Maggie, Sconce for Caldwell: Samuel, William, Lizzie (Mary Elizabeth), Lower Ballywildrick for Caldwell: house 9 for two James Lees.
  9. Irish Identity Names, Irish words and so much more.
  10. Oxford Co., Ontario, marriages, 1926 (srcoll down 20 %, right hand column) Great Uncle Matthew Caskey's marriage. It confirms that Great Grandad, was known as David, not Joseph, and since Matthew was born Fermullan (Formullen) that is probably where David and his ancestors farmed.
  11. Pangur Ban See also Wikipedia Pangur Ban.
  12. PD Photo.org Stock images from all over including Eire. The images are declared public domain: this is a great boon.
  13. Seamus Heaney (1939--2013) Seamus was born in Castledawson (though raised nearby at Mossbawn farmhouse in Bellaghy). The Castledawson area is about 25 miles south and a bit east of Fermullan. See Derry map, 1837.
  14. Ulster AncestorsThey claim there is a Formoyle parrish and Formullen is in it. Wikipedia confirms this: see above.

Images

  1. dante_virgil_hell Dante & Virgil in Hell.

    Two old Irishmen if I ever saw the like.

  2. ../../astro/eire/patrick_day2.gif Patrick's Day.

  3. ../../astro/eire/patrick_day4.png Patrick's Day.

  4. Eire 1982 Eire 1982.

    Credit: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (public domain). Download site Perry-Casta~neda Library Map Collection. An excellent site for public domain maps.

  5. Dublin: Four Courts (constructed 1786--1796) and the river Liffey.

    Credit: PD Photo.org A free public domain photo database; Download site: Dublin, Four Courts.

  6. Ben bulben near Sligo, County Sligo.

    This is on the northwest coast area.

    Yeats died in France in 1939 (on the Riveria), but was reburied to accord with his poem in Drumcliff churchyard.

    Credit: PD Photo.org A free public domain photo database; Download site: Sligo, Ben Bulben.

  7. Hore Abbey near Cashel.

    This is in the south in County Tipperary.

    Credit: PD Photo.org A free public domain photo database; Download site: Cashel, Hore Abbey.

  8. A celtic cross at the Rock of Cashel.

    This is in the south in County Tipperary.

    Credit: PD Photo.org A free public domain photo database; Download site: Cashel, Rock of Cashel, celtic cross.

  9. PD Photo.org Stock images from all over including Eire. The images are declared public domain: this is a great boon.

    1. Newgrange A prehistoric tomb mound with some interesting astronomical alignments I believe. Mid-east Eire???.
    2. Carving at Newgrange.
    3. A Guinness Oh once and awhile for change, but I find them too heavy usually.
    4. Stream through Ardara County Donegal, northwest Eire.
    5. Street scene in Ardara County Donegal, northwest Eire.
    6. Fishing boats at Killybegs No idea where that is.
    7. Strandhill, Eire I've no idea where. There are beautiful beaches on the north coast of Eire: the water is like ice.
    8. Rainbow over Knocknara Near Strandhill wherever that is. Knock means hill and in Knockmult.