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Subj: [IRELAND] Land measures prior to 19th C.
Date: 5/24/00 8:28:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: bklyn@webcom.com (bklyn)
To: IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com
>Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 20:29:28 -0400
>To: bklyn@webcom.com
>Subject: Land measures prior to 19th C.
>
>>X-Original-Sender: reojan@home.com Wed May 24 17:16:27 2000
>>From: "Janet Crawford" <reojan@home.com>
>>Old-To: <CoTipperary-L@rootsweb.com>
>>Subject: Land measures prior to 19th C.
>>Hi List, I found the description of land measures prior to the 19thC.and
>thought I'd send them on to the list just because I love the sounds of the
>words:
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>>One Gneeve contained 10 acres
>>One Sessiagh contained 20 acres
>>One Carton contained 30 acres
>>One Tate contained 60 acres
>>One Ballyboe contained 60 acres also
>>One Quarter contained 120 acres
>>One Ploughland contained 120 acres also
>>One Seisreagh contained 120 acres also
>>One Ballybetagh contained 480 acres
>>One townland contained more or less than 480 acres or about one Ballybetagh
>>One Trioca Cead or Barony contained on an average about 30 Ballybetaghs
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>>Janet Crawford
>>Seattle, Wa
>>Searching for Quillinans
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