Help reading an Irish place/county name .....

[JulieAK]

I'm fortunate enough that my relative's Scottish birth record seems to list a detailed place name in Ireland for her parents' marriage. But I can't read it. I'm just starting to delve into my Irish heritage and I don't recognize this as any of the county names. And Newton doesn't seem to be getting me anywhere.

It records the marriage of William Mulholland, Omnibus Driver and Mary Ann Mulholland M.S. Warren? in 1857 August 16th in Newton, ?, Ireland.

I think that first word is Newton. I can't read that 2nd word. Perhaps C ??? ava d y I'm not sure about that first C, other C's on the page have a loop but this one is perhaps squished.

Any help would be much appreciated.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u89/ ... hplace.jpg

[Russell]

Hi Julie

Looks to me like Limavady. I don't have my atlas to hand to check it but the name rings bells with me.

Russell

[paddyscar]

Hi Julie:

Good thing bells were ringing for Russell - he's got it right!

A citation from: http://home.clara.net/simpsond/limavady.html
"The town of limavady was known as Newton-Limavady until 1870 and was settled and built by Sir Thomas Phillips in the early seventeenth century."

Frances

[JulieAK]

Brilliant! Thanks so much Russell and Frances.

I never would have got that L. and a town name change to boot. No wonder I was having trouble. To confirm it, I just located the marriage under the parish of Drumachose, Londonderry on the IGI.

It's kinda funny that for the last week I've been wracking my brains and Googles over this word, and in less than an hour you two just handed it to me!

[paddyscar]

Well Julie, that's what we do here!

I just ran with what Russell deciphered, as I certainly would never have come up with anything close to 'Limavady' from that handwriting.

A warm welcome to TalkingScot I'm glad your first post was such a success

Frances