placenames: Cloonreliagh and Derreenteige

https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/2016-family-history/modules-courses/placenames.html

In essence, Irish placenames were established in the Ordnance Survey in the 1830s. They tried to keep notes on the various names encountered before settling and establishing a spelling.

 https://www.logainm.ie/ga/43328

We've heard some wrong history behind the Cloonreliagh name, but it likely really means "Reilly's Meadow" or "meadow of oaks". The "wrong meanings" were supposed to have been associated with the famine, but the name existed well before then.

https://www.logainm.ie/en/43335

So Derreentighe really means "Tadhg's woods". "Given the Tadghs in the family, how ironic!

The Killing of Major Denis Mahon, part 2

https://family-ogrady.blogspot.com/2021/07/books.html 

I recommended this book a while back, especially as Mahon was of the same family that owned all the estates where our ancestors lived.

Which leads us to an interesting take on the killing, since it actually took place near an overgrown bridge, and this author reviews those potential sites:

"Where was Denis Mahon shot?" (2001):

https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/72356/1/356580806.pdf

which leads to this:

Note that the authors conclude that Cloonreliagh was NOT the site of the murder as it occurred closer to Strokestown.