research   Miscellany

 

Odds & Ends of Interest to Dagg Researchers

 

 

 

Ø      Archaic Medical Terms, and their Modern Translations

Ever come across a diagnosis on an old Death Certificate and been completely stumped?  Look it up here!

 

Ø      Civil parishes of northern Tipperary  

Information on the history, location and townlands comprising selected parishes in the Diocese of Killaloe.  Very useful in determining exactly where your ancestor’s homelands were located.  See also the related map “ Parishes of Northern Tipperary”.

 

Ø      THE dagg poltergeist

Steven King has nothing on the Daggs of Shawville!  This account tells of the well documented haunting of the farmhouse of the John D. Dagg family, some 7 miles north of Shawville, Quebec.

 

Ø      dublin to quebec on the mary & Bell

An account of the Atlantic crossing of the ship Mary & Bell, in 1817, as chronicalLed in a journal by the

Reverend James Wilson.  This narrative includes an account of the death of one Phoebe Dagg, of Agherlow, Wicklow, (believed to be a member of the William Dagg family, who later settled in Kitley, Ontario.)

 

Ø      Epidemics affecting North America

Wondering why a dozen or so of your ancestors all disappeared off the family tree within weeks of each other?

(If anyone out there has a more comprehensive list, specific to Canada, I’d love to see it!)

 


Ø      irish placenames and their meaning

What exactly does Borrisokane mean?  And Cloghjordan?  Find out the meanings of Irish places & prefixes.  Includes a copyright section from Trish Loughman.

 

Ø      irish slang terms

Courtesy of Trish Loughman

Arragh, would you ever hump off ya bollux, ya!  Were you just insulted?  You should be!  This page is a little bit of fun for the researcher considering a visit to Ireland.  Original copyright work of Trish Loughman.

 

Ø      meaning and usages of the word ‘Dag(g)’  

      A look at both a contemporary and historical evolution of the meanings and usages of the word Dag(g) throughout widespread geographic locations.  Ranging from the seriously historical to the humourously colloquial.

 


Ø      OLD OCCUPATIONS

Find out what it was that your ancestor REALLY did for a living!

 

Ø      TIPPERARY  BITS AND PIECES

Submitted by Patrick Hough

Interesting historical and local newspaper articles pertaining to Northern Tipperary, mentioning many Dagg and related families by name.  Gives a real glimpse of the flavour of the life and times our ancestors lived in. 

 

Ø      townlands locator:  northern Tipperary  

Cross-reference North Tipperary townlands with their Parish, Barony and Diocese.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jann Callaghan Cullen

June 2004