| "I hope you don't mind me contacting
you. I saw an article of yours on the internet.
"My Great Great Grandmother was called Mary Dargan
and she left Ireland probably in the late 1840's and
came to NE England (where she's buried).
"The story was passed down that she came from
Darganstown' in Ireland, although no one knew where.
"We thought it likely that she came from either 'Ballydorgan'
in Cork or 'Ballydargan' in Down.
'A photograph of her brother James then came to
light and we discovered that she was born in Moira, Co
Down in the 1830's.
'About the same time I came across your article 'A
fascinating look at townland names' on the internet -
and fascinating it was for us too, as, for the first
time we came across the place called 'Darganstown'.
"This was a wonderful discovery for us and we feel
sure this is the ancestral home of our 'Dargans'.
"I just wondered if you had any information you
could kindly supply on Darganstown-in the form of
history or photographs of the place or any surviving
folk tales?
(I'm not after family history by the way - we can
order the films of church records etc).
"I've 'sort of located it on a map - the Old
Kilmore Rd - although I can't be sure of its precise
location.
Hope you can help." |
