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Ulster: 1790: Query: “Looking for info about a farm in Ballingtoy, Antrim, Ireland called The Cairne or The Cairn, started by Pethrick McCurdy and Margaret Stewert, ca. 1666. My G-G-Grandfather Archibald McCurdy (b. ca 1790) was born and raised there. Believe he is a decendent of Pethrick [Patrick?]. Archie's father and mother are believed to be Daniel McCurdy and Peggy McNinch.” |
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By Archie Campbell, <fcampbell@telusplanet.net>, mailing list <Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com>. |
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Also, Myrna Hoskins inquired about the same Daniel and Peggy pair: <jmhoskins@dlcwest.com>. |
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Ulster: 1997, Ted and Joan MacNintch: “We had a good trip to Scotland and Northern Ireland. The weather was great in Scotland and the days are so long in June ... It stays light until 10:30 or later and the sun comes up around 4:00 ... We spent our time in the inner Hebrides, and even had a gorgeous sunny day on Iona. The Gulf Stream water over the white sand was very much like that of sub-tropical areas and an amazement to visitors. Iona ... is impressive and the oldest gravestones are sheltered within the buildings. ... the rocks on the island are among the oldest on earth ... |
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We were very impressed with the Isle of Skye – “The Isle of Mist Under the Shadow of the Great Mountains” as it is called in Gaelic (pronounced galic in Scotland and gaelic in Ireland, Cape Breton and America), and we made it up the south east coast to Neist Lighthouse, which offers a spectacular view if you can handle all the one lane roads with their passing places. The black and red Cuillin mountains are also spectacular. There is now a bridge to Skye across the Kyle of Lochalsh. I checked the phone book... lot of MacInnes's on Skye but no McNinch's or McAninch's. |
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We did well on the bed and breakfast option but one has to be careful; in their advertisements, HB does not mean half bath - it means HAND BASIN. ... we enjoyed renting our own car, and quickly adapted to driving on the “other” side of the road. ... the roads in Scotland are excellent, with little traffic (only 6.9 % of Scotland's population resides in the Highlands and Islands). |
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We took a day to drive to Morvern which is very sparsely populated. The Graveyard of Kilcolumcille there were very few MacInnes's. We photographed the Kinlochaline castle of the MacInnes's but didn't see a way to get in. |
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During the second week we rented a car in Dublin, and went to Northern Ireland ... troops with machine guns at the ready (right up to their shoulders, sweeping back and forth in every direction). It was worse in Derry when we came upon them suddenly at a roundabout on the east side of the River Foyle about a quarter of a mile before the border ... We found out later that they were looking for somebody. While in Antrim I checked the phonebook for Northern Ireland, and found only 17 McNinch's, with none in Southern Ireland. However, I found no McAninch's or McIninch's, essentially no Mac's of any kind and only 13 McInnes's, but over 2 columns of McGuinesses ... |
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We copied the names of the McNinch's, and my wife has written to them ... to try to determine whether they were always in Antrim, or came from the MacInneses in Scotland. At any rate Antrim is more Scottish than Irish. There used to be a ferry running from Antrim to the Kintyre Penninsula (only 12 miles away) in the 1700's and 1800's, and it was said that it was easier to get to Scotland from Antrim than it was to get to different parts of Antrim. |
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We then continued down through Donegal and along the west coast to the Dingle Penninsula ... very rugged and beautiful ... but the glens, cuillins and sea lochs of Scotland have a haunting beauty |
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... It is said that the Scottish Highlands and Islands constitute the last unspoiled area in Europe, and ... traveling in both counties is very pleasurable because the people are our people, and they make one feel right at home” |
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Ted and Joan (Nugent) MacNintch, 20 Pepperidge Trail, Old Saybrook, Conn. 06475-1065 |
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Ted traces his line to “John McIninch who shipped out of Derry in 1820”, through New Brunswick, Canada, and Asa McIninch, shoemaker, who spelled it McNintch, becoming MacNintch circa 1916. |
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McAninch Family History NL, VI-1 January, 1998 Copyright Frank McAninch page 1998-06 |