Sinister: An odd request for Irish sinisterines--

[Leslie]

on 8/16/01 8:11 PM, Jeff Burke at shiplore at hotmail.com wrote:

> 
> If anyone out there on the list can help me with this I'd be appreciative...
> I have a picture of my great great grandparents standing in the woods in
> front of some farm the back of the picture says
> 
> Summer 1917 and then the mystery word....
> 
> it looks vaguely like this
> 
> Oanisquarie
> or
> Oarrisquarie
> 
> basically the a's and r's could be u's and there could be a second R at the
> end...(spelling error?)
> 
> I don't know
> 
> I've searched high an' lo' on Irish sites and atlases but can't figure out
> where this is...
> 
> I apologize profusely to take up your time
> please honey don't hurt me.
> 
> jb.
> 
Jeff:

It looks like it could be the Gaelic spelling of Inniskerry.

Leslie O'Laoghaire
 

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