I think Rory has a script that is adding the Irish names for everything
based on Loganim data cross referenced by townland, its CP, Barony and
county.
I would assume that there is a quantity that are not showing as matching.
This may flag up the ones you are talking about too but I'm saying this
based on some assumptions on how his script works.
Dave
On 14 Feb 2017 16:24, "Brian Tuffy" wrote:
> Hi all,
> I found a lot of typos in townland names in county Mayo and i presume it is
> similar in other counties. As of 12.01.2017, About 4.3% of townlands in
> Mayo have a mistake in the spelling. That is roughly 130 townland names
> just for Mayo! I think that is something important we can correct now that
> the hard work of mapping the townlands is done.
>
> Before, I was correcting them as I came across them but I think a more
> systematic approach is needed to double check names and also why i want the
> community to help, share ideas on how to do it and check each others work.
> It is understandable that mistakes were made since it is sometimes
> difficult to read the GSGS30906 war maps source. So what I am talking about
> here, is spelling mistakes in copying the townland names from the source.
>
> So here are my questions;
> How do we go about cross-checking the names of townlands (also parishes,
> DED's etc)?
> What sources can we use? 1911 census list of townlands? the war maps can
> still be the original source of townland names. Can we legally use the data
> on pobal.ie to cross-check spelling? Although unlikely, can we even
> extract
> the other data there (townland id)? Is that useful ?
>
> Are you interested in checking the names in your county?
>
> Here I propose my way of checking townland names:
> The principle was to compare the OSM list of townlands to other lists and
> identify if the names match or are unique entries. The unique entries are
> possible mistakes.
> I downloaded the townland list for Mayo from townlands.ie and I am
> currently trying to compare the list to other sources. I have the draft
> list of townlands in Mayo from Loganim.ie and a townlands list from
> pobal.ie
> (possibly copyrighted list ). Anyway, once the possible mistakes are
> highlighted, (Excel - conditional formatting) we can go back to the war
> maps source and check the correct spelling. It takes a lot of work, i.e.
> formatting, false positives, we have to respect local names of townlands
> etc.
>
> Besides typos, this method can also be used to add the irish names of
> townlands, identify missing townlands not yet added and much more.
>
> Please let me know what you think. My corrections for Co. Mayo are nearly
> complete and I plan to upload them soon.
> Ok, Thanks for reading,
>
> Brian
> Username: OscarBrownbread
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