Where is Knockanduns?
The placename Knockanduns appears several times in the registers of Ballykelly and Bovevagh Presbyterian Presbyterian churches both near the town of Limavady. Bovevagh Presbyterian register of baptisms: Born 27 Aug 1823 baptised 10 Sept 1823 Mary Anne dau of John Taggart & Mary Ann Whiteside of Knockanduns Born 6 Aug 1824 baptised 18 Aug 1824 James son of Joseph Gallagher & Rose Robison of Knockanduns Ballykelly Presbyterian register of marriages August 3 1811 Mathew Gray of Bevedagh married to Charlot Cairns of Ballynarg – Mr Gray certificated for Mathew and Thomas Cairns father of Charlott for her – said Thomas with Joseph Patton of Knockanduns other witness. Bovevagh Presbyterian marriage register Married 6 July 1824 Samuel Patten of Knockanduns to Ann Douglas (dau of William Douglas) of Boigh. Knockanduns is not listed as an official townland for the Roe valley area. I consulted the Ordnance Survey Memoirs Index of townland names (published by the Institu...