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MAC or Mc
The son or descendant of.

MAINPRIZE
The action of undertaking to stand surety (=mainpernor) for another person; the action of making oneself legally responsible for the fulfilment of a contract or undertaking by another person.

MAIRES
Meares - boundaries, usually townland boundaries.

MANSE
Parsonage; enough land to support a family.

MANUMISSION
Manumission is the act of being released from slavery or servitude.

MARRIAGE BANNS
A religious tradition by which engaged couples had to announce their intention to marry. This announcement allowed anyone in the congregation to voice their protest. The marriage banns normally took place a few weeks before the actual marriage date. In many churches, they banns were read aloud on three successive Sundays.

MARRIAGE BOND
A marriage bond is document obtained by an engaged couple prior to their marriage. It affirmed that there was no moral or legal reason why the couple could not be married. In addition, the man affirmed that he would be able to support himself and his new bride.

MARRIAGE RECORDS
A marriage record contains information about a marriage between two individuals. On a marriage record, you can at least find the bride's and groom's full names, the date of the marriage, and county where the marriage took place. Many marriage records include other information, such as the names and birthplaces of the bride and grooms parents, the addresses of the bride and groom, information about previous marriages, and the names of the witnesses to the marriage.

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MAYNOOTH GRANT
In 1845, British Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel sought to improve the relationship between Catholic Ireland and Protestant England by increasing the annual grant from the British government of a Catholic seminary in Ireland, the Maynooth College. The college was funded by the British government. The grant given to the college was £8,000 annually. The rate stayed the same from 1809 to 1845, when Prime Minister Peel proposed it be increased to £26,000 annually. This caused much controversy in the British Parliament.

MEITHEAL
A group of neighbors who would come together and help each other, e.g. with threshing. In this way the work became a social occasion is the meitheal moved from farm to farm along with the threshing.

MESSUAGE
A house, including garden, orchard, outbuildings and a yard.

MESSUAGE
A portion of land occupied, or intended to be occupied, as the site for a dwelling house; (also) a dwelling house together with outbuildings and the adjacent land assigned to its use.

METES
Measurements of distance in feet, rods, poles, chains, etc. pertains to measuring direction and distance.

METES AND BOUNDS
Method of surveying property by using physical and topographical features in conjunction with measurements.

MICHAELMAS
29 September. Feast of St Michael the Archangel. See also All Saints.

MID ULSTER ENGLISH
A linguistic term referring to that section of the population of Ulster which is derived from English settlers of the 17th century and is one of the two major linguistic groupings in Northern Ireland, the other being Ulster Scots. Also referred to as Ulster Anglo-Irish.

MILESIAN
Milesians are a people figuring in Irish mythology. The descendants of Míl Espáine, they were the final inhabitants of Ireland, and were believed to represent the Goidelic (or Gaelic) Celts.

MILITIA
Established in 1793. Unlike the Yeomanry, the militia was compulsory, and regiments were barred from serving in their home counties. Designed to police local districts and for national defence in lieu of regular troops needed abroad in the war against France

MOCKADOW
Moccado - material made of wood and silk and a mixture of either with flax, a substitute for more expensive velvet

MONTIAGHS
Bog Lands

MORMONS
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a major Christian religion founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith. In 1894 it founded the Family History Library to gather records which help people trace their ancestry. The Library has grown to acquire the world's largest collection of genealogical information. The Library is located at 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 Telephone: 801-240-2331. You do not need to visit the Library to utilize its resources. Most of the library's films and microfiche can be loaned for use at one of their Family History Centers, located in many cities around the world. The key library resources include FamilySearch, Family History Library Catalog, the International Genealogical Index (IGI), Ancestral File, Family Registry, and Personal Ancestral File (PAF). Many of the resources of the church are available at the Family History Centres without charge.

MORTALITY SCHEDULE
A section of the census listing information about persons who died during the census year.

MORTIS
Death

MOTTES
Mottes are earthen mounds shaped like a plum pudding, and used as a fortification by the Normans, who placed a long-vanished wooden tower on top.

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