Loreen at [email protected] writes: << Now I will ask about Ballynabrock. Can you tell me where this is, please? Does it still exist? Is it a town, region, parish, what? Is it in or near Mitchelstown? >> Loreen, Ballynabrock is a medium-sized townland (347 acres), 2 miles east of Mitchelstown. It is located in Brigown civil parish and, apparently, Mitchelstown RC parish. It is shaped sort-of like Uruguay (but a bit smaller <gr>) and nearly all of the townland borders are streams - making in a small island, with a couple of bridges !! .............................................................................. ... Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts