Well, that is a lovely message to receive. I especially appreciate hearing that, as you say, "there are no other townlands in the Ballyshannon area which are even close in spelling..." Thank you Pete, and thank you group for considering this question. Happy holidays to all, Jackie -----Original Message----- From: PeteScherm@aol.com [mailto:PeteScherm@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 5:54 PM To: DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] Parishes of Donegal (Book) Jackie at jackie@therapypets.com writes: << The village listed was spelled as Carricknaliorar in Ballyshannon, County Donegal. My question: could this really be Carricknahorna, as Janice writes was the name of one of the villages in Ballyshannon? >> Jackie, I'd vote yes. Firstly, there are no other townlands in the Ballyshannon area which are even close in spelling. Secondly, I think I could create a scenario which could make the two names more similar.....especially, I can see how a tall "l" and a short "i" could merge to become the tall-short letter "h". The last two letters are tougher, but I think we're already close enough to call it "a match". Carricknahorna townland is quite large, at 2337 acres, and lies between 4 and 5 miles NE to ENE of Ballyshannon town, in Kilbarron civil parish. Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts ==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== Donegaleire listowner is Carol Queen. Visit my homepages at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ QUEENSCASTLE BRANCHES AND BOUGHS ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237