Julie at clab@powerup.com.au writes: << I am a little confused with Tamney....is Tamney & Clondavaddog the same or is Tamney a Townland of Clondavaddog. >> Julie, There doesn't seem to be an official Tamney townland in Clondavaddog (but, hey....this is Donegal, where everyone has their own idea of what constitutes a townland <gr>.). However, there is a Tawny townland about 2 miles westish of Portsalon town. Perhaps the letter "w" was misread or misprinted at some time as an "m". Or it may somehow come from the Irish name for the townland, An Tamhnaigh. Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts