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