Oh Dear, Subscribers have obviously not read my very previous posting. I cannot without permission of Trinity CollegeDublin post the my map of Eshnadarragh or Corraleek but if as you can see from my map they are two of the largest townlands of Fermanagh and they show 6 and 4 properties respectively you will understand that the smaller townlands may only have had one or two households living there. This is where it is very important in looking for your ancesters as if you then refer to Griffiths Valuation of Tenements you look not only at your own family name but the other families living there that you will undoubtedlyfind a connection. Yes it is difficult to understand if you you live in the wide open spaces of America or Australia that your ancesters lived so 'cheek by jowl' that's the way it was. A small cottage, earthen floor, two rooms, one the bedroom for father mother, and however many kids, the other kitchen/livingroom/washroom/cloakroom/ . and that is exaggerating the niceties. My g grandfathers house is still talked about because it had an upstairs!! There was nothing romantic about the way our ancesters lived, even the so called better off. Inside Toilets were a rarity in even the most affluent households in the 1960's in the villages or as is used so much in GENEALOGY the townlands. It was only in the early 1960's that the local authorities looked at sanitation and improved their ownr ented Council properties . I have read of so many searchers who say' my family are very reticent of discussing their background' respect this because for most who emigrated they have not got happy memories. The IRISH loved their Country and only left it because it was their only way out from FAMINE.TB and for the women a child every 9months with no wherewithall to feed them. It was commom for the Parish Priest to visit a woman who had not had a child within that period to ask why. The idea being the more the children, the more to propagate the Catholic Faith.But this was not just peculiar to the Catholic Religion hence the old Irish saying ' Keep your woman well .... and poorly shod. My 75 year old mother has a lovely saying' pretend you are stupid and it is amazing what you learn' and unfortunatley for genealogists that is the way many Irish treat, in their term 'Strangers' so you really have to dig. I apologise to all those who find my bluntness unacceptable but that is how it was. Maureen