ehhhh.... geishatattoo?? :-)) Isn't the Internet great?? Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD Town of Buchanan? /Date:/ Wed, 13 May 2015 20:02:54 +0000 (UTC) /References:/ <55536195.5020003@gmail.com> /In-Reply-To:/ <55536195.5020003@gmail.com> Thanks to all of you for your helpful hints. I'm going to search all the spots to which you've referred me. That should keep me occupied for awhile! I'm looking at a photocopy of the original, and it clearly doesn't say Brandondale, but that doesn't mean it wasn't misunderstood, misspoken or miswritten in the first place. I'm certainly aware of Brandondale House; have known of it since I was about nine years old. Always thought my ancestors were born there, but now am not sure. They may have been born in Wells in Carlow. In the case of Maria Doyle, however, if she were born at Brandondale, it would have to be to one of the hired help. Would workers actually have lived on the property in the mid-1800s? Wouldn't they rather have lived in Graigue-na-managh? About the Griffiths citations, as I understand the role of the Burtchaells (as originally told to me by family researcher Fr Jim Burtchaell), they were essentially land agents for Viscount Clifden. The Griffiths listings seem to indicate that they rented from Clifden and then sublet to tenants. (I remember asking Fr Jim if they were responsible for burning people out of their cottages, etc., during the famine.) Linda Ford --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com