Hi Brooke - Me again -- Hope to hear back on how you believe your mystery town was pronounced, with three or four syllables. Could be a big clue. You may already have this, but checking your surnames of interest at www.ireland.com/ancestor/ website - on the Primary Valuation (1848-64) there were 33 DINEEN households in Co. Cork, followed by 24 in Co. Limerick, 3 in Co. Kerry, and fewer still in other counties. Interestingly, the spelling DINNEEN was found most often, with Co. Cork again having the most with 156 households, followed by Co. Kerry with 49 and Limerick with 18, down from there. KELLEHER was also found most often in Co. Cork with 147 households, followed by Co. Kerry with 49, Cork city with 36, and Co. Leitrim with 35, fewer in other counties. "Sound-alikes" to your "Bolingole" are numerous, but could include Ballyclogh Town in Co. Cork or Boulerdah, in Co. Kerry. There is also a townland called Ballincolly in both Cos. Cork and Kerry. Also, a Ballincollig Town in Co. Cork and Ballincollig townlands in both Cos. Cork and Kerry. I didn't check for any "sound-alikes in Co. Limerick. Bottom line, best way to proceed is to try and find some documents related directly to your families in the known places they emigrated. Christmas is a good time to get in touch with relatives to find out more. You can also check my figures above for accuracy. Jean xx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brooke Meyer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 11:46 AM Subject: [IRELAND] Another Mystery Town: Bolingole >I am > wondering if anyone might take a guess at the town > name passed down to me: "Bolingole". It appears to be > an Americanized spelling and I have no idea what the > actual name might be. It would be either in County > Kerry or County Cork. Associated names are Dineen and > Kelleher; Kelleher later married Brosnan in U.S. > Please send any ideas, thoughts, suggestions. They > will be very much appreciated! Brooke