Pat at nymets11@pacbell.net writes: << How about some of the other counties? Were these the only counties effected by this 1898 act? >> I think so, Pat. But during the entire 19th century-period, Roscommon got two bites of the Mayo apple. The earlier one, in 1840, wasn't so spectacular as the 1898 gobble. Firstly, let me confess that I don't know where I got this information - I may have something on it in my "files", but basically - it's a highlighted line, drawn on my Discovery map 32. And it was drawn there long before I had my Townland Index maps, and knew the actual townland boundaries in that area. I would certainly appreciate some verification regarding this information.... That said, here goes. The 1898 townland transfer can be shown simply on the map - it follows the Lung River from Lough Gara down to the river's bend, just 3/4 mile past its junction with the Roosky River, where it connects with the old Mayo boundary line. However, the civil parishes of Kilcolman and Castlemore included more townlands than were transferred in 1898. These were the townlands to the east of the Lung River. I have a question about the Lung Cut, in the townland of Lung. It makes a shortcut across a long loop of the river, and I'm not sure whether or not the entire townland of Lung was transferred in 1898, or if it was moved in two parts <gr>. For this purpose, I'll assume the townland stayed intact throughout the century. In that case, the townlands which were in Co. Mayo prior to 1840, and transferred to Roscommon at that time, are: Banada, Keelbanada, Lissian, Cappagh, Aghalustia and Roosky. I've got a years-old URL for info on the 1898 Act. I haven't tried it in years, and I'm off-line and can't test it now. As I recall, it was unwieldy and I don't think I ever got much information out of it. But here it is. Peerhaps someone can make sense of it: >> http://www.bailii.org/nie/legis/num_act/lga1898238/ << Enjoy. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts