With the help of Peter Walker he has helped me to identify approximately where The Cut was located using a section of the OS 1898 map and a photo which he specially took of the actual road as it is today: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/The_cut.htm Regards Michael Brennan Carlow Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/ My Laois Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm