Diane asks: === Can anyone tell me where someone from Rakeevan might have been buried so I can look for her grave if I ever get back to Ireland? === Well, Diane...... I can try to give some suggestions, but I expect there will be others who will be of more help. Starting with maps and Mitchell's Guide to Irish Churches and Graveyards..............I quickly got into trouble. Rakeevan is immediately SE of Bailieborough town, so the town would seem a good place for cemeteries. There are four churches in the town - RC, C of I, Methodist and probably Presbyterian? I'm not sure about the last church, but there are two Presbyterian cemeteries in the civil parish of Bailieborough. Mitchell lists the RC and the Methodist churches as being in the town, but having no attached graveyards (this should certainly be checked by someone else). The C of I church is located in Drumbannan townland, but this townland extends into the town and this is where the church is located. This church does have an attached cemetery. That would seem to be the only one located in the town, based on Mitchell's book. However, the Discovery map 35 shows a ruined church (Ch. in red) very near the CoI church, to the NW. This might be the cemetery listed by Mitchell, as ruined churches are usually the site of graveyards. I am unsure of this, however, as the site is not mentioned at all in the Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan - and the archaeologists are usually quite scrupulous about ruined churches and such things. Other than the immediate Bailieborough area (and the Presbyterian cemeteries in Lisgar and Urcher townlands), it seems that the next nearest graveyard in the parish would be the one at the ruined parish church in Killan, about 4 miles N of Rakeevan. About 3 miles S of Rakeevan, but in Moybolgue civil parish, there is a burial ground at the late medieval parish church in Relagh Beg townland (and shown on Disc. map 35). I think that's about it. Pete - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts </HTML>