Patrice, It appears that your general questions about the map have already been answered. One further point....at the very bottom of the map, there are the linear scales for measuring in miles or kilometers. On mile is about an inch and a quarter. Now, to a couple of specific questions: == my Kiernan and Fitzsimons family were from Kilmore, and I find a marriage record for a person I believe to be a sibling, but it shows they reside in Coratinner, or Shamaqwerty or even Drumagolan. On the map it appears that these locations are in fairly close proximity to one another. == They are "fairly close"....in fact, including the townland of Kilmore, they all form a row of townlands with common borders. Corratinner townland is about two and a half miles north of Virginia town, and includes the RC church in the village of Kilinkere. The other townlands form a string to the WSW. Kilmore has a half-mile-long border with Corratinner. Then next, with another half-mile border, is Stramaquerty townland. To its west and SSW, with a nearly half-mile border, is Drumagolan. The actual townland boundaries are not shown on the Discovery map, as you realize. This information is from another set of maps - the Townland Index maps, which are not so readily available. == several times on different ancestor charts I find Kilmore referred to as follows: Kilmore, Virginia, Cavan, Ireland. What is the significance of Virginia? == There are so many townlands in each county (over 2000 in Cavan, alone) that addresses usually include the name of the nearest large (relatively) town and/or post office. With the above four townlands, they are all within 3 miles of Virginia town. If you have any further questions, feel free to drop me a line. I'm off to visit my parents for a few days now, however, and won't be back until the end of the week. Pete .................................................... Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts </HTML>