Ruth at [email protected] writes: << Can anyone tell me where these two towns or areas are? <snip> Diocese of Raphoe 1684 - 1858 Maxwell, David (Rev); Balliriston; 1779 Maxwell, Edward; Lackaugh; 1792 >> Ruth, I'm bogged-down with the Balliriston so far, but the Lackaugh could easily be Lackagh, as the 'agh' and 'augh' are/were used interchangeably. Lackagh is a large townland, over a thousand acres, in Inishkeel civil parish. It's about 6 miles NNW of Ardara, and forms the bump on the peninsula, from Portnoo to the west - including Dunmore Head. I'll keep browsing for Balliriston, or similar. Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts