Sandy asks: === Can anyone with access to maps from the early 1800s tell me if Cappataggle and New Castle were relatively near each other. They were in the civil parish of Killallaghtan. === Sandy, The townland of Newcastle is over a square mile in area, and most of it is in the adjacent civil parish of Aughrim. But the small piece (136 acres) of it in Killallaghtan CP is less than a mile NE of Cappataggle townland. Only Ballynaclogh townland lies between them. The actual Cappataggle village center (with RC church) is an additional half-mile distant from Newcastle. If you'd like more detail on the townlands, drop me a line (although I'll be away for most of the coming week). Pete .................................................... Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts </HTML>