Margaret at tootsfoyward@yahoo.com writes: << Would appreciate hearing from someone with information on LISWAHERRICH >> Margaret, I'm going to assume that Liswaherrich is a placename and not a surname. I may have a possible (two, actually) townland to fit the bill. When I first saw the "Liswa", I was quite sure that someone read a written "n" as a "w", and the beginning of the townland name is Lisna. From there on, I have only one nagging letter-problem....... I think the townland name might be Lisnageeragh, but I'm not sure if the "g" after the Lisna could ever be pronounced as an "h" in this situation (as it would seem to be unlikely that the two letters could be mistaken for one another in script - although the letters are adjacent on a typewriter <gr>). I don't have any problem with the slight difference in sound between the "eeragh" and the "errich"........... just that g/h thing. In any case, there are two Lisnageeragh townlands in Co. Galway, less than 5 miles apart in the far northeast of the county. One is about one mile WSW of Ballymoe town and the other is about 3 miles ENE of Glennamaddy. That's the best I can do. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts