Padraig at pcasey@compuserve.com writes: > My cousin who lives in Tubber (a few km from Kilbeacanty) tells me that ".......Keanespound is in the Derrybrien area". < Padraig, That's quite a help. I immediately went to the maps, but still couldn't find anything of similar name on my maps (perhaps it was buried in the last big bog slide? <gr>). But the fact that there are people currently alive who know about the place, should give some hope to the searcher. > The Derrybriens are around 11 km east of Kilbeacanty. < But from the easternmost townland in Kilbeacanty parish (Derrykeel) over to Derrybrien South is less than 2 miles (the Irish signs don't change until 20 Jan. <gr>). Of course, the four Derrybrien townlands cover over 15 square miles of the county, so there's a lot of room to hide a Keanespound there...... Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts

Pete, As you point out, Derrybrien is only a short walk from Kilbeacanty so it could well be that Linda's Kanes Pound (or Keanespound, or Keane's Pound) is there. At this stage, if I were Linda (this posting is copied to her) I'd call the Derrybrien post office (091 631177, hours Mon to Fri 9am-1pm & 2pm-5.30pm. Sat 9am-1pm) and ask whether they or their mail delivery guy can give directions to KP. The phone call would have to be conducted with an OS map in front of her nose so that the directions can be translated into map references. Off you go, Linda ! Pádraig (the Paddy that was)