Glad to hear that your enquiries hit pay dirt, Kathy and Linda. And thanks to my cousins in Tubber and Pete Schermerhorn in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts and Mr Walsh at the Derrybrien post office for guiding the pick and shovel (to continue the pay-dirt metaphor). I guess the next step is to find out who is living in those two houses at Derrywee West, Derrybrien, Galway..........descendants of relatives of yours ? Ho, ho, the scent freshens........ Pádraig (the Paddy that was) -----Original Message----- From: ITTCAQ@aol.com [mailto:ITTCAQ@aol.com] Sent: 19 October 2004 05:46 To: IRL-GALWAY-L@rootsweb.com; PeteScherm@aol.com; pcasey@compuserve.com Cc: LMJack15@aol.com Subject: GALWAY RE: KEANESPOUND Padraig (the Paddy that was): This e-mail is a huge thank you from Linda (LMJack15@aol.com) by way of her cousin Cathy (ITTCAQ@aol.com) to all of those who sent different ways to try and find a spot in Gort, Galway, called Keanespound. There were a few wonderful suggestions that we are thankful for. And, believe it or not, we have located Keanspound. And, it was from Padraig's (the Paddy that was) brilliant suggestion to place a call to the Derrybrien Post Office. With OS Map in hand we called the Derrybrien post office, and spoke with a most helpful gentleman. Immediately upon asking if he had ever heard of Keanspound around the Derrybrien area he did not hesitate to say "sure". He proceeded to give us directions from the post office on R353, travel about two miles towards Kilbeacanty to the first intersection with a road going in either direction and take the left turn (Shankhill Road) and there you will find Keanspound. He said they still deliever mail there to two houses. He advised that the address of anyone who resided in Keanspound would be c We asked him if he knew why the area was called Keanspound and he advised that there was a cattle pound there and the very surrounding area was called Kean's Pound. He assured us if we called at the post office on our next visit he'd show us where it was. He said that it was either in the Kilbeacanty Parish or Peterswell, he was not sure which one but it was not in the Derrybrien Parish. To your brilliant suggestion of calling the post office and to the gentleman, Mr. Walsh, in the post office (who funny enough in talking to him we leared we might be related), thank you, thank you, thank you. We're almost home! Regards, Cathy Q Linda J