Thanks for the information on the place names. I was interested to see the link to Holyoke. There seem to be a lot of people who went from Dingle area to Holyoke. Most of my family was from one small townland - Minard West, Corkaguiny, Dingle, Kerry. They were Sullivan, Moynihan, Currane, Hanifin for sure. Would love to know if anyone out there has the same Minard West townland link. Emmigration was anywhere from 1850ish to 1913 or so. Thanks for any input. Bernie in snowbound New Hamphire. On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Declan O'Connor <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings from Ireland > > That's terrific research, Ed, > > Killshannig :  In Gaelic,it means the resting place of..Seanoch ( phonetic), an early Irish 'saint' > >                      I think there were no official saints,in Christian orthodoxy, until the 12th.century. > > Ceannduihe : This was not a Townland. It was in the north-west corner of..Kilshannig Townland, > >                        and means,in Gaelic, an area close to a sand dune. > >                               Every field,rock, and topographical point of reference had their own special names and identities > >                       in the  closed Gaelic-speaking society of West-Kerry. > > O'Connors,  fall for  O'Connors ?...Fact!...not..Fiction.. > > Your gen-story resonates...one of my grand-aunts ( an O'Connor, from ..Ventry ) emigrated to..Holyoke in > > the early 20th.Century, and married a' local'  ( West-Kerry ) O'Connor man,there. > > > Dec.. > > ( 14 days  returnee, back home from Las Vegas......Sadder, but Wiser...) > _______________ > --------------- >