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...)