Hi Donna, I'm going to share the answer to this email with the list because I think it will be of interest to some of our friends. The Fairview Guesthouse is right around the corner from College St., one of the best shopping streets. It's a fairly small hotel but you can have breakfast there and they do serve dinner but I'm not sure if it's every night. (The chef was sick when we were there so there was no dinner). I was there by myself a few nights when my husband was playing in a golf tournament and I felt quite safe. I had dinner by myself at the Killarney Royal Hotel which is just across the street and up the block a very short way and a place called Cronin's. I felt very comfortable in both places by myself. The manager at the Fairview will be happy to give you ideas on where to go. There are plenty of livelier places to go around town, too. In my research pursuits I went to the library in Killarney which has the Griffiths Valuation, Tithe Applottment, etc but no real parish records with individual names and dates. All of those are either online or at the LDS family library so I didn't waste much time there. There is a Records Office in Killarney. It is located on the grounds of St Columbanus Home (Nursing home) which is on Rock Street just after turning off N22. You must have all your names and dates and towns and villages so they can find the records and give you a certificate of the birth, death or marriage. It's not a research center but a place to get a documented record of an event like birth, etc. but the women told me that they were all backed up and I could leave a request and it would be several weeks before I'd have my information. The cost is at least 20E but may be more. I was disappointed that I couldn't find more in Killarney but I went to the library in Tralee and was quite surprised by what I found. My areas of interest are Currow and Knocknagoshel. Here's what they have for Currow: Marriages -- 1803 thru 1884 however the missing years are 1813 and 1814, 1829, 1836 and 1861 to 1863, Baptisms, Parish of Killeentierna, (joint parishes of Currow and Currens) Dioc. of Kerry. 1801 - 1809 and 1823 - 1920 Missing years are 1810 to 1822. For Knocknagoshel: I looked at the baptism and marriage records and found some info on my ancestors. I thought I wrote down what years were available but I can't seem to find that. Anyway, there are several books of computer printout records for Knocknagoshel . They were cross referenced by mothers name and by fathers name. If you know the town or parish name ask them at the library and if they have those records they'll be more than happy to help. This is where the most information seems to be available. Very nice people here. The weather was very cool and sometimes quite rainy. Bring plenty of turtlenecks, sweaters and a windbreaker. If you have the same weather we did you'll be glad to have them. Believe me. If there's anything else you want to ask me just let me know. We didn't do much in the touristy thing except in County Meath where we went to see the passage tomb at Knowth and of course, we took some drives and side roads along the way. We did take a ferry from Tarbert, County Kerry to Killimer, County Clare so I could drop my husband at Doonbeg Golf Course where he was to be in a tournament with some friends from Florida. That was fun. While my husband was at his tournament for three days I ran around in the rain and did my research. After he was finished we went to a nice place in Sligo and finished our trip with a few rounds of golf together. I hope this gives you some good ideas and helps with your trip and your research. Have a great time now. Pat FINALLY by home in rainy South Florida ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com