Chris at coloknight@verizon.net writes: > I have an address - Killaree, Three Castles, County Kilkenny, Ireland. <snip> Would the above address be in the Barony of Cranagh? Is Killaree a townland or a parish? Is Odagh a townland or a parish? When reading an address like the one above what is the order? Town, Parish, Barony, etc. < Chris, Killaree is a large townland, about one mile south of the townland and village of Three Castles. Three Castles is the nearest postoffice to Killaree, and is about 3 miles ESE of Freshford town. Both Killaree and Three Castles are in Odagh civil parish and the barony of Crannagh. As far as a mailing address is concerned, I would think that the address as you gave it above, would be just fine - as Three Castles has a postoffice. I don't think the addition of a civil parish and barony to the address would improve the chances of delivery........it might even add a bit of extra confusion <gr>. > I have a photo of a memorial stone that reads Knockbrack, Tralee and on the back of the photo it says Cork but I can only find Tralee in Kerry. Where is it? < There is a Tralee up in Derry, but that seems unlikely. There are a few Knockbrack townlands in Co. Kerry, and three of them are somewhat near Tralee town. But my first choice would be the Knockbrack in Kilflyn civil parish, which is about 5 miles NE of central Tralee town, along the N 69 national road. Another choice might be the one in Kilmoyly CP, about 7 miles NNW of Tralee town. A third possibility would be Knockbrack in Molahiffe civil parish, about 8 miles SW of Tralee. > Also what does Knockbrack mean? There seems to be one in every county? < Knockbrack is generally translated as "speckled hill". I've never quite thought of using the adjective "speckled" as a description of a hill. Perhaps it's related to patches of gorse or heather on the hillsides. There are 44 plain Knockbracks in the www.seanruad.com listing, and an additional 8 of them if you add extensions, such as East or West. But there are many speckled hills in Ireland. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts