IRL-KILKENNY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >IRL-KILKENNY-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 137 > >Today's Topics: > #1 Re: hanlon/ohanlon/hanley/walsh [PeteScherm@aol.com] > >Administrivia: >To unsub from this list, search the archives, or change >your type of subscription: > >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-KILKENNY.html > > >If you reply to a message, change the subject from the Digest >number to a subject that reflects what your message is about. > >To post to the list use: >mailto:Irl-Kilkenny-L@rootsweb.com > > >______________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: hanlon/ohanlon/hanley/walsh > From: > PeteScherm@aol.com > Date: > Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:18:30 EDT > To: > IRL-KILKENNY-L@rootsweb.com > > >Beryl at Auspicenumine@aol.com writes: > > > >> where is Freshfor.d < >> >> > >Beryl, > >Freshford is about 8 miles northwest of Kilkenny City/Town, right along the R >693 regional road. A nice town. > > > >> Can you tell me where the Welsh mountains in ireland are < >> >> > >Playing around with Google, I am confident that they are in Co. Kilkenny. >But just "where" is a bit more difficult. Google had an entry from the Walsh >family website (you probably know about that) that mentioned the Welsh >mountains, with an alternative name of Sliegh "Brenoch". The Sliegh is undoubtedly >currently spelled Slieve or Sliabh - meaning a mountain or mountain range. I >don't know about the Brenoch, so I'll go out to a couple of placename mailing >lists and fora and get a better response. There is a Brandon Hill (Cnoc >Bhre/anail) just a couple of miles S of Graiguenamanagh. The Cnoc (hill) is more or >less in the same category as Slieve. I doubt if the Brenoch is at all related >to Brandon, but I'll try to find out. > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts > > Hi, Pete--A comment that may help or be redundant--My grandmither's maiden name was Mary Kennis Brannack. Your mention of the Brenoch mountains aroused my interest, since my research shows that Kilkenny County is the homeplace of most of the Irish Brannacks. Brenoch is probably a version of the Irish Breannagh/Breathneagh/Brannack/Brannock which is the Irish version of "Walsh." I've had the experience of telling my wife's cousins in Ireland that my grandmother was a Brannack and their response was: "Oh. Walsh!" The Kennis appears to be derived from St. Canice, whose cathedral is in Kilkenny Town Regards Fred Boland BOLAND/BRANNACK/McMANIGAL/McMONEGAL/FOLEY