Hi Anne Sorry you couldn't open my Web site. Tell your son that I used Front Page Express. I decided to put LEAGH on the map by putting it in the Subject bar. Now I will try and answer as many of your questions as I can. The OS Discovery Series map of Ireland #61 can be bought from: Ordnance Survey Phoenix Park Dublin 8 Ireland They will probably cost you about $5 or $6 to buy. LEAGH is on flat land. On the East side one can see the Wicklow Mountains rising up out of the flat lands about twenty miles away in the distance. They look beautiful in the evening when the sun is setting in the East and they get the full reflection of the suns rays. When I used to live in Cooper Hill we used to see some fantastic rainbows with the mountains in the background. Carlow Town is about 4 miles to the south and you can see the spires of the churches rising above the town and the biggest structure in the town is he sugar beet factory which can also be seen. To the West lies the Killeshin Hills which are about 2 to 3 miles away. They are covered in a patchwork of lush green fields with the odd dwelling and farm house dotted around the hill side. If you travel in a straight line from Leagh to the east, one and a half miles later you will come to the River Barrow. The River Barrow which can be navigated by boat is also a Canal which is now used mostly by pleasure boats. In Athy which is to the north, you can link up with the Grand Canal which will take you all the way into the heart of Dublin City. This is one of the reasons Carlow became so prosperous was because of the Canal and the Barrow. One of my Aunts Mary Brennan who married a McDonald (a postman) was a Lock Keeper on the Barrow near Maganey which is about 7 miles North of Carlow town. It is difficult to know where your ancestors were buried. Because they were in the parish of Killeshin they were either buried in Killeshin ( to the East) or, they may have been taken to Sleaty. There was a burial ground in a place called Rathnure which is very close to Leagh. In a survey done quite recently by Mr Redmond N.T. who lives in Killeshin and is the author of the book 'Gravestone Inscriptions' there were only 5 headstones recorded in this burial ground and they were namely: Kelly, Maher, 2 Byrne's and a Curran. The MAHER inscription reads as follows: "MAHER I.H.S. This stone is erected by Patrick MAHER in memory of his wife Mary Maher Alias KELLY who departed this life Dec. 17th. 1783 aged 55 years. May she rest in peace Amen" This book is still available in: Chapter 7 Bookshop, Tullow Street, Carlow. Ireland. I will leave it there for now and come back to you later with some more info. Michael Brennan Kent England Home: michael@janbren.freeserve.co.uk