This is not actually genealogical, but I think I need help from someone who might be aware of the Ousley family in Bawn townland, Moydow civil parish, in about 1838. One of the more interesting aspects of my Irish travels is locating Early Christian and early Medieval nunneries. I've been doing this for years, and have acquired a pretty-good reputation "in the trade" (whatever that is). One of my recent targets has been Druimcheo, in Co. Longford. This goes back to St. Patrick, St. Mel (of Ardagh fame) and Mel's "kinswoman", Lupita. Anyway, Patrick arranged for Lupita to go to Druimcheo, west of Bri Leith. John O'Donovan, in his Ordnance Survey Letters of 1838, deduced that this site is in Bawn townland. Here's the section from the OSL: "The ruins of this Nunnery, said to be the oldest in Ireland, are now to be seen to the rear of Mr. Ousley's house at Bawn in the Parish of Moydoo and within about three miles of the Town of Longford. Now, if you draw a line from the ruins of this Nunnery to that of Saint Mel's Church at Ardagh, it will pass over the summit of the mountain Slieve Calry or Bri Leith." This assumption of J.O'D is unproven, but I'd still like to take a look. Incidentally, the Ousley house was referred to as "Bawn House", which made me hope that it would be shown on my Townland Index maps. But it's not. I realize it's a long shot, but perhaps someone out there has the Ordnance six-inch map for that area of Co. Longford - map 19 (or XIX) - and could locate Bawn House within the townland and let me know? Unlikely, I realize. Google shows a couple of references to Bawn House, but not enough to precisely locate it. Any help would be appreciated. Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts