Sue-Ellen at [email protected] writes: << She was born in Meade, Ireland. Where is Meade? Is it in County Meath? >> Sue-Ellen, There are no Meade townlands in Ireland, and I suspect that "Meade" is just a variety of Meath. Meath was once part of a Kingdom of Mide, and the "d" sound still seems to apply. The Irish have always had a complex relationship with the "th" sound of English (just listen to Bertie Ahern say "thing"). Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts