Hi Gary A few days ago I called out to the Irish Palatine Heritage Centre to pay my annual membership subscription and there I met Walter Ruttle!. I persuaded him to accompany me back to Courtmatrix for a "sneak" look at your new house! It is a fine house - approx. 50 ft. long and you can see where it was once a single story thatched house before it was raised to 2 storey. You have a lot of work ahead - but what job satisfaction!. A bucket of plaster and a bag of cement will help a lot!! There is a good-sized "haggard" behind the house and outbuildings which will not take too much work and did I see an Orchard further back? Please may I have pictures, and maybe one of your newly discovered Palatine Well too. Thanks! Berta ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com