Mike at muirgheasa@csicable.net writes: << Would anyone be able to tell me the exact location of the townland of Ballinastick in Tipp and what cemeteries might be nearby as well as parishes? Possibly it was near Thurles....Also, what other governmental or parish units it might be found in? >> Mike, The 380-acre townland of Ballynastick is in Buolick civil parish, apparently Gortnahoe RC parish, Slieveardagh barony, and Urlingford PLU. It's located a bit less than 5 miles NE of Killenaule town. There is an RC church in Gortnahoo village, 4 miles to the north of Ballynastick. There is a cemetery in conjunction with the old, ruined parish church in Buolick townland, which is about 4 miles north of Ballynastick. Ballynastick is at the southern end of the civil parish, so the RC church and graveyard in the village of New Birmingham, Kilcooly civil parish, just one mile west of Ballynastick, would be more accessible to Ballynastick residents. Three miles SE of Ballynastick, in the civil parish of Ballingarry, there is an RC church in the village of Ballingarry , and a C of I church nearby in the townland of Ballingarry Lower. Both of these two churches have attached graveyards. .............................................................................. ... Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts