Kristine at kpw@vantagetech.com writes: << Finally, can anyone tell me precisely where Shanbally and Ballyvecane are? >> Kristine, There is a pair of Ballyvecane townlands, Upper and Lower, in Lismore & Mocollop civil parish about 2 miles WSW of Lismore town and lying between the River Blackwater and the N 72 road (actually, a small piece of the Upper townland appears to continue a bit to the south of the highway). Shanbally townland - one of four in the county, but the only one which is near Ballyvecane - is in the same civil parish and forms the easternmost edge of Cappoquin town. It is about 6 miles from the Ballyvecane townlands. Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts