Does anyone know a source in the USA to purchase Irish Ordinance Survey maps? Even though they are not indexed, they are very helpful. I have two purchased from a source in Ireland, but it would be much simpler to purchase them in the USA. Thanks in advance. Maxine Driscoll ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Whelan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 6:10 AM Subject: Re: [WAT] Waterford Ports > Sheila, > > Its important not to overestimate the importance or significance of > townlands. They are VERY small sometimes a few fields in size, the term > 'town' is a bit confusing. Because of this they are often not used by > locals. I for one would not know most of the townlands near me or right > next to me unless I checked an OS Map. Very often they are only known > because of an important building etc that exists on it. i.e Glencairn and > the Abbey. Locals will often use a street or area address which covers a > wider area relative to the townland. I have never heard of Castle Richard > near Tallow, but that don't mean it doesn't exist. I suppose what I really > mean to say is that is possibly enough to know that they came from Tallow. > Its all about geographical scale > > Hope this helps > > Willie > > > At 08:19 25/04/2002 -0400, [email protected] wrote: > >Sheila at [email protected] writes: > > > ><< Townland Glencairn, Civil Parish Lismore and Mocollop. I always thought > >they were from Barracks Street in Tallow Town <snip> The baptisms of their > >children is recorded in Tallow Parish, CastleRichard. I am having trouble > >understanding the > >geography. I see Castle Richard interchanged with Glencairn. Anyone know the > >difference? >> > > > >Sheila, > > > >The townland of Glencairn is located less than 3 miles north of Tallow Town. > >Within that townland, there is a crossroads. The north-leading road goes to > >Glencairn Abbey, on the south bank of the Blackwater. That crossroads is > >marked as "Castlerichard Cross Roads" on Discovery map 81. There is no > >townland of Castlerichard in the area (the nearest Castlerichard townland is > >15 miles due south, in Co. Cork), but it is obviously a locally-used name for > >that place. > > > >Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts > > > > > >==== WATERFORD Mailing List ==== > >** Visit the Waterford County page at > >http://community.webtv.net/waterfordroots/waterford ** > > > ==== WATERFORD Mailing List ==== > ** Messages to the Waterford list should be sent to [email protected] ** >