Hiya Pat,
I've forwarded your message to Marie and suggested to her that she joins RootsChat as she lives in County Kilkenny. So far I've not established if there is a RootsChatter in Kilkenny. I'm using similar tactics to other members who, if they can't find a RootsChatter in the vacinity of their ancestor's birth place, have been known to Google like mad in efforts to find websites for B&Bs, guest houses, hotels, libraries, public houses, small Irish villages and even sports clubs so that they can make contact with a person living in the required area. Some members also contact phone-in radio programmes and send letters to local newspapers.
I'm actually using a dating site on which the profile of many members gives the Irish county in which they live and occasionally also gives the town in which they live.
Christopher