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Hi Elwyn
Thank you very much for answering my question.  And yes, with your help I have been able to navigate my way through the Lands Index.  Many thanks for helping me with this.
Chris

Hi Elwyn
I live in NSW, Aust so apologise for delay in replying to your latest comment.  Have attached a copy of the Mem Deed in question.

To fill you in on my Sullivan research which will put my interest in this Mem Deed into perspective:

1769 - Richard Orpen leases land to Daniel & Desmatt Downy (aka Sullivan) at Lower Shandrum, Kilgarvan.  Note Orpen is a major land holder based at Ardtully, Kilgarvan.
1789 - John Sullivan of London leases land at Courenowkil, Kilgarvan to Orpen.
1798 - Probated Will of John Sullivan of London mentions brothers Timothy, Daniel & Denis Sullivan as well as sisters Catherine Ferris, Eleanor Atkins & Ann Sullivan.
1800 - the 1769 Deed registered to Daniel & Morto Sullivan of Coomhola, Bantry (a valley 6 kms west of Bantry in par. Kilmocomoge).  Timothy Sullivan & Martin Buckley of Ardtully & John Murphy of Kilpadder (also Kilgarvan) are underwriters for deed.
1826 - Patrick Thady Sullivan lease holder at Ardtully.  No Sullivans at Shandrum.  However there is a John & Daniel Connor (is this a Sullivan nickname??)
1830 - Jeremiah Sullivan bpt to Daniel Sullivan & Catherine Lynch at Regurane which was a subtownland of Ardtully.  Also known as Ummeireigurane.  Additional children born Adrtully  Murtagh (Morto)1833 & Mary 1836.  Jeremiah is my line of interest.

DNA evidence also confirms links to both Ardtully & Cousane, par. Kilmocomoge, Bantry.

So .. I am trying to establish if there is a definite connection between the Sullivans above, particularly Timothy (1800) to Daniel & Morto (1800), as this would possibly link them to the John Sullivan in London.   I also feel strongly that the Daniel & Morto Sullivan from Coomhola would explain the DNA link to Cousane.

Elwyn, I would also be very interested in the Land Indexes for the Sullivan at Shandrum & Ardtully.  Are they freely available in the public domain?
Many thanks for your help
Chris

Hi
I have a copy of a Memorial Deed dated 1801 for Kilgarvan, co Kerry which has three underwriters, one of whom maybe related judging by the name.  Can anyone advise me as to why this was necessary? 
Many thanks
Chris

Hi listers
Myself and another like minded soul are working on a DNA project focussing primarily on Kilgarvan, co Kerry and are using our shared DNA matches to identify possible familial pathways previously unknown to us.  I myself am primarily interested in Sullivan & Lynch.  The other researcher is interested in Donoghue & Kelliher but we have shared DNA matches featuring Healey, Shea, Hagerty, Harrington, Reardon & Casey families.  Quite a few of these families somehow have a Sullivan in the mix and we are finding that nicknames are making their way into our research.

At the moment we have identified the following Sullivan nicknames in Kilgarvan -
Blue(ew)(oo)man, Barruil (Barrell), McCann, Goula, Rodgers, Downs (Downing), Cumba & Sughrue (technically not a nickname).

Can anyone help with any other nick names which may be of interest.  I believe the Cumba nickname refers to descendants of the Irish Brigade who fought for France in the seventeenth century.  Sughrue on the other hand were not blood related to the O'Sullivans but slowly married into them.  They were viewed and treated as a servile class by the Gaelic nobility.

I would be particularly interested if anyone could throw some light on the Blue(ew)(oo)man nickname.  Family were primarily situated in Rosseighteragh.  Best suggestions so far are descendants of a heavily tattooed man or alternatively of a man who was a supervisor in an iron mine.

Many thanks
Chris

Now that is a tip definitely worth knowing about.  Many thanks for this, although in hindsight it makes perfect sense doesn't it.
Chris