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1. Tyrone and Cavan; emigrated ca 1820.

Reply to IrishEyes (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2015, 02:33 PM

Jun 2015

Luckily, basic family genealogy was written by first generation in 1920, but many details have been lost.

Family name is second most common in Ireland, as well as Ireland's patron name for first name, so it's hard to trace with any exactitude.

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What part of Ireland is your family from? [View all] IrishEyes Jun 2015 OP

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