Can you help?...........he was born in Castletown in 1840. Regards, Bob Simmonds

Hi, Bob, As Riobard O'Dwyer has so oft pointed out, if Mr. Sullivan reported his birth place as Castletown, that might be only an approximation. There were many villages nearby that few people he was acquainted with in the States would ever in their life have heard about, so he might have said "Castletown," which in contrast was (relatively) well known. Keep an open mind unless you know for certain. Of course, that puts him in with a host of other Sullivan's (and O'Sullivans) from the area. A resident of Castletownbere once remarked to me, "at 2 a.m. on a dark night, you could throw a stone and be sure to hit an O'Sullivan." Kevin in MO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Simmonds" <bobsimmonds249@yahoo.co.uk> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 12:40 PM Subject: [BEARA] Patrick Sullivan > Can you help?...........he was born in Castletown in 1840. > > Regards, > > Bob Simmonds > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.13/2237 - Release Date: 07/14/09 05:56:00

Hi Bob, There were many Patrick Sullivans born in or around Castletownbere in 1840. Would you by any chance know the names of his parents? Or perhaps a brother or sister? Sullivan is a terribly common name in the Beara peninsula. Bill Gawne Robert Simmonds <bobsimmonds249@yahoo.co.uk> writes: > Can you help?...........he was born in Castletown in 1840. > > Regards, > > Bob Simmonds

It would seem as if he was Patrick Sullivan, son of Denis Sullivan & Margaret Sullivan, of the townland of Rossmacowen, Parish of Castletownbere. ---- Riobard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Simmonds" <bobsimmonds249@yahoo.co.uk> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 6:40 PM Subject: [BEARA] Patrick Sullivan > Can you help?...........he was born in Castletown in 1840. > > Regards, > > Bob Simmonds > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >