Most of the Crowleys in the old Church records in Beara are entered with the above branch-name, and several with the branch-name only. Many came to Beara from around the Dunmanway area, and even some from as far away as Kinsale. Tradition has it that members of the branch of the Crowleys were on their way from the west of Ireland to help the Irish army in the Battle of Kinsale in 1601, but somewhere on the journey a heavy fog descended. It was difficult enough to move through the rough terrain of the time in good weather, but the foggy conditions made any reasonable travelling speed almost impossible, so much so that the battle was over by the time they arrived. CEO (pronounced KEOW) is the Gaelic for fog, hence the branch-name. Had the heavy fog not hindered them, and had they been able to arrive in time, the question stands "Would there have been a different result to the battle ?" My good friend Tom Crowley of Akron, Ohio, one of the top men now in the Officership of the Crowley Clan, feels that there would, as the Gaelic for Crowley is CRUALAOCH. CRUA = hardy, or tough. LAOCH = a warrior. ----- Riobard.