Hi Joan, all, It's entirely possible, though I'll note that Hollands/Houlihans are fairly widespread across Ireland. I've found them in both my Beara ancestry and my Carlow ancestry. -- Bill Gawne McCarthyJH <mccarthyjh@aol.com> writes: > Wow, that is interesting to me, as I have an ancestor, Elizabeth > Holland, born somewhere in Ireland. She married (in 1816) a British > soldier named Samuel Layland (Leyland). Now I am wondering if she > might have been from Beara! > > Joan McCarthy

Thanks, Bill. After Christmas when things settle down, I am going to start looking at some Irish sites to see if I can find some of my other lines. More and more things seem to be coming online. And I think I should look through the Riobard book that I have to see if any of my other names are there. Joan In a message dated 12/23/08 16:29:31 Eastern Standard Time, gawne@cesmail.net writes: Hi Joan, all, It's entirely possible, though I'll note that Hollands/Houlihans are fairly widespread across Ireland. I've found them in both my Beara ancestry and my Carlow ancestry. -- Bill Gawne McCarthyJH <mccarthyjh@aol.com> writes: > Wow, that is interesting to me, as I have an ancestor, Elizabeth > Holland, born somewhere in Ireland. She married (in 1816) a British > soldier named Samuel Layland (Leyland). Now I am wondering if she > might have been from Beara! > > Joan McCarthy ------------------------------- 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