In response to Riobard's plea to get things rolling again on the Beara list I am posting what I know of my Lynch family family from Kilkatherine, Eyeries parish. I will post more information later about known family members from Beara. My great great grandparents were Michael (b. ca 1809 d. 22 Sep 1871 Iowa Co., WI) and Honora (Hannah) O'Sullivan (b. ca 1819 d.20 FXeb 1875 Iowa Co., WI) Lynch from Kilcatherine Eyeries Parish in Beara. They married on 31 Jan 1833 in the then newly-built Eyeries Village Church, which Riobard told me is the top part of the present church. They were married by Fr. Morty O'Sullivan PP and the witnesses were Eugene Sullivan and Johanna Sullivan. Michael and Hannah had six children while residing in Eyeries Parish. They are: Mary Lynch Gilbert b. 15 May 1836 d. 2 Jul 1918 Arena, WI; Timothy b. 28 Aug 1837 d. 6 Nov 1924 Ridgeway, WI; Margaret Lynch Tobin b. abt Sep 1841 d. 22 May 1930 Dodgeville, WI; Julia Lynch Sullivan b. abt Dec 1844; Matthew b. 17 Mar 1845 d. 19 Apr 1933 Mt. Horeb, WI; and my great grandfather, Michael M. Lynch b. 25 Oct 1851 d. 13 Feb 1908 Darlington, WI (Michael's DOB is probably incorrect. One record shows he was baptized 30 Jun 1884 and another 1 Jan 1850.) Sadly, the church records for Eyeries parish for this entire period were lost in a church fire. Consequently, the DOBs are taken from U. S. obituary and census records. No additional information could be found on the Lynch family in the Annals of Beara, Vol. II, covering Bere Island and Eyeries Parishes. The Lynch family immigrated to the U.S. ca 1852-1853, settling initially ca 1854 in Blue Mounds, WI. They had another five children born in WI. They are: Catherine b. 1854 d. 18 Jun 1856 Iowa Co., WI; Ellen Lynch Flanagan b. 1855 d. 7 Dec 1905 WI;Hannah M. Lynch Moran b. 1857 WI d. 13 Aug 1952 Seattle, WA; John b.abt 1862 WI; and Katherine E. Lynch Troeger b. abt 1865 WI d. 6 Nov 1937 Los Angeles, CA. Mike Saunders