> If you go to www.irishabroad.com and check out their > Nobility search (you'll have to register first, it's > free), under the name Kearney (simply another > anglicisation of the name Carney) they list the > Kearney's of Tipperary, who were nobility within the > area. They also give details of a castle that was > their seat of power which was also in Tipperary. It took me several minutes to locate the page Philip is referring to - it is located at : http://www.irishabroad.com/YourRoots/Genealogy/pedigree.asp Do a search on Kearney and select the one marked "of Cashel" to see the page he was referring to. Hope this save you all a bit of time.