This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Mcbeav Surnames: Carroll, Dunn(e), Sheehan, Smiddy, Gillespie, McGinley, Kieley Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.carroll/7465.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Good morning. I also have relatives that moved to Liverpool from Northern Ireland but during or right after the potato famine (late 1840's or early 1850's). The Carroll's of that area (County Louth, County Down, partial County Antrim) are of the Oriel Sept and finally lost their lands to the English Plantation plague that hit in the early 1600's. There are some Carroll's that matched the first names (Frank and Edwin) of the paternal side of my family buried in Raloo Cemetery southwest of Belfast. Raloo does not exist anymore, but the cemetery does. It is a settlement of Crawfords and Blairs who came from Scotland during the Plantation era. It appears that the only choices that Carroll's had were to either assimilate with the Scot's, move to America (or elsewhere), or die. I have found through Y-DNA research, relatives that moved to the Carolina's during this period. I assume at this point that my male relations married into the Scottish families, especially since my ! Great Grandfather who born in 1852 was 6'5" in 1866. Most indigenous Irish persons are under 6' during the mid-1800's. Also think I found my Great Great Grandfather who married a protestant Mary McKibbons in 1843 in County Down. I think the reason I am not Protestant today is because my Great Grandfather came to United States at age 17 after being on the sea for 10 years without any religion, and married a Catholic woman from Lowell, Massachusetts. Are you involved in Y-DNA research? My kit number is 31491. Best of luck in your search and keep in touch. Regards, Mike Carroll Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.