Hi Dennis, I looked up McCONKEY in MacLysaght's book 'The Surnames of Ireland' and Bernie was right. The book says "MacCONAGHY MacCONKEY MacDhonnchaidh (son of Donagh). The name of a branch of the Scottish clan ROBERTSON numerous in east Ulster. Ballymaconaghy is near Newry." Rob Doragh Liverpool UK From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 Subject: McConkey Hi Dennis, While I can't help with your family, I think it may well be useful to search for McConaghy (and variants of same) as I believe it's the same name as McConkey. I find it is always worth keeping spelling variations in mind, especially for the time frame you are researching. Bernie