Thanks Dan Interesting web sites,especially the first one,it will be useful in planning our trip to Ramelton Donegal next year if all goes well...we plan to do a little touring down the west coast. We're taking our youngest son John to see his mothers birthplace,she's a McGarvey from Ramelton, we've been over a few times by ourselves...my wife Frances has relatives there. I knew that the Gaelic origin of my name is MacConghail, my Y DNA is part of the North West Irish group connected to Niall of the Nine Hostages. It's proving to be very difficult to find out where my gr.gr.grandfather Hugh was born,and I thought that it might be helpful to find out more about the McGonigles in Inishowen. Anyway,thanks again for your reply All the best Frank McGonigal Ont.Canada > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan McFeeley" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:24 AM > Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] ??? McGonigles in Derry . . . > > >> Frank McGonigal wrote: >> >>>I had a look at the 1881 Carrowmenagh evictions and saw a >>>Hugh McGonigle there. There is probably no recent connection, >>>but my gr.gr.grandfather Hugh McGonigal said he was born >>>in Derry in various documents that I have found in Glasgow >>>Scotland,and Kew military records..which said Londonderry >>>by the way. He went to Scotland with his wife Sarah Coyle >>>about 1835-37...he was a tailor by trade and born about >>>1814. Would there have been an earlier exodus of McGonigles >>>from Inishowen to Derry ? >> >> >> It's possible -- I took a quick Google look and found this >> on McGonigle as a Donegal surname: >> >> http://donegal.travelinireland.com/genealogy/genealogy-in-donegal.html >> >> The majority of County Donegal (Accommodation, Donegal, >> Ireland) surnames are Gaelic in origin and some surnames >> are said to be typical of County Donegal, e.g. Friel, >> **McGonigle**, Gallagher, Hegarty, Boyle etc. >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegaleire/Donsurnames.html >> >> McGONIGLE..Gael MacConghail..... Erenaghs of Killybegs parish >> and ecclesiastics in Raphoe >> >> >> >