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 <><><><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><> Dan McFeeley "Meon an phobail a thogail trid an chultur" (The people's spirit is raised through culture)