Hello Claire, Glass industry in Tyrone began 1771 http://www.crystalclear.u-net.com/about%20tyrone.html A brief history of Irish Crystal [history of glassmaking in Ireland] http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/AEmblem/Crystal.html I put glass industry in Tyrone into google [no quotation marks] and got 16500 hits. Londonderry is only a few miles north of Strabane which is right on the Donegal-Tyrone border. Rob Doragh Liverpool UK seekay@comcast.net >Subject: Glassblowers in Donegal - specifics Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 it seems no one really knows anything re the possible locations in Donegal for a glassblowing industry. Maybe it will help if I make the question more specific. my tentative best guesses for my HARLEYs' origins are 1) the Inver area, 2) the Annagry area, 3) the Ramelton area, or 4) the central/southern Inishowen area (least likely). Does anyone know if any of these areas had a glass blowing industry in the early 1800s (prior to 1836)? Since the Inishowen location was not far from Derry city, and my emigrant's daughter married (in the US) someone from Derry city, does anyone know if there was an established glassblowing industry in Derry? _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger