The Doherty families from Urris/Clonmany have nicknames to help distinguish one from another ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Ó Nuadháin" <michealonuadhain@eircom.net> To: <DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 4:40 AM Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] Byrnes of Gweedore / Dohertys of Clonmany > Searc.ie wrote: > >>Sweeney, Ward and back to Doherty again.on every side - That's 6 >>generations >>and that's all one can go by record - myth, legend and speculation aside. >>Regards, Patricia Sharkey >>in Fintown, Donegal via Derry and Urris and Fintown. >> > In Donegal, it's not surprising to find a lot of Dohertys - especially in > Urris and Clonmany :) I've 6 distinct Doherty lines in the Clonmany area! > > Michael > > > ==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== > To browse through the archives of the list go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Visit my homepage at http://freepages.genealogy.com/~donegaleire > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

mark.lusby wrote: > The Doherty families from Urris/Clonmany have nicknames to help > distinguish one from another > >> In Donegal, it's not surprising to find a lot of Dohertys - >> especially in Urris and Clonmany :) I've 6 distinct Doherty lines in >> the Clonmany area! >> >> Michael >> I'm well familiar with most of them - I'm Clonmany born and bred and still living here! :-) Michael