Hi: How do you know if the Irish woman was a Catholic? She could have been Northern Irish or a Presbyterian. They were in Ireland early - 1690's. If you can find the marriage on the parish registers (or they don't exist) then I would check wills and deeds. You might not find their marriage but you might find them living together as man and wife. I would also look at estate records. Which estate was in that area. They might be listed. Doesn't mean they owned the land; they could have been listed as being a tenant farmer. You don't know until you try looking for them. The only Dinas I can recall in Pembrokeshire is Dinas Head just north of Fishguard. However, it could be the name of a farm. Good luck, Annie Los Angeles In a message dated 30/07/2009 12:43:05 GMT Standard Time, a.y.evans@homecall.co.uk writes: Hello All, I have made this enquiry before, but have heard nothing further. How usual was it for inter marriages between Pembrokeshire men and Irish women around late eighteenth century? I have reason to believe there is an Irish connection in my tree(family story) I am looking for marriage of a John Oliver and Mary, John being of Dinas. Cannot find this in Pembrokeshire. Would there be a great difficulty in such an Irish/Welsh marriage because of religion etc? or would it not have mattered? The marriage would have taken place around 1794 Thank you very much Yvonne Evans