Michael Cassidy <[email protected]> wrote........ >is McAuley and McCauley the same name? >and has anyone ever heard Collins and Carrolan being confused? Macaulay, Macauley, MacAuley, MacAwley, MacGawly, Magauly, and Wythe, are are variations of the same name. You listed two more........ In the O'Connor of Donegal pedigree there was a CARLAN (carla = "a wool comb"), a quo O'Carlain, anglicised as Carlin, Carolan, and Kerlin. O'Carolans; Chiefs in Meath and Derry. The O'Cearbhallins (O'Carolans or Kerlins), a name sometimes anglicised Carleton, were chiefs of clan Diarmaida, now the parish of Clandermod or Glendermod, in Derry. Patrick Traynor, in California's gold-rush country. [email protected] TRAYNOR'S Web Page (Irish stuff) http://members.nbci.com/pattraynor/