In a message dated 11/7/98 4:30:06 PM, maverickwood@worldnet.att.net wrote: <<1. How Fermanagh can be adjacent to Galway??? (It isn't on my map.) My great grandfather (departed Ireland in 1877 for America) wrote: "The McKERAGHAN clan's original territory was in the southwest corner of Fermanagh and part of the northwest Galway adjacent." 2. Any ideas as to which CLAN(s) he could be referring? Thanks >> Hhhmn. Great-granddad seems a bit confused...they are definitely not adjacent on my map either, One possibility--the family came from a townland in Fermanagh that sounds a bit like Galway or one in Galway that sounds a bit like Fermanagh. (I checked the Townlands database and can't find any that seem like an obvious choice. ) <A HREF="http://www.thecore.com/cgi-bin/ire-srch">Search of IreAtlas TOWNLAND DATA BASE</A> Here is it for you to try. Another possibility-- They were from Fermanagh and moved to Galway. Some people in Ulster did go to Connaught. As for the name--McKeraghan looks like it might be pronounced (Mc) Kerrigan? That's a Donegal name. :-) And Donegal and Fermanagh DO border each other. Sorry not to be of more help. Janet C-S