Hello, This is a great group of people. I just read the very thorough information about researching, that Sharon Carberry wrote about County Clare, etc. I can't imagine a more thorough answer...truly great. Perhaps I will someday be able to go to Ireland to do my research. However I am not certain yet where my OBRIEN's came from in Ireland. I am researching the following family. Martin and Mary O'BRIEN are my great great grandparents and this is the information I obtained from the cemetery where they are buried in Brooklyn. Martin O'BRIEN (1846-1911) m Mary (?) (1848-1910) (both born in Ireland) Known children: 1. Ann Francis O'BRIEN (b IL 1874-1955)m Charles Albert HARDING (possibly from Manchester England) Children of this marriage: Irene Veronica HARDING Cooke (1898-1992) Ruth Elizabeth HARDING Callan(1901-?) William HARDING (1903-1951) Charles J. HARDING (1907-1926) Harry Paul HARDING (1909-1991) Kenneth Martin HARDING (1912-1973) (my father) 2. William J O'BRIEN (1874-1909) no other information known Other OBRIEN children of Mary (?) and Martin O'BRIEN? Thanks for a wonderful mail list. Maureen A. Teachman South Windsor, CT 06074 mteach@bigfoot.com