"Elly Hill" <ellyhill@iinet.net.au> wrote in news:43b0efa9$0$26324$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au: > > > "Alun L. Palmer" <elektros@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:Xns9738C47CC6D08elektrosmdonet@81.174.12.30... >> On 03 Dec 2005, you wrote in soc.genealogy.ireland: >> >>> G'day >>> >>> Thanks for the information. >>> >>> However I am pleased to say that I have had a person volunteer to get >>> a few photos for me next time they are in Cobh. >>> >>> I never cease to be amazed by the warmth and generosity of people >>> that are doing family history research! >>> >>> regards >>> >>> Ian Donaldson >>> >>>> : I would like some photographs taken of my GGGrandmothers place of >>>> : residence in Cobh. >>>> >>>> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishchurches/ is a website >>>> of >>>> >>> >>> >> >> I have pictures of St Colman's Cathedral that I took when I was there, >> and they are digital, so I can e-mail them to you. My e-mail address >> given here works without changing anything. >> >> My mother's family came to London from Cobh in the 1850s, although I >> now live in the US. >> >> All the Best, Alun Palmer (a Callahan on my mother's side) > Hello Alun (that's Welsh isn't it! :-)))..can I ask a question about > your mother's family name..was it Callahan or O'Callaghan from Cork..my > family history is O'Callaghan from Cork too..although when I went there > and started researching I found O'Callaghan almost as prolific as Smith > !!..good luck with your research...Elly in Oz. > > > The name is Callahan back quite a long way, although it might have been different at one time, and they were from Cobh, which is not far from Cork, but on the coast. The word means Cove, and is pronounced like it too I think. Originally it was known as the Cove of Cork, then Queenstown, and later Cobh. There are several O'Callaghans in the Cobh phone book, but only one Callahan, and he is originally from Dublin! The Welsh spelling of my first name is not really meaningful, i.e. I'm not Welsh in any way. My parents liked holidaying in Wales and they thought it was more logical than Alan, and didn't know that it should be pronounced as if the u were an i!