This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IQh.2ACIB/84.1 Message Board Post: I, along with many relations, follow Halligans from Iowa. If you think you might have an Iowa connection, let me know. We think the original Halligans came from Louth and Meath, perhaps in a border town...maybe also some branch in Armagh. Owen is a family name, as is Anthony.