This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Halligan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IQh.2ACIB/22.2 Message Board Post: Hi Tom: My family of Halligans came from Claremorris, Ireland but a little bit earlier. Most of them went to Lincolnshire, England in the mid 1850s and then two brothers went off to Queensland and America from there. I have not located the one one who came to America but I'm thinking his name might be James. His father would have been Patrick. All the Halligans gave their boys the same names through each generation so it's a bit difficult to sort them out. I have no idea if any of this information connects with what you know but it was worth a try. Carol