This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Croghan, Tiernan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/4099 Message Board Post: To my knowledge, I'm no relation to the Mulvihills' but our surnames do cross paths in Ireland in the 1850's. A "Catherine Mulvilhill" is a sponsor to one of my relatives with the last name "Croghan". I'm trying to piece together how they came to settle in western Iowa. Do you know that information regarding the Mulvihills? If your relatives did live near each other in Ireland, maybe their stories are similar. ---If you'd like more information on where both families lived in Ireland in the 1850's, I'd be glad to share what I know with you. --Marilyn