Dear Listers: I have a new Web Site for DORGAN researchers: www.billdorgan.com Please visit and sign my guest book. I would appreciate any help with the following: I am looking for any information concerning PATRICK DORGAN (DARGAN) and his wife, ANN FLYNN (c. 1830-1886). PATRICK came from Ballybraher (Carrigkilter), Ballycotton, Co. Cork. I don't know anything about ANN FLYNN. I would like to confirm: 1. the birthplace, baptism and marriage of PATRICK DORGAN and ANN FLYNN 2. the parents of PATRICK DORGAN and ANN FLYNN I would love to hear from any listers familiar with this DORGAN and FLYNN family. Sincerely, Bill Dorgan Here is all I know about PATRICK DORGAN and ANN FLYNN: Patrick DARGAN (DORGAN) was born on a farm in Ballybraher, Ballycotton, County Cork on or about 1830. Ballybraher is also known as Carrigkilter. His father, whose name we do not know, owned or leased this farm. I have been unable to trace the deeds. This was, of course, the era between the Penal Laws (1690s) and Roman Catholic Emancipation (1829). Catholics were not allowed to "own" land nor "vote". All five children of Patrick DARGAN (DORGAN) and his wife, ANN FLYNN, were born on this farm. Later, his daughter, MARY DORGAN lived on this farm with her husband, Jerry Healy. One of the children of MARY DORGAN and Jerry Healy, John Healy, married Margaret Grahame and had five children: Elizabeth, Jerry and David (twins), John Christopher, and James. Elizabeth, David and John Christopher still live on the farm in Ballybraher. James died in 1994 and Jerry died in July 2003. CHILDREN OF PATRICK DARGAN (DORGAN) AND ANN FLYNN: 1. DAVID DORGAN was born about 1853 in Ballybraher, Ballycotton, County Cork Ireland. He married Elizabeth Ahearne who was born about 1853. David DORGAN and his wife Elizabeth Ahearne had no children. But, they raised David DORGAN's nephew (his sister Mary's son, John Healy) and they raised Elizabeth Ahearne's niece (her sister's daughter, Margaret Grahame). John Healy and Margaret Grahame later married and had five children: Elizabeth, Jerry and David (twins), John Christopher, and James. All five children never married. Elizabeth, David and John Christopher are still on the farm in Ballybraher. James died in 1994 and Jerry died in July 2003. The Irish Census of 1901 lists David as the "Head of the Household" in Carrigkilter, Ballycotton, County Cork, Ireland. All persons living in his household were listed as "Roman Catholics". According to the census, his house had three rooms in which four people lived: David, a "farmer", age 48; his wife, Elizabeth, age 48; his "Farm Servant", Jeremiah Cronin, age 23; and his "General Servant Domestic", Mary Hassett, age 22. Some of the descendants of Jeremiah Cronin and Mary Hassett still live in the area, but they are no relation to the DORGAN family. 2. MICHAEL DORGAN, born about 1855 in Ballybraher, Ballycotton, County Cork. Michael DORGAN married a woman whose last name was Guard. She was from Ballynamona, Shannagarry, Co. Cork. They had four children: Lena married William (Billy) O'Brien and had no children; Mary married Billy's brother, John O'Brien and had no children; Patrick married Ann Mellerick; William (Bill) did not marry. All four are deceased. Patrick DORGAN and Ann Mellerick had five children: Michael, emigrated to the USA, but it is not known where; Phillie, Ella, Annie, all deceased and Liam. Liam is the only one left out of five children. Liam has three sons and two daughters. Liam once owned DORGAN'S Pub in Cloyne. It is now under new management and the name is changed. 3. MARY DORGAN, born about 1856 in Ballybraher, Ballycotton, County Cork. Mary DORGAN married Jerry Healy of Lisanley, Cloyne, County Cork and had five children: John married Margaret Grahame; Patrick (Pad); Michael (Mick), Ann (never married) and an unknown female who married a man named Meaney of Aghada, County Cork. 4. ELIZABETH DORGAN, born about 1858 in Ballybraher, Ballycotton, County Cork. Elizabeth DORGAN married John Shinnick of Ballycatto, Cloyne, County Cork. They had three children: Edmund, Elizabeth, and Hannah. 5. PATRICK J. DORGAN, born April 26, 1861 in Ballybraher, Ballycotton, County Cork, Ireland; died December 09, 1937 in Cranston, Rhode Island. Patrick J. Dorgan is my great-grandfather. He is the bridge between Ireland and Rhode Island ... the first known of this DORGAN family to "come over" to the USA.