Julia, I have Kirbys from Limerick. At this point I'm not sure from which townland or parish. They came over approx 1849-1850 to Hopkinton MA and then on to Australia according to a great aunt of mine. They came back to Massachusetts - Maurice Kirby and his wife Margaret (Burke). Maurice had two brothers David & Edward and they may have stayed in Australia. If you want to exchange information you can contact me off list. Meg Mulvey ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!