Well, to me, this 'answer' still doesn't answer the question, but this is what I found when I googled. Kathleen Tracy~CT. Researching: Carrick, Halpin, McKenna & Wolf - Arthurstown, Co. Louth Delahunty/Delahanty, Treacy/Tracy - Mountheaton, Roscrea, Co. Offaly Hickey & Power - Torbay, Newfoundland Lynch, Murphy, & Shea - Cappyaughna, Co. Cork FROM: _http://wiki.answers.com_ (http://wiki.answers.com) Why is the Bronx called 'The Bronx'? The Bronx was named after Jonas Bronck, who was the first European settler. Jonas Jonson Bronck (1600?-1643), also known as Jonas Jonasson Bronk or Jonas Joanssen Bronck, was a Swedish immigrant to North America after whom the New York City borough of the Bronx was named. Bronck was born in the small village of Komstad, Norra Ljunga socken, outside Savsjo in the Swedish province of Smaland, some time around the year 1600. Rather than take over his family's farm, he became a sailor, and it is known that he traveled to Japan and India. He married his wife, Teuntje Joriaens, on July 6,1638, in the Nieuwe Kerk ('New Church'), Amsterdam. He and his wife subsequently decided to emigrate to North America. In 1639 he acquired a piece of land located across the Harlem River from the island of Manhattan. The farm came to be known as "Bronck's land" or simply "Bronck's," from which eventually evolved the modern name of "the Bronx." More about The Bronx's history can be found here: _www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org_ (http://www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org) original posting: Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:26:16 -0400 From: "Don Haney" _pdhaney@comcast.net_ (mailto:pdhaney@comcast.net) All of my Irish friends and relatives always refer to "The Bronx" but never to "The Brooklyn" or "The Queens". Why? Don **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)