Hi Murray - thanks for all that. I had never heard about Roddy McCorley but I will now seek out that story. I will be seeing Vincent in February when he comes up to Hamilton (from Wellington) and will show him your e-mail and leave it to him to respond to you. I believe his mother was a Rose McERLEAN and I know he has done some personal research in the Duneane area. Vincent has a definite look of one of my brothers and my father so I guess it is possible we have a closer tie but so far we cannot connect them. One family story is that my grandmother Maggie walked into Belfast for work in the linen industry with two sisters. So far I have not found out the names of her sisters. I would dearly like to be in touch with my first cousins in Belfast and in America but have lost touch since our mutual parents have passed on. Regards. Macha (nee McCOMB) in NZ -----Original Message----- From: irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Murray Lynn Sent: Saturday, 27 January 2007 10:32 p.m. To: irl-antrim@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Antrim Interests - Lynn, O'Kane & Connery Not a lot of detail I'm afraid - Catherine McErlane was one of the witnesses at my great-uncle Thomas Lynn's christening at the Aughnahoy church in 1872. Have you heard the ballad "Roddy McCorley"? He was from Antrim and "was hung on the bridge at Toome" in 1800 after the 1798 rebellion. Roddy is supposed to be a relation and I've just been doing some research on him. His mother was a McErlean, probably from Duneane, a Presbyterian (I assume Catherine McErlane was Catholic btw). Ardnaglass is right beside Kilcurry and so there is a good chance of a link. Have a look at this page of my website - http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mlynn/01_Lynn/FT_Lynn_02.html - for what I know of the McErlane / McErleans and my family history in the area. I haven't come across Vincent Garty, what are his connections? Kind Regards Murray Lynn Christchurch New Zealand Web Site <http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mlynn/> macha wrote: > Hello Murray > > My McErlean family came from Co. Antrim (I am not sure it matters on the > spelling as before about 1880 "normal" people were unlikely to be able > to read and write. > > Could you tell me a little more about your McERLEAN family. > > I have Maggie McERLEAN (my paternal grandmother) born 1878 Ardnaglass, > Co. Antrim. Daughter of John McERLEAN and Elizabeth HAMILL. > > Maggie married Owen McCOMB and they lived in Belfast. > > It would be fantastic if we have another link. > > Also are you in touch with Vincent Garty from Wellington NZ who also has > similar interests. > > Regards. Macha in Te Aroha, New Zealand. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Murray Lynn > Sent: Saturday, 27 January 2007 2:54 p.m. > To: irl-antrim@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] Antrim Interests - Lynn, O'Kane & Connery > > My family came from the area around KILCURRY and CASHELTOWN in southwest > > Antrim. > > Family events (BMD) seemed to occur at the Aughnahoy rather than the > Ahoghill church. > > Family names: > LYNN > O'KANE or KANE > CONNERY > > and from across the border at Ballymaguigan: > WALLS > MCCORMICK > DIMOND / DIAMOND > > > and associated names - witnesses, marriages etc: > GRAFFIN > O'NEILL > MCCORLEY > MCCOURT > MOONEY > MCERLANE > DUGGAN > MOOR > MALLON > O'HARA > > I would be very interested to hear from anyone with any possible > connections. > > > Kind Regards > > Murray Lynn > Christchurch > New Zealand > Web Site <http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mlynn/> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.12/654 - Release Date: 27/01/2007 5:02 p.m.

Thanks Macha Have a look at the bottom of this page for Roddy: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mlynn/01_Lynn/FT_Lynn_02.html It will be interesting to see if Vincent has any information - I look forward to hearing from him. My family and associated ones from the same area in Antrim (Lynn, Walls, Graffin, Dimond) lived in Gisborne and Napier and I have the feeling there were others there too. I am amazed at how looks carry through a family. I am trying to contact a Lynn family in Bellaghy (not far from Kilcurry) who look exactly like various family members! We just met an American family who - if they are related - would be connected to my wife's at the latest in the 1650s. Her very unusual ear shape is identical to the family here in NZ and apparently is common in both branches! Kind Regards Murray Lynn Christchurch New Zealand Web Site <http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mlynn/> macha wrote: > Hi Murray - thanks for all that. I had never heard about Roddy McCorley > but I will now seek out that story. > > I will be seeing Vincent in February when he comes up to Hamilton (from > Wellington) and will show him your e-mail and leave it to him to respond > to you. I believe his mother was a Rose McERLEAN and I know he has done > some personal research in the Duneane area. Vincent has a definite look > of one of my brothers and my father so I guess it is possible we have a > closer tie but so far we cannot connect them. One family story is that > my grandmother Maggie walked into Belfast for work in the linen industry > with two sisters. So far I have not found out the names of her sisters. > > > I would dearly like to be in touch with my first cousins in Belfast and > in America but have lost touch since our mutual parents have passed on. > > Regards. Macha (nee McCOMB) in NZ > > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Murray Lynn > Sent: Saturday, 27 January 2007 10:32 p.m. > To: irl-antrim@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Antrim Interests - Lynn, O'Kane & Connery > > Not a lot of detail I'm afraid - Catherine McErlane was one of the > witnesses at my great-uncle Thomas Lynn's christening at the Aughnahoy > church in 1872. > > Have you heard the ballad "Roddy McCorley"? He was from Antrim and "was > > hung on the bridge at Toome" in 1800 after the 1798 rebellion. > > Roddy is supposed to be a relation and I've just been doing some > research on him. His mother was a McErlean, probably from Duneane, a > Presbyterian (I assume Catherine McErlane was Catholic btw). > > Ardnaglass is right beside Kilcurry and so there is a good chance of a > link. > > Have a look at this page of my website - > http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mlynn/01_Lynn/FT_Lynn_02.html - for > what I know of the McErlane / McErleans and my family history in the > area. > > I haven't come across Vincent Garty, what are his connections? > > Kind Regards > > Murray Lynn > Christchurch > New Zealand > Web Site <http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mlynn/> > > > > macha wrote: > >> Hello Murray >> >> My McErlean family came from Co. Antrim (I am not sure it matters on >> > the > >> spelling as before about 1880 "normal" people were unlikely to be able >> to read and write. >> >> Could you tell me a little more about your McERLEAN family. >> >> I have Maggie McERLEAN (my paternal grandmother) born 1878 Ardnaglass, >> Co. Antrim. Daughter of John McERLEAN and Elizabeth HAMILL. >> >> Maggie married Owen McCOMB and they lived in Belfast. >> >> It would be fantastic if we have another link. >> >> Also are you in touch with Vincent Garty from Wellington NZ who also >> > has > >> similar interests. >> >> Regards. Macha in Te Aroha, New Zealand. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Murray Lynn >> Sent: Saturday, 27 January 2007 2:54 p.m. >> To: irl-antrim@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] Antrim Interests - Lynn, O'Kane & Connery >> >> My family came from the area around KILCURRY and CASHELTOWN in >> > southwest > >> Antrim. >> >> Family events (BMD) seemed to occur at the Aughnahoy rather than the >> Ahoghill church. >> >> Family names: >> LYNN >> O'KANE or KANE >> CONNERY >> >> and from across the border at Ballymaguigan: >> WALLS >> MCCORMICK >> DIMOND / DIAMOND >> >> >> and associated names - witnesses, marriages etc: >> GRAFFIN >> O'NEILL >> MCCORLEY >> MCCOURT >> MOONEY >> MCERLANE >> DUGGAN >> MOOR >> MALLON >> O'HARA >> >> I would be very interested to hear from anyone with any possible >> connections. >> >> >> Kind Regards >> >> Murray Lynn >> Christchurch >> New Zealand >> Web Site <http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mlynn/> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> > the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >