hi karen...........my grandmother was ellen dowling from rathvilly....her mother was elizabeth dowling and her father james (i think) her grandmother was ellen somers......ring any bells with you. they came from a place known locally as "the beehive" but referred to as tobinstown. i have seen tobinstown recorded as being in both rathvily and tullow areas of carlow county. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: "karen conderan" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Sent: Thursday, 17 May, 2012 10:23:48 PM Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Re: images of St. Patrick's Cemetery, Rathvilly + Dowling family You are so welcome...I'm glad I can contribute to the site, and Michael is such a great webmaster. -- Sent from my HP TouchPad _________________________________________________________________ On May 17, 2012 5:18 PM, karen conderan <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks Maribeth, for submitting info and photos of gravestones in St. Patrick's, Rathvilly! And thanks Michael B. for posting the info to the list, otherwise I might have missed it. The image of the Dowling family gravestone provided info I needed re Patrick and Rosanna Dowling. Two of Patrick and Rosanna's daughters, Marian and Julia, emigrated to Toronto and both married there, 1915/16. Marian married my grandfather's brother, James Conderan; James's father Patrick Conran/Conderan, was originally from Clonmelsh. I've often wondered, but have no idea if the two families knew each other in Ireland, or if it was a chance meeting in Toronto... If anyone searching the Dowlings of Rathvilly wants more info on Marian and Julia, please let me know. Karen. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Anna!