In a message dated 3/8/2011 11:56:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: As to the Leader family, in writing to names I had in family via the Irish phone book, I tried to find a Mulcahy family in Cork, in the Kanturk area, the letter passed thru from one family member to another before I finally received an answer about 2-3 years later from a Dr. Leader in Boherbue. He had just retired, and his son has taken over the practice.Dr leader was a help to me by getting the priest to find my grandmothers baptismal certificate info and copy, when previously told not available but was able to get her siblings. I had 2 enjoyable visits with Dr Leader as he showed me around Boherbue and Kanturk where my Mulcahy family had lived back in 1850-80 time period. he said his Mother was probably a cousin to my Mulcahy grandmother, which made me feel even more welcome and enjoy the trip. I found your posting very interesting. Dr. Leonard Leader was a not too distant cousin to me (how else could I get a name like Leonard!!). It's a name that runs in the Keale, Millstreet branch of LEADERs, but the most common given names are John and Henry, after the original two brothers of that name who settled in Cork about 1660. I also spent several days some years ago with him and his wife, who was an O'Callaghan, and two of his daughters who were both studying to be doctors. I never met his other children who were away at school. His father was also Leonard, of Duarigle and Lisheershane, married 20 June 1916 (Boherbue R.C.) Ellen, dau. of Daniel Mulcahy and his wife, Mary O'Keeffe of Boherbue. They had a family of seven and Dr. Leader had six. I have a Mulcahy gr-grandmother, but from the east Cork branch of that family. This may be a bit off-topic for a Clare site, but as the Clare LEADERs no doubt are an offshot of the original Cork line, maybe this will help some researchers. Len Keane (OCathain)