Thank you for posting the information.  But there is nothing to connect to my Scanlan's.  The name was common in Co Clare.  My father said we were not connected to any other Scanlan in their area.  His brother said that he thought that our Tadgh was one of the first evictees.  He is the first according to the brother of our Scanlan line in our area.   As I posted before, my grandfather and his sister, set up a stone for their brother, John Scanlan who died in 1899, I believe the year was.  Bridget never married.  Patrick had a son named John B Scanlan who came to the States and died here.  He was known as "Jack."  So, John is a common name within my Scanlan's and Sheedy's.   As the brother said, people left Ireland and never corresponded with the family again for many reasons but totally unknown by the family back home.  Lack of mail service could be a simple reason.   Some place I heard or read that when a woman or girl left her home to live with her husband, she was no longer a member of her own kin and she was now married.  Have no idea if this is true or not.   Thank you again.   Alanna