I Think I May have a Charles in my line but just can't prove it with certainty. I see one in Legard north o n Griffiths but can't get a firm connection. The word carrig is a Scottish word meaning rock. It may be that our beginning roots are scottish and not so much Irish. Wherever they are from I'll work to find a line, but my age is advancing and my search has hit that wall everyone talks about ! Thanks for the names and locations. Will give them a run-down.   Pat D ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 3:00:05 AM Subject: IRL-CLARE Digest, Vol 6, Issue 125 **REMEMBER...When replying - be sure to change Subject heading and snip excess text. Today's Topics:    1. Re: IRL-CLARE Digest, Vol 6, Issue 124 (Matthew Jude Barker) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:29:25 -0400 From: Matthew Jude Barker <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] IRL-CLARE Digest, Vol 6, Issue 124 To: [email protected] Message-ID:         <[email protected]om> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I have been tracing my great-grandmother Alice Carrigg Gillan's Clare roots for over 25 years and yes, it is hard to trace thsese Carrigs! She was born 10-8-1868 in Smithstown, Drumline Parish, d/o Thomas Carrigg (1834-1884) a native of Gortnamuck, Clondegad Parish, Co. Clare, and Bridget Gleeson (1832-1919),  a native of Fenloe, Tomfinlough Parish, Co. Clare. Tom Carrig was the son of William Carrig (1786-1866), a native of Cloonamore, Clondegad Parish, and Anne. William was s/o Daniel? Carrig, who also had children Michael, Daniel, Patrick, and Thomas. It is said that all Carrigs are eventually related, so I have tracked down all the people by that name I can! There was a Charles Carrig in Ennistymon in the late 1790s and early 1800s. One Charles Carrig was a grocer and another one, possibly the same one, was arrested for operating an illicit still c. 1800. I would like to start a Carrig/Carrigg newsletter to help researchers with their Carrig ancestry and connect them all as much as possibe!! On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 3:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > **> >   1. McGuire/Carrig ([email protected]) > > > > > > > ***************************************** > > > End of IRL-CLARE Digest, Vol 6, Issue 125 *****************************************