Never mind Sharon, tomorrow is another day and we will eventually find the information that we are seeking !! My labourer Dillon ancestors possibly moved to Coolistoonan from Limerick but I cannot confirm that. If only I could find where my great grandfather William Dillon was born about 1835 it would help. It possibly was in the Clonlea/Kilkishen area but unfortunately too early for the records. Best Wishes Ernene -----Original Message----- From: irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sharon Carberry Sent: Sunday, 1 October 2006 10:52 PM To: irl-clare@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] confused re posts Ernene, I am going to have to disappoint you about this. The promised posting was done - it was the one on the Grace families of Kilkishen and Kilrush (Coolmeen). There is no known direct connection to my family. However this apparent relationship between the Graces of Kilkishen and Kilrush is a documentable demonstration of what we could have expected as to a spread around the county of the descendants of a man listed in the Tithe Applotment or Griffiths Valuation. I would like to see something similar developed for laborers working on estates of a chief landholding family, such as the Studderts, who owned property all over the county. Then we could have a research direction to take when able-bodied men disappear from a parish, as to what other parishes to check for them. My Patrick Carberry had his marriage recorded in the parish of O'Callaghan Mills in Jan 1950 and then had his first two children born in Ireland before 1854, in an unknown parish. Evictions were actively being done in the Kilkishen area as of Dec. 1849, which is when the family of Patrick's wife-to-be was pushed out of Clashduff. It may well be that the landlord was clearing his lands of this undesirable tenantry and that Patrick was directed to move into a different parish to work on the landlord's land there or to await a suitable landlord-assisted voyage. Sharon