Hi Veronica Thank you for your interesting information. I have not thought about DNA testing as I thought it would be too expensive. It is my husband's side that I am tracing for the Halloran's in Tulla, but wouldn't I have to have someone in Tulla to test with....I have no idea how it works:-[ Halloran is derived from O'Halloran I believe but not sure about Hanrahan! I will look at the website and investigate a bit further. Thank you for your reply. Kind regards Joan certainly a popular name in the '40's. -----Original Message----- From: irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Veronica Williams Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2013 7:53 AM To: irl-clare@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] IRL-CLARE Digest, Vol 8, Issue 100 Hello Joan Have you thought about DNA testing? I would suggest a Family Finder test,www.familytreedna.com. It is my hope that we will eventually be able to link some of our families together in Ireland this way, given the absence of paper records, but we need more people to test. I am starting to develop some possibilities for my own family this way. Interestingly for me I have ancestors SWEENEY and HANRAHAN both from county Clare, most records suggest Moyriesk or Clooney. We do have HANRAHAN cousins in Tulla Clare. HALLORAN and HANRAHAN could possibly be variants, you never know! I have had a second cousin from this line tested, I live in hope we can find someone else out there we similar ancestry that matches us both so that it can help to break down out brick wall. Any SWEENEYs and HANRAHANs from County Clare who see this post please also consider testing! Regards Veronica also in NSW Australia, mother named Joan! We also have some Hanrahan cousins in QLD.