Hi Mary My father, Sam Driscoll, came from a townland called Ardura beg which is near to Ballydehob and about 12 miles west of Skibbereen and when visiting as a child in the 50s I remember a neighbour called Mick Welley (presumably local pronunciation of Whooley). Margaret Caluori This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in. -Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President (1858-1919) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Crowley" <JCrowley@crowleysdfk.ie> To: <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:14 PM Subject: RE: West Cork > Have you considered looking for Whooley? > I think that spelling is more common than without the "w". > > My understanding is the name Whooley is a sept of the larger O'Driscoll > clan. It is to be found mostly in County Cork within a 20 mile radius of > Skibbereen. > >>From a quick look at the 1911 census it appears that "Hooley" may be a >>separate name of separate origins. They are few in number but mostly in >>County Tipperary. > >

Hi Margaret, The name Driscoll has been reported as somehow associated with the Hooley name. I think there must have been some "breaking away" of some of the family, from what I have read but have not been able to go back far enough with my Hooleys to find out. However, thankyou for your suggestion and I will add Welley and its variations to my next search including Whooley. I have found a William Hooley married a Mary Haly in Athenry, Galway in 1808. So the name of Hooley was spelt this way on that occasion. Have also found on Family Search baptisms of Mary Hooley and William Hooley with parents called William and Mary....possibly the above William and Mary? Eldest son of G/grandfather Thomas Hooley b.1835 is called William and not Martin who is shown as the father of Thomas on his marriage certificate.of 1856...this has been a bit of a puzzle to me and I am still trying to work out if the other family names match the Irish naming pattern. Some yes and others no! Found a Martin Hooley in Cheshire Census 1841 but unmarried. Cannot even find Martins death which was before Thomas marriage...certificate showing he was deceased at that time. So you can see I have a big road to search. Wish me luck. Kind regards, Mary in North Queensland Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Caluori" <margaretcaluori@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 2:15 AM Subject: Re: West Cork > Hi Mary > My father, Sam Driscoll, came from a townland called Ardura beg which is > near to Ballydehob and about 12 miles west of Skibbereen and when visiting > as a child in the 50s I remember a neighbour called Mick Welley > (presumably > local pronunciation of Whooley). > > Margaret Caluori > > This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live > in > unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in. > -Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President (1858-1919) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack Crowley" <JCrowley@crowleysdfk.ie> > To: <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:14 PM > Subject: RE: West Cork > > >> Have you considered looking for Whooley? >> I think that spelling is more common than without the "w". >> >> My understanding is the name Whooley is a sept of the larger O'Driscoll >> clan. It is to be found mostly in County Cork within a 20 mile radius of >> Skibbereen. >> >>>From a quick look at the 1911 census it appears that "Hooley" may be a >>>separate name of separate origins. They are few in number but mostly in >>>County Tipperary. >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >