Hi Chris - Welcome! I too am looking for a Barry / Mahoney family. Bridget Barry (b. @ 1810) married Michael Mahoney (b @ 1805) somewhere in Ireland. They had several children there, and then more in Cohoes NY where they emigrated around 1845-1850. They may or may have not spend some time in Canada in the 1850's. If you see any connection, I would love to know about it. Bridget and Michael's daughter Mary is my gggrandmother, having married Patrick Toomey in NY. Thankd! Susan in Georgia ________________________________ From: Chris Mahoney <cmahoney@orcon.net.nz> To: irl-cork@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, November 7, 2010 6:39:12 PM Subject: [Irl-Cork] Message from List Admin Hi All I see that Andrew has done some brief introductions for me, but it is time for one from myself. I have been on varying Rootsweb mailing lists probably almost as long as I have had internet, and most likley became admin of my first list soon after this. At the moment I have seven others but they are all reasonably quiet. My own interests in Cork comes from two families, BARRY, and MAHONY (was spelt without an e. Exactly where they came from I do not know, but do have names of places in Cork where they have been at some point, hence original reason for me being on the list. Probably enough from for me for now. I think its now time to see some introductions from other people on this list, lets see who we have got here. Thanks Chris IRL-Cork List Admin ------------------------------- 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

Dear fellow list-members Some of my husband's ancestors hail from Cork. Robert HOY was born in 1811 in England where his father, also Robert, was stationed in the Royal Navy. This Robert Hoy married Jane McSWINEY on 13 October 1839 in Blackrock Cork. They emigrated to New South Wales shortly afterwards. They had a son, Robert born 2 November 1842 according to his baptism certificate. He was baptised on 17 April 1849 at Black Creek near Maitland - the delay may have been due to waiting for a Roman Catholic priest to perform the ceremony. My husband is descended from him. Robert's parents were Robert Hoy RN and Eliza Dumas. Eliza died on 4 October 1814 at Lemcon - a signal station near Schull in West Cork. She is buried in Schull Cemetery and her gravestone, which is still legible reads as follows: "Sacr(d) to the Memor(y) of Mrs Eliza Hoy Wife of Lieu Rob(t) Hoy Roy Navy & Daught(er) to Aldern Peter Dumas of The City of Cork Esq who departed Life at Lomcon Signal Stati(on) Octo(ber) The 4th 1814 in the 27th Year of her Age" You can imagine the excitement when my husband found this in Casey - even more when we found the actual vault. The DUMAS family appears to be one of the Huguenot families in Cork City - they are a bit difficult to trace as there are lots of Peters. In addition to Robert Hoy RN there is another naval officer, Joseph Hoy RN, whom we suspect may be his brother. There was also an older Hoy, Isaac HOY, who was in the navy. We have references for him in Youghal, and he may be the father or Robert and Joseph. If anyone on the list knows about these families I would love to correspond and share information. Regards Jan Daly Kensington, Sydney NSW Australia