Thank you Andrew for a "job" well done and welcome to you Chris! I have been researching my Irish ancestors for the past 10 years or so. My Cork ancestors have given me many a brick wall! My gggrandfather Edward O'Neil was born in County Cork, July 12, 1830, and died in Boston, Massachusetts May 27, 1896. Per his citizenship papers he immigrated to Boston May 7, 1845. I have been unable to find his ship's passenger list to see if any other family mambers were with him. Edward's parents were Michael and Mary O'Neil. I never found them or any other children with Edward in Boston. Edward married a Mary Murphy February 17, 1859 in Boston. Mary's parents were Timothy Murphy and Julia O'Connell. All three were from Ireland. Yet, again I have been unable to find them on any ship passenger list. Mary became an American citizen through her husband, Edward's citizenship, so I have no official citizenship papers to confirm when Mary entered America. Mary was born in 1839. Her mother Julia O'Connell was born in 1809. Neither of their death certificates nor Mary's marriage certificate stated which County in Ireland they were born. I have been unable to find Mary's father, Timothy to know if he came to America or not. I also have been unable to locate the Murphy family in Boston before Mary Murphy married Edward O'Neil. Though Mary's mother, Julia, lived with Mary, Edward and their children until her death in 1884. Other Murphys lived in the same building or were cited as witnesses at Edward's and Mary's marriage or sponsors to one of their children's baptism. Yet again I have been unable to track them down to find a link to Mary as a sibling of hers. Though I do not have proof that the Murphys and O'Connells were from County Cork, someone once strongly suggested that they were very common names for County Cork. My ggrandfather Dennis O'Neil (3rd son and child of Edward and Mary (Murphy) O'Neil) appears to be one of the few of his 11 siblings to survive to have a family. Most of those siblings and his parents, Edward and Mary, are all buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Boston (Roslindale) in one family plot. I think my brick wall may last a wee bit longer. With no townland in Cork to refer to for the O'Neils and with Edward's parents having such common first names, Michael and Mary; there is little chance to pinpoint which Michael or Mary O'Neil they were!!!!! I have a few leads on cousins to Dennis, perhaps they will know more about the family. Meanwhile, I do enjoy reading the Cork list e-mails and hearing of others' discoveries!!!!!! Take care, Marcie