Hi all, I recently took my first trip to Ireland. I was with my 3 sister and their spouses and did not get to do research. I did get a free couple hours up in Donegal however and knocked on the door in the tiny hamlet of Coolcross Clonmany looking for Callaghan descendents. The ones who are left there do not know much about the family history. One gentleman I spoke to however mentioned that Callaghan was not a Donegal name and family lore had it that the Callaghan's were from Cork originally and moved there by the British. Does anyone know when this would have happened and point me towards some sources for more information? Cheryl

(O)Callaghan is indeed very much a County Cork name. I would think it most unlikely that Callaghans were moved by the British from Cork to County Donegal. It is true that there was confiscation of land and forced migration at certain periods. These were mostly during the Plantations of the 16th and 17th centuries. There is often a more recent explanation for Cork names in other parts of the country. They are often the families of men who moved to another part of the country in order to take a job such as teaching, creamery managers, pharmacists etc. Others were moved around as part of the job such as policemen (RIC and Gardai), army, naval, coastguards, lighthouse keepers etc. Often a young man went to a strange place not intending to stay but then married a local girl and stayed there. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 09 May 2009 14:33 To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Cork to Donegal Hi all, I recently took my first trip to Ireland. I was with my 3 sister and their spouses and did not get to do research. I did get a free couple hours up in Donegal however and knocked on the door in the tiny hamlet of Coolcross Clonmany looking for Callaghan descendents. The ones who are left there do not know much about the family history. One gentleman I spoke to however mentioned that Callaghan was not a Donegal name and family lore had it that the Callaghan's were from Cork originally and moved there by the British. Does anyone know when this would have happened and point me towards some sources for more information? Cheryl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message