Hello Walton Sullivan, I have located an entire enclave of Sullivans in Beara Peninsula, south Cork, a land where Sullivans married Sullivans, so I would recommend you give that area of Cork some serious scrutiny. I also have 5 lines of Sullivans in my Donovan family. Two of my Sullivans (John son of John from Adrigole, Bantry, Cork & the other, Jeremiah, of Cahirdaniel, Kerry right across the bay) married my Donovan girls in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales in 1880s where they worked at the Dowlais Steel Works. The John J Sullivan from Beara left Wales for Joliet IL and I believe he followed other Toomey cousins who went there directly from Adrigole, Cork, Ireland. My second (unrelated) Sullivan from Kerry emigrated to New Castle Pennsylvania. One option you have is to contact local Genealogist Riobard O'Dwyer, who holds the Parish records and can define which Sullivan tribes (agnomens) belong to whom. I believe he has a website with some partially posted data from his area (as in posted names but no dates). However, he is NOT recommended on the National Library of Ireland website, and I personally cannot recommend him from my experiences with him. To my knowledge, his research does not include the school registers, the films at the National Library of Ireland. His strength is his personal access to parish records and his familiarity with his community and its families. I hope this is helpful in your search. Regards, Candi in California -----Original Message----- From: WSULLIVW@aol.com [mailto:WSULLIVW@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 4:09 PM To: IRL-CORK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: SULLIVAN line Ireland, Wales, PA 1825 My great grandfather Patrick SULLIVAN 1842-1903 was born somewhere in Ireland (family stories indicate County Cork). He married Ellen CUMMINS/CUMMINGS 1845-1927 in Rhymney Wales in 1863. His brother Florence SULLIVAN 1845-1909 was also working in Iron works in Rhymney. When Patrick married he indicated his father John was deceased; when Florence's died his death certificate indicated his father was John SULLIVAN and mother Julia SULLIVAN (not sure whether SULLIVAN was Julia maiden name as well as her married name). Patrick immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1865. Florence also came to PA and married Ellen GLYNN 1849-1913. Both the SULLIVAN and CUMMINGS families settled in the Northeast Pennsylvania area Luzerne/Lackawanna Counties in the of Old Forge, Taylor, Minooka boroughs of Scranton, PA and Archbald, PA. It appears Patrick and Florence had an uncle living in the Scranton area. This uncle, their father John' s brother, Michael SULLIVAN 1825 he died c 1880 in the Taylorville boro of Scranton. Michael was married to Margaret DISKIN 1844-1905. The SULLIVAN, CUMMINGS, DISKIN all had large families and while I have had success researching in the US I have not been able to find the SULLIVAN homeplace in Ireland. I am participating in the Family Tree SULLIVAN DNA Surname project to see where it may lead me. Looking for any information/connections. Please contact Walton J. SULLIVAN and wsullivw@aol.com ______________________________