In a message dated 5/28/2006 4:58:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, sm.davage@ntlworld.com writes: Hi, I'm also researching Fordes in Cork so your message caught my eye! My Gran is 90 this year she was born Mary Forde in Henry Street, Cork City in 1916, daughter of John Forde and Ellen Regan. Nan hasn't told me a great deal but I know her Father worked on the roads, her family had a pub in Barrack Street, somebody had an Undertakers business and her Grandparents had a farm in Ballincollig, oh and one Auntie emigrated to America! Do you know what happened to your Fordes? Kind regards, Sharon Hi Sharon, I do not have a lot of info. I have a picture of my ggrandfather John Forde and he appears to be wearing the clothing, cap and pocket watch of someone who worked for the Railroad or possibly the Ferry. I do not have any info on any of his siblings only on a niece, a nephew and his children. None of them were in business in Cork city, I'm afraid they were a poor lot and most of them worked at the Blarney Mills and or did landscaping. One of John Fordes brothers did emigrate to the USA, because his son, who lived in Blarney was nicknamed "Paddy the Yank" because he was born in the US. There were quite a few John Forde's in Cork which makes the search difficult. Irish Genealogy Search: Athea, County Limerick: Herbert, Broderick, Fitzgerald, Carroll, Cotter, Cahill Inniscarra, Tower, Blarney, Stuake/Donoughmore, County Cork: Forde, O'Callaghan, Desmond, Sullivan Killkenny City, Killkenny County: Patrick Wall Marrickville, Sydney, NSW Australia: Maurice Woulfe and Bridget Woulfe nee Herbert