I am new to this list, and subscribed in hopes someone can guide me to appropriate resources to continue researching my family history. Although my family history is more involved with County Limerick, at one point, I have indication that one member and his family moved to Cork, and lived there at least during 1848 and 1849, though he evidently fled the area early in 1849. I am working on the genealogy of William FLANAGAN of County Limerick (b abt 1813, d 1893 Chicago, after "being sent" to Australia for an unknown amount of time), and Stephen MOLLOY (also spelled MOLEY, MULLOY, MALLOY and one-L spelling variants). Until I perused some history books this evening, I thought the few facts I knew about these men to be disjointed, but now I am wondering if there was a connection between these two brothers-in-law that ties in with the Young Irelanders in Cork between the uprising of 1848 and about the year 1850. Here is what I know: William FLANAGAN was born in parish "Ballygran" in Co Limerick, but for some reason was shipped off to Australia. My 80-year-old uncle, in telling this story, can only think of the well-known reason people were sent from the British Isles to Australia: convicts--in other words, my uncle presumes he must have been the black sheep of the family, a criminal. So, he lowers his eyes and mumbles a lot when he tells that story. I cannot find any records of Wm FLANAGAN's departure from England, or arrival in Australia (other than another man listed as having died there). However, at some point betw the mid 1850s and 1870s, my Wm ends up with his relatives in Chicago, IL. William's sister, Anna FLANAGAN, marries a man the family calls Stephen MOLLOY. I know very little about her except for what was saved in an old letter to her from her husband about one year after she had given birth to his one and only daughter Catherine. The letter was addressed to "Anne Moley" care of someone in County Cork, not County Limerick, where the family was from. The letter was written from Liverpool the 20th of Feb, 1849. It basically says, "Hi, sorry I'm giving you such short notice, but I'm leaving any day now on the Anglo-Americano to Boston, love you forever..." I always thought it rather calloused and unfeeling of him to leave her like that, until my husband surmised that perhaps he had some sort of reason for getting out of town so hastily. When I saw that the Young Irelanders seemed to congregate in the city of Cork (where this couple had moved), and also that several involved in the uprising were shipped to Australia, it made me wonder if William FLANAGAN and his brother-in-law Stephen MOLLOY might have been involved in some type of freedom-fighting for Ireland at that time. I know in later years, the Fenians (the secret organization), by definition, would not be publishing lists of members. But for those caught, or at least "wanted" by the British, is there any published lists or sources I could check which might list names of those supposed to be involved in the Young Irelanders? I am beginning to think there was a possibility that this might be the logical thread that ties this disjointed bit of family research together, but I would like to check some references. Any suggestions for good resources to use to follow up on this hunch? Thank you for your patience in reading this long post. Jacqi Stevens jacqi@prodigy.net Stockton, CA researching FLANAGAN (in Co Limerick), KELLY (in Co Kerry), MOLLOY (in Co Limerick), STEVENS (in Co Mayo), TULLY (of unknown Irish origin)