Hi Graham, I can't help with your McColoughs but wonder if the spelling was originally McCullagh/MacCullagh/McCourt, etc. I have a Robert MacCullagh who married Emily Wade in Dublin in 1862. I've been searching for him, and them, for ages. Here's what I've found. Robert and Emily were witnesses to a marriage in 1869 in St Catherine’s, Dublin (COI).. Garrett Byrne, Corporal 4th Royals, of the Royal Barracks m. Catherine McCort (McCourt?). Their fathers were both farmers. The regiment was the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. The Regiment was in England in 1867, Ireland in 1872, England in 1878 - 1882 then went to Egypt. Back to England the same year and to the Sudan in 1884. In 1894 the Regiment went to India and in 1904 were in South Africa. So, Robert may have been a soldier. Or the wife Catherine was simply a friend of Emily's. Or Catherine was actually a relative of Robert's, with different surname spelling?? 1901 1911 Irish censuses: A Robert McCullagh aged 66, watchmaker amd jeweller, was in the 1911 Census, at Main St. Letterkenny Urban DED, Co. Donegal. But with a wife Margaret. A Robert McCullagh aged 61 with no wife but 6 children, was in the 1901 at Brootally, Armagh. Daiughter Minnie. Another aged 63, wife Elizabeth aged 50 and 5 ch, at Mullaghbrack, Armagh Another aged 65 with wife Eliza 45, mo in law Mary and 5 ch at Ballmyre, Armagh. The English Census 1881 has a Robert McCulloch b 1839 Ireland, railway porter visiting in Lancashire. An Ann McCulloch aged 39 thus b. abt 1842 was with him. No Emily of any McCullough variant in the 1881. 1880 USA Census: Robert McCullagh b abt 1840 Ireland, Res. 1880 Chicago, spouse Elizabeth b abt 1845 , child Henry aged 17 thus b. 1863; R R Conductor. 14 others living with them - a boarding house? Robert was head of Household. (Curious he was also with the railways!). There is a Robert McCullagh son of James b 13 Aug 1796 in Of Corfad and Sarah Murdock b 30 Jun 1787, who died 6 April 1892 in 4343 Champlain Ave Chicago Illinois USA. (rootsweb.ancestry.com; Jacksons & relations in Ulster), . No birth date or place given, and no wife or children given. Also a Robert Wallace McCullagh b 23 Sept 1841 Newry Co. Down, d 20 Nov 1867 place not given. son of William McCullagh b 1814 and Sarah Wallace b 24 Oct 1821 in Newry Co. Down. One of 13 children. No other details, no wife etc. Same reference. A Robert McCullagh b abt 1838 aged 72 died in Armagh, ireland in the Jan-Mar quarter 1910. Civil Reg. Film 0101604 Vol 1 p 39. Dig folder no. 4201708, image no --490. Image not available yet on FamilySearch. Another Robert McCullagh b 1837 aged 71 died Cookstown Oct-Dec 1908. (0101604, 1, 345, 4201708, 00203). As you can see I concentrated mainly on the McCullagh spelling. Perhaps I narrowed the field too much. Most of them seemed to come from Armagh. Nancy. > The Census records of Nova Scotia are excellent and the family have stated > they come from Ireland,(no town or county). Folk law says we come from > Armagh. >