Dear Patricia, Like my subject line says - I honest to God do not have a clue. My Longford/Galway Granny was a Noonan nad I've never researched that line. Intereztingly - and very much so for me in what you say here - a name coincidence.............. When we moved to where my mother now lives, the name of the local Dr. was Comer - it's my father is the Galway connection - my mother would be Donegal/Tyrone and Kerry. Anyway - my mother - she's a doctor, an M.D to some in other continents. When her mother died, totaslly different surname to Lyons - Mrs. Comer the last Dr's wife (in our small town) turned up at the funeral - allthe way from Kerry. She told my Mam, that if she had known she was my Grandmothers daughter, then, they'd have had a lot more to talk about. My Dad - like I say - he's my Galway connection - besides which I speak Galway Irish - that's where I was sent to the Gaeltacht................. The Comers, as I know them - with Laois and Kerry connections it's not the most common of surnames in Ireland. Noonan is probably nort the most common of Galway names either. Your photo, that could prove very interesting to me/us the furture. Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "phil" <patvon@gtw.net> To: <IRL-GALWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 4:31 PM Subject: [GALWAY] jane's noonans > Jane, > Recently you mentioned your Noonans. Would any of them have emigrated > to St. Louis in the U.S.? I recently found a darling school photo of > my Grandmother, Kate Comer, of Galway and in the same photo was an > Elizabeth Noonan. They were graduating from a private academy in St. > Louis in 1906. > Patricia in St. Louis