Anyone researching Lally or Mulally or other variant might know this answer. I am looking for the name of the person who invented Lally columns. I understand he came from a Tuam based family. My husband has Mulally's of Tuam in his family and we are told that this inventor was in this family. However, MY family has it that the inventor is related to my family as well. I don't know if there are any Lallys or Mulallys in my family but could have been a marriage. I don't find the name of the inventor through patents thus far. I can assume that he lived in America but not sure. I do not know if Lally columns were used in Ireland for many years. Curious. Karin Joyce Boston, MA