The thread about people from Kerry coming to these areas is really interesting to me.  My Mara relatives settled both in Norwich and Willimantic and the brothers of my direct Mara ancestor settled up near Ware, Mass in New Braintree area.   They came from Skahies in County Kerry as far as I can tell and many of that family were parish members of Firies.  Norwich to Willimantic was and is known as the "mill corridor" because there were so many mills.  My relatives were farmers, but some of their children worked in the mills.   The cemetery in Ware, Old St. William is mostly Irish and St.Mary's and St. Joseph's in Norwich have many, many Irish immigrants buried there.   Regards,   Fred