Kevin Your book seems to be the biggest hit in Kildare. I looked for it on Amazon, and the lowest price was $95. I have Kenna, Whelan and Owens back to about 1840. You did mention finding Whelans in late 1700. Please, at your convenience, could you check my other tw,??? Thanks for all the help you have given to others. Ed kenna

Ed, Try www.abebooks.com Kathy At 08:48 PM 8/6/2004 -0400, you wrote: >Kevin >Your book seems to be the biggest hit in Kildare. I looked for it on >Amazon, and the lowest price was $95. I have Kenna, Whelan and Owens back >to about 1840. You did mention finding Whelans in late 1700. Please, at >your convenience, could you check my other tw,??? >Thanks for all the help you have given to others. >Ed kenna > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hi Ed- Yes, there are Kenna and Whelans but no Owens. Kevin Whelan is mentioned, but he is a modern historian researching the Rebellion of 1798. His book, from the bibliography, is Endurance and Emergence: Catholics in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, Dublin, 1990-written with T.P. Power. "Patrick Whelan of Athy fought under Patrick Dowling in 1798 and was later involved in robberies in both Dublin and Kildare. He believed the county was organised by July 1803 by 'new laws, new tests, new regulations' " Source: "Information to Patrick Whelan, 1804-Rebellion Papers 620/50/38/57, National Archives, Dublin" There are 7 pages on Matthew Kenna. You might want to get a copy of the book for that one. He was from Birstown, near Kilkea and Moone (just south and east of Athy, respectively, which is in the southwest part of the county) Looks like you may be descended from the rebellious rabble...let me know if you come across any blacksmiths named Kirwan or a similar spelling. Cheers, Kevin Kerwin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Kenna" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 8:48 PM Subject: [Irl-Kildare] Kildare > Kevin > Your book seems to be the biggest hit in Kildare. I looked for it on Amazon, and the lowest price was $95. I have Kenna, Whelan and Owens back to about 1840. You did mention finding Whelans in late 1700. Please, at your convenience, could you check my other tw,??? > Thanks for all the help you have given to others. > Ed kenna > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >