Bingo! Don't know about the locale, but here is what it says from page 38: "In late 1796 convicts on a prison ship at Cobh offered to give information on Defenderism in Kildare {that is, the United Defenders}. In October they contacted a Cork doctor through John Kenny a fellow convict. He wrote: They are two Defenders and their names is [sic] Patrick Connor and Edward Byrne. They say they can make information against thirty men in the county of Kildare for high treason and Defenderism and will from that the leading men come into the informant's houses and gave them powder balls and guns for the purpose of entering gentlemen's housesand say that when they refused to be concerned that they threatened their lives in case of their refusal and informed them that the high sheriff of the county of Kildare (Mr. Aylmer) and a Mr. Brown(e) were Defenders and if they were not that they should not live in that county" (this paragraph from a letter of Robert Harding , Cork, to Edward Cooke, Dec. 10, 1796 to be found in National Archives SOC 1015/28) There are several O'Connors, which I will follow with in another e-mail. Kevin Kerwin ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [Irl-Kildare] Rebellion in Kildare > Kevin- Any O'connor or Connor mentioned. They lived in Blakestown- an outfarm of the Carton Estate not far from Leixlip/ Property is now part of Intel corp. But the old family home "Blakestown House " has been refurbished and is still there on the property! Maura Foster- Virginia- USA > > -------------- Original message from "Kevin Kerwin" : -------------- > > > Sorry, no SWORDS mentioned. > > > > Kevin Kerwin > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 3:06 PM > > Subject: [Irl-Kildare] Rebellion in Kildare > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have never heard of this reference. Can you check to see if the Swords > > > family is mentioned? > > > > > > Colleen > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > > > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ============================== > 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 >