Hi Allanah, Juast wondering if you have any add'l info on the Maher line? My Maher line is from Annamult , an adjacent town to Goresbridge. My ancestor is Thoams Maher who married a Fanning in 1820; I'm descended from his daughter Mary who married a Prendergast....Maryann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allanah and Bob Langeland" <ablangeland@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <IRL-KILKENNY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 7:50 AM Subject: [KILKENNY] O'FARRELL Goresbridge > > I am searching for relatives of Michael Joseph O'Farrell , ( DOB > September 28, 1816) who left Goresbridge Co. Kilkenny in 1842 and came to > Montreal Canada on a sailing ship the Anne Jeffrey. He had at least two > siblings , John and Johanna, who also came to Canada in 1847 and 1851 > respectively. > > He subsequently married Bridgett Marshall, daughter of Robert > Marshall and Mary Maher also of Co.Kilkenny ( Tullaroan) with whom he had > three sons . Upon her death in 1859, he married again and had 5 children, > from whom I am descended. > > In his diary, he cites the death in April 11 1851 of The Rev'd > Michael Brennan, Parish Priest of Goresbridge and Paulstown , calling him > the "earliest and best friend he had in the world". > > I would be very interested in hearing from anyone in the Goresbridge > area who might possibly be related on the O'Farrell side. > > Allanah > Nova Scotia > ====IRL-KILKENNY Mailing List==== > Add/check your County Kilkenny surname at: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/Kilkenny/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-KILKENNY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message