I don't know if this is any relation for Carmel, but it might be a hint of where to look for Cronyn's in Kilkenny County. According to the "Irish Land Owners in 1876" book listing anyone owning one acre or more of land that year in Kilkenny County is the following: Cronyn, Sarah, from Thomastown, owned 103 acres valued at 71 pounds, 5 shillings. Maryann [email protected] wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Cronyn > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WWC.2ACI/2734.1.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi Carmel, > > I'm afraid that all I know is that my Cronyn ancestors came from Kilkenny, Ireland, but what town or village I don't know. > At one time I understood that anyone in Canada who spelled the name Cronyn with a "y" was related, but since doing research have discovered that that is a myth. Bishop Cronyn was an Anglican, but I have come across census records and other references to Cronyns who were Catholic. > I'm sorry I can't be of more help. > Eve Richardson (Toronton, Canada) > > ==== IRL-KILKENNY Mailing List ==== > New!! Irish-American Mailing List, great place for discussion of the > Irish American experience, you can join at: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Irish/IRISH-AMERICAN.html > > ============================== > 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