This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RYAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WWC.2ACI/2668.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Michelle, Can you tell me a little more about them? I've found a cousin in Ireland and have been exchanging family history & photographs - I'll check with him. Where in Massachusetts did your "branch" move to? Do you know where in Kilkenny they came from? FYI - I found out that my branch of Ryan's actually came from St. Mullen, County Carlow. Which is just over the boarder from Kilkenny. Lets see if we can make a family connection. Look forward to hearing from you. Sue