Penny and Pam take a look at this http://perso.wanadoo.fr/patrick.lallour/Olalour/ol1607treaty.htm bart >From: Pamela Dowling <iregenie@gmx.net> >Reply-To: IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com >To: IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [LAOIS] Dowling, Lalor, etc. >Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:45:10 +1300 > >Hi Penny, > >I don't know if you've seen the Special Report on Surnames, which lists the >occurrence of birth registrations in 1890 where there were more than 5 of a >surname registered, but LAWLOR(59), LALOR(42) & LAWLER(41) were most >numerous in Leinster (115) followed by Munster (25), Ulster (2) and >Connaught none, so it seems they too didn't stay in Co Kerry in great >numbers. It's hard to comment or draw conclusions because I have no idea of >the numbers who were transported out of Queens into Co Kerry in the first >place. > >The Special Report also notes the LAWLOR/LALOR/LAWLER surnames as being >most numerous in Dublin, Queens, Wicklow & Wexford. > >HTH >Pam >An Aussie transplanted to Rotorua, NZ. > > >At 12:09 28.01.03 -0700, you wrote: > >I also found the treaty most interesting. Because I have both Dooling >and > >Lawlor -- each presumed to be from the immediate area of Abbeyleix -- as > >well as Conner / O'Connor from Abbeyleix all married into my Mulhall / > >Munhall family in the 1850- 1870 timeframe and coming to the US shortly > >before or after the marriages, I am kind of puzzled about the movement to > >County Kerry. I would guess that the families resettled, as Pam says. > >But I am curious about it. > >I note from looking at Lalor / Lawlor websites last night that Abbeyleix > >was the site of a Lawlor family reunion recently. Other internet >searches > >indicate to me that today this is a fairly common name in the region. > >An Aussie transplanted to Rotorua, NZ. > > >==== IRL-LAOIS Mailing List ==== >Visit Laois Ireland Genealogy: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllex/ _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus