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.