This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gilroy and McAvay Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YWC.2ACI/453.457 Message Board Post: Hello Jean I am very interested in your Gilroy / McAvay names. I believe one of Hugh McAvay's sons "John" came to England and married Bridget Rape. If we can make the connection I can certainly help you with their change of surname in England, which John had to do in order to veer away from his irish Roots and find work. Jim