Hi- I am new to the list. I have a ggrandmother who was born in Drumshanbo, Ellen O'Connor, who was a Quaker. As far as I know, she became a Quaker in Ireland. She is the daughter of Michael O'Connor and she had a half-sister, Catherine. They emigrated to the US (I believe New Hampshire first and then to Salem, Mass. USA) - anyway, they moved in the mid 1880's. I was curious about this "Quaker" business and whether the Drumshanbo area was a place with other fundamentalist sorts of religions. The rest of my Irish ancestors came from Southwest Ireland and were true believers in the Roman Catholic church. Anyone with information - I'd love to know more about this subject! Thanks, Mary Ellen __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

--- Mary Ellen Rossi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi- I have a ggrandmother who was > born in Drumshanbo, Ellen O'Connor, who was a > Quaker. > As far as I know, she became a Quaker in Ireland. > She > is the daughter of Michael O'Connor and she had a > half-sister, Catherine...I was curious about this "Quaker" business ... The Quakers in Ireland just celebrated their 350th Anniversary. Here's a link to information on their history and other details: http://www.quakers-in-ireland.org/ Eilis O'Hara ===== ***NO UNSOLICITED PERSONAL E-MAILS PLEASE. THANKS!*** ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com