This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YWC.2ACI/392.1176.1 Message Board Post: My great-grandmother was Catherine Minihane of Ballyalla, a few miles south of Skibbereen. She was born around 1847. She is the youngest of six. She did have a brother, Denis, but he became a monk in Waterford. Given the locale you're searching, there is probably some connection.