Hi Michael, I was curious to see if the name wasn't place founded and looked for a Townland in Ireland called Faughn, which gave : Search Output Townland Acres County Barony Parish PLU Province Aghakilfaughna 36 Leitrim Mohill Mohill Mohill Connaught Cloonfaughna 160 Mayo Costello Knock Claremorris Connaught Drummanfaughnan 159 Leitrim Drumahaire Inishmagrath Manorhamilton Connaught Kilfaughna 164 Roscommon Boyle Ardcarn Boyle Connaught Kilfaughny 145 Westmeath Kilkenny West Kilkenny West Athlone Leinster 4 of 5 of these townlands are in Connaught, two in Co. Leitrim, Aghakilfaughna (Faughna field-woods; agha is a field, kil is a woods ), and Drummanfaughnan (Faughnan Ridge). The others : Cloonfaughna = Faughna Meadow ; Kilfaughna = Faughna Woods; Kilfaughny = Faughny Woods. Westmeath is right next to Longford. It might seem like a longshot, but after 18 years of looking ... Another thing to look into is what Faughna means in Irish - I don't have that in my very limited vocabulary. This could be an Irish translation of a Plantation Brit name like Brown. (Like Gowan is Smith). Whatever, that particular spelling seems to be local. It could be a translation from another language - but Lewis and Jonathan are more British than Irish. If you look for townlands with "Fawn", you'll find 18 more, 8 in Connaught, of which 4 are in Leitrim. BTW, I use http://www.seanruad.com/ to look for townlands. There's also Faughalstown in Westmeath, about a mile from the Longford border. Good luck, I hope this helps, Tom ---------------------- Réacheminé par Thomas Moffatt/FR/BULL sur 18/09/2000 17:49 --------------------------- fonzfunfarm@webtv.net (Michael Faughn) sur 18/09/2000 16:01:34 Veuillez répondre à IRL-LONGFORD-L@rootsweb.com Pour : IRL-LONGFORD-L@rootsweb.com cc : Objet : Re: [LONGFORD~] McLoughlin I'm researching Faughn, Faughan, Faughnan Faughy, and last but not least O'Faictnain from Co.s Longford and Leitrim. My William Faughn died in 1768 in Surry Co. Va. The Faughans just happen to miraculacy appear in America. Have spoke with folks who say two brothers from Ireland showed up around 1735, Jonathan and Lewis. Remarkable. If you ever run across this name or a variation that comes close, Please let me know! Been stumped for about eighteen years now and would appreciate any info at all. Thanks, Michael O. Faughn