This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: greymarehill Surnames: Farrell, McHale, Swift, McCarthy, Clinch, Costelloe, Corcoran, Kennedy, Forde Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.may.general/13.151.178.182.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Gosh - that was a quick reply! Thanks for the information. My main source was my husband's uncle - years ago I asked him to write everything down he knew about the family. (He has since passed away). He told me the following: His grandfather was John Farrell (1901 census has him as born about 1849 living in Kilbride). John Farrell married twice (I think that he married Catherine Kennedy first and had Mary (b.1878), Catherine (b.1879 - died before adulthood?),Bridget (b.1880)). He then married Anne Corcoran in 1886 (Anne lived at Cannonreshaw - no idea where this was - she was 20). John Farrell is 36. His father is Peter, and Anne Corcoran's father is Patrick - source www.mayoancestors.com civil records. They went onto have Winifred (b.1886), Ann (b.1888), Margaret (b.1892), Celia (his mother) (b.1894), and Kate (b.1901). They also had Patrick but he died age 4. All sisters, except Celia went to US. Lost contact with them. John Farrell's father, Peter Farrell, married Una Forde in Lacken. They are all buried at Lacken. Peter and Una lived in Kilbride. It is not entirely clear but I think from my notes that the Farrells came from Moygownagh, Crossmolina, Co Mayo but I don't know which Farrells. Mary married John Clinch and remarried John? Costelloe. Not sure whether Catherine survived, and I don't know who Bridget married. Winifred was single, Annie married Thomas McHale, Margaret married Cornelius McCarthy, Kate married Thomas Swift. I also have a note that a sister of John Farrell was married to a man named McHale. They were evicted from their farm (Kilcummin?) and they went to US and they got a farm in Minnesota. Five of the family stayed on the farm in Minnesota, 2 left the farm. One was a reporter, William McHale. This note is slightly strange as Annie, John's daughter also married a McHale - it could be that it was John's daughter and not his sister that was evicted. Anyway, that is my entire notes collection. Please contact me if you get any further information. I would love to trace the Farrells in the US. I would also like to track down Peter and Una's marriage and see if I can go back to a further generation. Thanks Yvonne Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.