John, I am not familar with the " Battle of the Diamond" in 1795 but I think some emigrants from Ulster to Mayo were Mulderrig's . I do not have a time line on their immigration tho. I will try and dig up what I have and see where it leads. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:48 PM Subject: [IRL-MAYO] Emigrants to Mayo caused by "The Battle of the Diamond" in Ulster 1795 > Hi all, > > Does anyone have potential references for emigrants to Mayo from Ulster > because of the Battle of the Diamond in Ulster? I have some information > that the Cunninghams in my ancestry came from Belfast, but I found a large > group of them in Cashel, Kilcummin, county Mayo on Griffiths Valuation in > 1857. I understand that many of the Catholic emigrants came to > Crossmolina, and negotiated with estate holders in the area for land. > Cashel is not horribly far away from Crossmolina, so it wouldn't see a big > stretch that some may of settled in Kilcummin area. > > Thanks, > John > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message