We are interested in the Callaghans and Sharkeys of Tydavnet/Tedavnet parish of Monaghan. Bernard Callaghan and Margaret Sharkey produced Edward Callaghan in either 1827 or 1833; Edward emigrated to the U.S. and after a teaching career with the Christian Bros. he married Catherine Cassidy (of Kilrea, Co. Derry) in Chicago in 1881. Edward opened a grocery on the West Side, sired 5 children and died in 1895. Any information or insight welcome. Jim O'Callahan (how we lost the "g" and gained the "O' " I do not know; perhaps someone can explain.)