Listers, As a very long-time Monaghan researcher, I know the county and its records, especially in South Monaghan, where my paternal grandmother was born in 1865, and where my second cousin still lives. I’ve been there several times. I recently found a maternal, rather than paternal, connection:   Is anyone looking for Patrick Murtagh/Murtaugh/Murtha/Murta/Murty, born 14 Mar 1832 in Co. Monaghan?  I am! Patrick married my great-great-grandmother on 21 Dec 1854 in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, U.S. She was Alice (Ward) Gorman (”the Widow Gorman”). Both were Catholic.   In Monaghan at the time of his birth (1832) and the Tithe Applotment (1823-1832), Catholic records generally do not exist. In the Applotment, the surname is usually given as Murtagh, Murtha or Murta and the 26 persons are found in civil parishes in central/south Monaghan, specifically Donaghmoyne (1823), Inishkeen (?), Killaney (1824), Magheracloone (1832), Magheross (1823) and Muckno (1827). Only Drumsnat (1825) is in the north. Three decades later in Griffith’s Valuation (1861) the same surname appears in these civil parishes, sometimes even the same townland, probably descendants of the first list. I have the townland names for both.   Sally, Washington State, U.S.