Hi Folks Yesterday I googled "Dowd" and went onto the "Dowd family gene forum" where I have found several messages left by a Margaret (magmorri) in 2001 who had a Dowd connection from Co.Kerry but was from Tipperary hence sending this query to both lists. I have emailed Margaret also but 2001 is quite a time ago so it's a long shot. I have a Jennie Dowd in my ancestry but know no more than that of her family. She is my 3xGGrandmother married to Dennis Nolan from Co.Kerry so maybe her family comes from Co.Kerry and then again maybe not. :-). Their son William was born in 1834 in the East Indies (Dennis Nolan was in the British Service there)and they had a daughter Jane. I have info that Dennis Nolan died in Co.Kerry but no other info about Jennie. Jennies son William Nolan married Mary Walsh in the Ballybunion Catholic Church in 1853 which would make him barely 20 and one of his sons (another) William Nolan came to New Zealand after a few years in Australia and is my GGrandfather. I would love to hear from anyone with connections to these Dowd, Nolan and Walsh families. Many thanks Chris in wintery New Zealand