Geralyn -- I fall well short of your familiarity with the area to the east of Templemore. I have mainly been interested in the area from Templemore to Toomevara. There is no Keyes link in what I know or suspect about my forebears. My strong impression of descent from John Fogarty and Mary Morrissey is the only Morrissey angle in my thinkng. I have not studied any Morrisseys. I am just relying on what is said in an Australian registration and what I have in a report obtained from a search office in Dublin. I like to think I have accumulated quite a collection of Australian government material in hard copy. I have a disc sent by an Australian research colleague setting out a massive record of Australian Fogartys on the basis of contributions by a lot of people here including myself.. I have not been to Ireland. I see in the disc work that various contributors or their associates have. I have done little delving into Irish records. The report from Ireland mentioned above sets out some tithe and valuation details. Six Fogarty-Brophy christenings are cited during 1831 to 1844. I have a paper copy in original writing of the register entry for my great-grandparents` marriage at Grenanstown in 1870. That came down from a close relative. I was aware of most of the details while the relative was alive. I was often seeing a typed chart dealing with all my lines in a basic way. I keep old family yarns in mind. The legends we hear seem to have a tendency to be true in a twisted-around way. You have to be wary when words such as first, only, most or last are encountered. I realise that the Cardens were a prominent family around Templemore. I think I have seen it said that Templemore Park was established by Sir John Carden. It appears that the Cardens succeeded the Butlers as a dominant force in the Templemore area. I know Templemore was a garrison town. An old yarn has it that someone in my family came to Australia as a military deserter. I have seen in independent material that the 11th Depot Battalion was transferred in 1865 to Newry and Enniskillen because of loyalty problems at the Templemore barracks. Regards, Andrew Fogarty Casino N.S.W. Australia