Andrew -- Australia is pretty far from Brooklyn! My mother's aunt (Eliza Mullally) had married a Patrick Fogarty and helped him raise his 2 sons. She never had any children of her own. I never followed up on the Fogarty line as there was no blood-line connection, but I remembered there was an Andrew ... and wondered. As far as the Finian connections go, Eliza had a brother - Thomas Mullally - who was the flag bearer for the C. J. Kickham Band. Her grandfather, Thomas Hackett delivered guns for Smith O'Brien or so the book, History of O'Mullally & Lally Clann, states. Another Mullally ancestor did go to Australia - he owned Mullally's Hotel in Blayney so perhaps some of your neighbors are my distant cousins. Well, thanks for replying and good luck in your search! Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Fogarty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:18 PM Subject: [IRL-TIP] In response to Kathy > Hello, Kathy, > I am Australian by birth. I have never resided outside Australia. I have > not been to the U.S.A. My father was not named Patrick. I confess to > having during younger days been a fan of the American musical group > Creedence Clearwater Revival. I soon became aware of the brothers Tom and > John Fogerty. > I will allow myself the liberty of relating an anecdote having not a great > deal to do with genealogical matters. Last year I found myself standing > at a supermarket checkout next to a man I did not know who was wearing a > Creedence T-shirt referring to John Fogerty. I could not resist re! > marking to the stranger beside me that Creedence were a ripper of a band. > I whipped out and flourished a laminated library card bearing my name from > my shirt pocket and said I had John Fogerty`s surname with a different > spelling. That aroused the following response from the sharp-witted > stranger -- "So that`s why you can`t sing or play guitar?" He was so > quick. He came straight in with a straight face. I was impressed. > It seems to me that John Fogerty`s version of the family name occurs more > in the U.S.A. than it does here. I have seldom encountered that form here > except in documents compiled before the 1900s. My people were of the > Templemore area. My Australian forebears came out at various times during > the 1800s. I do not see any North American Fogarty however spelt whom I ! > claim as one of us. > > There is just one North American-Australian family connection in the > thinking I do about my family tree. I keep in mind ( reminds me of a 1968 > Cowsills lyric ) the Maine man mentioned in something I posted on 19th May > who is cited in Thomas Keneally`s book "The Great Shame" as a brother of > the Western Australian Fenian convict Thomas Fogarty ( "Hougoumont" > 1868 ). I do not claim Thomas Fogarty as one of my mob but he is a prime > suspect. > Regards, > ! > Andrew Fogarty > Casino N.S.W. Australia > _______________________________________________________ > Griffith's Valuation: http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php > ------------------------------- > 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