I certainly can relate to the driving situation! I thought I would never stop driving on the curbs or scraping the hedges. But in a couple days I was whizzing along, I thought, although people behind me didn't think I was going fast enough. I was in the Borris, Carlow area for a reunion in Sept. 2004 and can't wait 'til October to return! Everyone I met was so helpful and friendly!!!! I plan on visiting some local areas and take pictures of family stones. Any requests? I will be mainly in Carlow but have family in Durrow parish Kilkenny, looking for my Purcells. Charlie Cavanaugh Coventry, RI Searching C/KAVANAGH Ireland and Newfoundland PURCELL Co. Laois, Kilkenny, New York, Boston areas CORCORAN Co. Tipperary, & ?

I have an interest in Cavanaghs and Purcells in the Tipperary/Laois/Kilkenny border areas. Michael Farrell and Catherine (Kitty) PURCELL had at least 3 children baptized in Aghaboe parish, Co. Laois (townland: Grange) between 1811 and 1818, including Julia (Judith), who married William HAROLD there in 1845. William was the brother of my ggg-gfather Edward Harold ("native of Co. Tipperary", according to his gravestone). Edward and William were living in Laois - in the civil parishes of Donaghmore and Rathdowney - in the 1840s. Members of the Farrell and Harold families emigrated to the US in the 1850s and settled in Minnesota and in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. There were Purcells living in Paterson also, but I have not confirmed a connection. My CAVANAGH (KAVANAGH) family came from the same area of Ireland - only about 4 miles from where the HAROLDs were living - but in Co. Tipperary. Daniel CAVANAGH and his wife Ellen KEYS ( KEYES ) had 11 children baptized in the Catholic parish of Templemore/Clonmore (Co. Tipperary) between 1823 and 1845. The family lived at Clonboo (Clonbuogh), which is on the Tipperary-Laois border near the town of Templemore. They also settled in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey in the 1850s. A Kieran Kavanagh served as a baptismal sponsor for the family in 1823, and a Mary Kavanagh in 1835. A Thomas Kavanagh was also living in the area - he appears in the Tithe Applotments. I have not been able to determine the relationship between these people. (Some members of the Cavanagh family also settled in Minnesota later.) I have more records for these families in Ireland and in the US if anyone is interested. I collect records from the Tipperary-Laois-Kilkenny border areas that mention the surnames HAROLD, KAVANAGH (CAVANAGH) and KEY(E)S. I also trace all people with those surnames (and many other Irish) who lived in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. Many families from this border area in Ireland settled in Paterson. Any connections? Geralyn Wood Barry in Oregon CCavan1900@aol.com wrote: >I will be mainly in Carlow but have family in Durrow parish Kilkenny, >looking for my Purcells. > >Charlie Cavanaugh >Coventry, RI >Searching C/KAVANAGH Ireland and Newfoundland >PURCELL Co. Laois, Kilkenny, New York, Boston areas >CORCORAN Co. Tipperary, & ? > >