Hi to all and any prospective new friends I might meet on this list. I am trying to unearth any small tidbit of information on the Falloons of the Dungannon/Coalisland/Aughamullen area. NOT a common name, I am thinking it is not of Norman/Anglo origin....I was wondering if anyone has heard anything about this surname.....I would be almost positive this is not in any way connected to Fallons, Phelans in the South and this is a unique name to Ulster. I do not think my Falloons have any connection to the Antrim Falloons/Faloons......someone might know better than I about that. My great great grandfather Peter was born in a house currently in Coalisland....still standing. No one currently living and connected to our family ....distantly 3 times removed from the Falloon Girls from the turn of the 20th century (we have a dearth of males in this family....I am the last, only child of numerous Falloons here in the states....and the last Peter Falloon only had two girls too)....has any knowledge or lore about the Family. Is it possible to find out from Griffiths, Tithes, HearthMoney Rolls, other records who might have actually owned this land? I might be able to glean info from old estate records. This was a Catholic family. My great great grandfather Peter was born 1820.....his mother was Catherine O'Neill. A Griffiths, year unknown to me, places her in Clintycracken parish with a Hugh Falloon. Peter's dad???? We have a letter postmarked 1867 from a brother Hugh in Aughamullen ....I am thinking he is the elder brother of the family.....other names, some not clearly written...Bella? Mary Jane. Would love to know all the siblings of my great great grandfather....who these girls married. I would love to know if Hugh married and had children....I have no clue about him. I do not know if Peter married in Ireland or America....but he did marry an Ann McNerny (spelling????) Anyone know of a great book or great places to hunt for possible history on this family or this area of Ulster????? The O'Neill connection is fascinating to me too...but have no idea where to go with that one....so numerous, so common a name. Any ideas would be gratefully accepted and appreciated. I do thank you for your patience with my loquacious and rambling style....not the typical genealogy post at all, but hey...we Falloons are an odd lot, yes we are. Brightest blessings, Candice It is only with the heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exupery.