Congrats Mary K! Did you invite your new cousin to join our list??? ;] Jana Maryrk@aol.com wrote: > Hello Kirwan Cousins! > > Happy New Year, but first my success story!! I have been "found" by a cousin > through my web page at Familytreemaker.com!! (After only one year!!). We are > related through our DARLINGTON great-great grandfather, and it sure was neat > the way we "filled in the blanks" for each other. She was actually a > generation ahead of me, and had been to the churchyard in Casteldown, Co > Wexford, to visit the graves. The Darlington farm is still in existance, > although is now owned by a distant cousin named Byrne. My great grandfather, > Francis Darlington, married Elizabeth KIRWAN, so that's what this story has to > do with Kirwan's -a stretch, I know, but I had to share! She contacted me the > day after Christmas - my best gift!! > > Now my names: Looking for - > > KIRWANs from Wicklow. Elizabeth, noted above was the daughter of John KIRWAN > and Unknown O'TOOLE. > > DARLINGTON - KAVANAGH from Wexford. James Darlington, son of Nathaniel and > Roseanna Darlington, married Ellen KAVANAGH. > > >From the North: > > ROBINSON/HARPER from Belfast. Given name for males was Johnston ROBINSON. > One married Mary Jane HARPER (daughter of Simon HARPER), his son married > Elizabeth WATT (from Scotland). Elizabeth was the daughter of John WATT and > Elizabeth ORNEIL (and variant spellings) > > Any bites - I feel lucky!!! > > Mary K > > ==== KIRWIN Mailing List ==== > If you have other IRISH roots to research, try subscribing to SHAMROCK-L > @rootsweb.com. Maura Petzolt capably hosts this very informative list > for all related to Irish roots research. Very friendly, no politics!