There has been a bit of traffic lately on the other Antrim list re the surname WYLIE which has reignited an ember that has been smouldering for quite a while now in my ancient memory banks. :-) My mother's maiden name was WHOLEY and she was told when quite young (she's now 92) that the name originated from Ireland - the area was not mentioned. I did read somewhere a long time ago that there was a possibility that WYLIE and WHOLEY might be variants of the same name. Does anyone have any thoughts/knowledge of whether this might be correct? Peter, the older of the tworobbos @ Bairnsdale, gateway to the mountains, lakes, streams (and remnant forests) of East Gippsland