This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nolan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wd3.2ACIB/911.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Sadly, I do not know the names of Patrick's parents. I have been searching for them for a long time, and I fear that the only way to make further progress is to go to Ireland in person and poke around the area. However, Nenagh is the largest town in the northern part of Tipperary, and rather close to Borrisokane, which is just a few miles to the North of Nenagh. A large number of Nolan's lived in this area in those days, but it is not one of the biggest family names there anymore, as a great many Nolan's from that area left to come to the US. Patrick was a carpenter by trade, and also ran a small farm. He came to the US once, to visit his children, but disliked it here and returned straight away to Ireland.