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/609.692.1 Message Board Post: do you know what RC Parish? There were lots of Nolans in Co. Carlow. Just reading all the posts in this thread . . . .Nolan is, of course, a common surname, so having the name of a parish can help. Mine came from the RC Parish of Myshall.