I grew up being told that my Irish heritage was a "wee bit" at that. However, after many years of research - I have learned that I am truly quite Irish along with my English, German and French heritage. My Irish surnames are: WYNNE, CONLON, FLANAGAN, MCCABE, CLAYTON, CUNNINGHAM, O'MELIA, KENNEDY, HOEY, MCCRACKEN, CONNOLLY The Wynne's and Conlon's are from Riverstown, County Sligo (LDS & Sligo Family Heritage Centre) The Clayton's and Cunningham's are from Cloyne, County Cork (ancestry.com - English census records) The O'Melia's are most likely from County Mayo although claim to have come from Dublin The Hoey's and Connolly's are from Meigh, County Armagh (LDS records) The Flanagan's from Killalon, County Meath (family relative) The McCabe's from Finnea, County Westmeath (family relative) The McCracken's claim to be from Belfast, County Antrim and related to Henry Joy McCracken (family lore) The Kennedy's are unknown! All these Irish ancestors have been traced right here in the US via mail Historical Societies, visits to graves, ancestry.com; family members - who only provided names but did not know where their ancestors came from, the County Heritage Centres in Ireland and other avenues. And I was brought up to believe that I was just a "wee bit Irish." This vast data of information has enabled me to trace some lines back to the late 1700's. I would love to be able to trace them back further but as most know - Irish records are very inconsistent and scarce beyond church records. Rich in Greer, SC