This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dowd Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RRB.2ACE/244.344.348.2857.2860.1.1 Message Board Post: I am also interested in the Dowd Clan reunion. Is there a contact person? My Thomas Dowd left Roscommon with his mother, Catherine, in 1874. Came to Newport, RI. Another brother had already come to Boston, MA in 1867. Their father's name was Peter and I believe he died in Ireland. His parents were Thomas & Kate Dowd of Roscommon. Any relation?