In a message dated 98-10-02 16:37:38 EDT, you write: << Aloha William~ I would love to hear about your connection to Shane's Castle O'Neill/O'Neall's~I am one of the listmembers who sincerely claim descendancy thru Hugh O'Neill/O'Neall of same~check out some of the sources and photos about our branch of the tree which are included in my websites at: http://www.maui.net/~mauifun/oneall.htm Hope to hear of your connection soon too. Jill O'Neall Ching >> I cannot trace my family back to the O'Neills of Shane's Castle. As I said earlier, I base my belief that I am descended from the O'Neills of Clannaboy on the fact that my ancestral family members were protestant, at least back to my great grandfather, William O'Neill, who was born about 1815 and the fact that several family members were buried in Skerry Burial Grounds. The earliest public record that I have found is for the marriage of my grandparents, William O'Neill and Sarah Ritchie, in 1861. Their marriage is recorded in the Buckna Presbyterian Church. From that record, I know that my great-grandfather's name was also William O'Neill. He lived in the townland of Longmore when my grandparents were married. My grandparents were born about 1841. They were both listed as 60 years old in the 1901 census. I have a newspaper article written at the time of the death of my great uncle, Rowan "Roger" O'Neill, which states that he was buried in Skerry Burial Ground. The article also states that he was "reputed to be a lineal descendant of the Antrim branch of the O'Neills of Ulster". I have another newspaper article in which a family member is quoted describing the funeral of another great-uncle, James O'Neill. He was also buried in Skerry. My father, Arthur O'Neil, born 1888, was the youngest of the eleven children born to William O'Neill and Sarah Ritchie. He came to America in 1908. An older brother, William James O'Neil, came to Pittsburgh in 1886. To my knowledge, he was the first of our line of O'Neills to immigrate. My grandmother's brother, Archibald Ritchie, had come over about the time of the potato famine. Both my father and his brother changed the spelling of their name when they came to this country. I am still working on the lineage. I was hoping someone could give me a list of those buried in Skerry. If you have any words of advice, I would appreciate them. Bill O'Neil Coraopolis, PA.