However, I've made my purchase so perhaps at long last I'll be able to break down my John CONNEALY m Margaret GATELY about 1845 brick wall. Researching: CONNOLLY (CONNEALY + other variations) of Dysert, Ballyforan, Roscommon. Also seeking a photograph of Dysert church. Tony Conolly in Wales. **************************************** Hello, Tony in Wales: Your post caught my attention with the Connelly/Gately connection. I have Catherine Connelly m. Thomas McComack c1870. They lived in Derreen, (across the River Suck from Ballyforan). They were childless. Thomas d. c1901. Catherine lived well into the 20th c. and sold the 'ancestral home' [mine, <G>] to a Lohan. On the 1901 census, there is a Gately lass listed living with Catherine [Connolly] McCormack [widow] and is identifed as niece of Catherine! I suspect this Catherine and niece are related to your lines. Janice Boston, Ma, USA GrandDaughter of a Galwayman