This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: janfortado1 Surnames: Gallagher Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southdakota.counties.turner/232.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I was delighted to receive your message on the message boards. A few years ago I found a tree on ancestry and although there was no author, the tree had note and in the notes was the name Kevin Gallagher. I have tried since that time to find Kevin but was unsuccessful. It is likely that all of the Gallaghers in Glanworth parish descended from one person, although there could have been two brothers, I suppose. They came down from Donegal in 1601 to fight at the Battle of Kinsale and so left Donegal some time ago. I am working with two different people to try to connect all of these families. We still have some missing pieces. We think all of the families came out of Ballynamongaree. If you look at a map, you will see that the townlands the Gallaghers settled in were contiguous to one another. I have visited the original house on the land where the blacksmith shop was located. I have researched land records when I have been in Ireland and it does seem that some of the Gallaghe! rs emigrated when their lease was up. In one case, you can see that the owner of the land simply took it all over himself. It might be easier to communicate via email address as we cannot attach anything to this web site. If you would like to do that, my email address is janfortado@comcast.net I look forward to hearing from you. Jan Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.