Dear Friends at Shamrock, Herewith some of the names we are seeking in Ireland. Thank you for this opportunity list our surnames with you. We are still seeking links to WILLIAM DELAHUNTY who came to Australia 1853--1856. He married in 1857 to JANE FLETCHER from Mountshannon Co.Clare. Detail on this William is sketchy as we only have a marriage of JANE FLETCHER in 1857 to WILLIAM HICKEY (which could have been an alias) as he always registered his 12 children as one form or another of Delahunty, Dulihanty, DeLanty (8 variations). This was of course, a result of the accents of the registrars. After 15 years - we feel this is the only answer. There were never any children born to William Hickey and no other Jane Fletcher of that time, or anything near her for that matter. She was always noted as coming from Mountshannon or Co.Cork Workhouse, as she was an orphan, until boarding the Lady Kennaway. Jane went to the workhouse at Maitland N.S.W. until she married. WILLIAM'S parents were Pierce HICKEY and Mary WALSH if we are to believe his marriage certificate. (Could it have been Pierce HICKEY and Mary WALSH ?) We did meet some Delahunty families during our visit and there was certainly many families with that name. He would have been about 27 years when he arrived c.1853-56. It is a slim one and I am not 'holding my breath'. However, there may just be a link to someone. Sincerely in Searching..Thelma (Bostock) Birrell in Australia. See story in Irish- Scots web page as under. BOSTOCK- www.ozemail.com.au/~mrbirrell/ BIRRELL- www.electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/birrell.html MONTGOMERY- www.escalix.com/freepage/mrbirrell/ STOKES-WILSON - www.freehomepages.com/mrbirrell IRISH-SCOTS links - http://matthewbirrell.50megs.com/index.html