*Please* be aware that any "naming pattern" for any country is only a guide established after the fact and was -not- written in stone, nor were people forced to follow it. People named their children whatever they wanted to. Informal studies I believe have proven that the Irish "naming pattern" is not followed as many times as it is, so use it with a large grain of salt. The danger in taking it as "gospel" is I hear from people all the time who say " I thought I found my ___ but since they don't fit the naming pattern I ignored that information". there is a printed version of the naming pattern on the Fianna site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Maura Petzolt mpetzolt2@webtv.net <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> SHAMROCK ROOTS homepage http://community.webtv.net/shamrockroots/SHAMROCKROOTS Helpful Hints for Successful Searching http://community.webtv.net/mpetzolt2/helpfulhints