All RC gg grandparents- David Patrick JOYNT (c 1800-c 1867) and Bridget McDERMOTT and 9 of their 10 children left Beagh Parish, Galway and settled in Palo Alto Co, IA, all by 1867. Suspected David JOYNT may be related to JOYNTs of Poulataggle, Clare- and a brother may have been Martin JOYNT who m. Mary FAHEY. Where the JOYNT/FAHEY couple disappeared to would be a real treat to know! http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapaloal/joyntd.htm Myles McNALLY m. Mary HINKLEY and had 3 children, probably in Newport, Co. Mayo. Mary HINKLEY d. between 1842-1846 and is probably buried around Newport, Mayo. Sometime after her death McNALLYs arrived in WI and Myles remarried to Mary McDONEL c. 1846. The McNALLY/McDONEL marriage resulted in 10 more children and most then settling in Palo Alto Co, IA. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapaloal/descendants_of_myles_mcnally.htm James BRENNAN b. c. 1799-1801. Emigrated from St. John's, Roscommon. Married in Stratford, Ontario to Katherine WALSH. James, Katherine and 12 of their 13 children later settled in Palo Alto Co, IA. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapaloal/descendants_of_james_brennan.htm Cathy Joynt Labath