ROONEY Patrick; DUB,IRL; -1837 I'm interested in Patrick ROONEY, a Dublin tanner, who died c1851-55 in his native Dolphin's Barn (southern Dublin). Around 1837 he had married Anne VERSCHOYLE who descended from a longtime Dublin family, then 8 children ensued: James (1839- <1891), Susannah (1841-?), Anne Christina (1842-1935), Mary D'Arcy (1844-1917), Julia (1846-1907), Patrick Jnr (1848-1920), Agnes Mary (1850-1933), and Henry D'Arcy (1851-1929). Most of these children joined their mother in emigrating to Melbourne after 1867, where the family tannery business eventually resumed. Patrick Snr's wedding record, and all earlier references to him, have evaded detection. Can anybody assist? Criostoir Ó Riain (Melbourne, Australia) e-mail: finn@netlink.com.au Irish "nut", fulltime dad, convalescent genealogist. Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste na Bearla cliste, ach... bíonn ort oibriú go dian chun teanga a fhoghlaim!