Shirley, That is about the same time my gg grandfather, Daniel SULLIVAN, emigrated to Louisiana from Wexford. I've wondered the same thing. Martha Hardcastle Guthrie At 09:33 AM 9/28/99 -0400, newbolds@home.com wrote: >Larry, >Do you have any idea why emigrants would have left Wexford in 1816? Seems >to late >for 1798 to have been a factor. My history is sketchy. >Thanks for the nice web page. Martha HARDCASTLE GUTHRIE "The cheese stands alone" You can see my pathetic wobbly first web page at: http://hometown.aol.com/lofiwoman/myhomepage/index.html Coming soon! Martha's "I Used to be a Babe" page!