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Thanks.  I was afraid it was just me.  I tried to google to see if there was a problem with ancestry but all results claimed site was working fine with no reported problems.

Don't know if this is your George.  A George Lillis was a sponsor for a baptism of my relative in 1857; Parish of Doonbeg & Kilkee

Yes, thank you.  I have the records found on the irishgenealogy site. Ann Nolan would be my grt grandmother.  I am looking for any information that could shed light on what happened to the sisters Mary & Elizabeth, and Mary's son Andrew (son of Andrew Briggs) Nolan.

The Denis Nolan I am interested in was baptized Sep 1854. His parents were listed as Ned Nolan & Cath. My Ed (Ned) Nolan & Eliz Hanly were married Nov 1853 so I think it possible the name given for his mother was incorrect.

You seem to be assuming that a baby was conceived in the same place as it was born. Mary Nolan may have gone away to work, become pregnant and returned (or gone to Portumna) to have her baby. Or she may have met her swain at a fair or on a trip to the seaside or while visiting relatives.

Going away to work and returning pregnant is a strong possibility.  The Nolan family is my actual focus.  I believe the witness Anne Nolan was my grt grandmother. The father Ned Nolan died in 1878. Mrs Dolphin of London evicted the family in 1879, my Ann then emigrated to the US. Ed (Ned) Jr.  died in Portumna 1882, the mother Eliz died in the workhouse in 1894. I am following up on a hunch that the Andrew Nolan living with my grt grandmother in 1895 was the son of Andrew Briggs. I lost track of Mary Nolan and her sister Elizabeth. I was hoping if I could ascertain where Mary connected with Andrew Briggs, I might pick up her trail.

Looking for information on Andrew Briggs who would have been in the Portumna, Galway area in the 1870's.  He is listed as the father of Andrew Nolan (born 1873) along with the mother Mary Nolan at the baptism but not on the birth register.