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Thanks for that scunsan.Some people seem to jump to the conclusion that any name beginning with dela is of French or Norman ancestry.Some time ago I came across someone who insisted despite all the facts that their Delaney family from Laois,which is of course O Dubhshlaine was from the French Delaunay

Census of 1901 shows 8344 persons of the name Gallagher in Donegal

With Laois parish records now available online at IFHF site,I had hoped that it might have been possible to trace a family from the Aghaboe area.Admittedly the name is very common-Kelly-but not too many in parish online and none that seems to fit mine,who seem to have come down to Limerick area in 1850's.A Patrick and his sister Johanna were married in Limerick in 1859 and 1861.I have no idea of parents names and presume that  the names of witnesses at marriage and godparents to children were Limerick based.Any ideas?

If you google this term one of the sites refers to a British soldier killed by IRA c 1920/1 on way to service at the local Wesleyan Methodist Church-in reprisal the Brits burned much of the town.As a major garrison town Fermoy would have a number of Non-Conformist chapels to cater for large numbers of soldiers stationed there.If you try googling methodist ireland there are contact details and they may be able to help re records of Fermoy congregation.

For any rootschatters with links to Limerick city area the school registers for Christian Brothers Schools in Limerick can be accessed online by googling.There seems to be a problem with link on www.limerickcity.ie,where they appeared last week,but I was able to find them by googling.