Genealogy

On my O'Rourke side, I am also descended from Fergusons, Raffertys, Hefferons, McFarlands and Murrays.

My mother was born Dwyer. On her side, my ancestors include Walkers, Kickhams, Tobins, Flynns, Egans, Carrigans, Graces, and Costellos.

I married a McSwiney.

Other families to whom I am connected less directly include:

Adams	Dolan	Jacus	Miller	Rutter
Armstrong	Donnelly	Jobin	Minihane	Ryan
Bacus	Dowling	Jones*	Moloney	Sample
Barden	Downing	Keeffe	Molloy	Scott
Bardoe	Doyle*	Kendrick	Moore	Seaman
Barton	Duggan	Kennedy	Moran	Shanley
Bergin	Egan*	Kenny	Mullally	Sherlock
Blennerhassett	Ellard	King*	Murphy*	Skinner
Braun	Elliot	Kirby	Newlands	Smith
Brady	Fahy	Landy	Ney	Snow
Briscoe	Farlow	Larkin	O'Brien	Spinola
Bucknall	Fisher	Lavelle	O'Connor	Starling
Bushkovskii	Fitzpatrick	Leonard	O'Donovan	Swaine
Byrne*	Fleck	Likely	O Dubháin	Templeton
Caffrey	Fox	Lockhart	O'Hanlon	Thomas
Carroll*	Gaffney	Londei	O'Keeffe	Thornley
Cashel	Garn	Lucey	Oldis	Thurston
Casselberry	Gatford	Lynch	Olgin	Tonge
Clancy	Gieysztor	Lyons	O'Mahoney	Treacy
Clapperton	Goggin	McCarthy	O'Mara	Tunney
Cleary*	Graham	McGuinness	O'Reilly	Turpin
Coffey	Griffin	McKiernan	Parry	Twomey
Cormican	Guttridge	McNeil	Payne	Urquhart
Corswarem	Hammond	Madill	Pearson	Vetter
Coyle	Hardcastle	Maher	Phelan	Whelan
Cruess-Callaghan	Hill	Mandeville	Randall	White
Dalton	Horan	Mansfield	Renaud	Wood
De Courcey	Hodson	Martin	Rogers	Woodlock
Delehanty	Hughes	Mathers	Roozrok	Youseman
Dobbyn	Humphries	Meyler	Royston

Those connections to other family names span 300 years, and the number of them - 160 or so (there will be occasional additions and removals as my knowledge improves) is mind-boggling at first sight. However, it is not so much so on reflection, and I suspect that the number of these connections is about average, for Irish people of my vintage anyway. (Family sizes are shrinking fast).

A Genealogy section will shortly be added to this website, and I will be sharing some stories from my research as ordinary blog-posts as well. I promise you that some of them (at least) will be interesting.

*More than one branch