From: georgiac(a)cccomm.net> To: carolynd(a)hsc.edu;
cavanaugh(a)rootsweb.com> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 06:57:52 -0800> Subject: Re:
[CAVANAUGH] John Cavanaugh b ca 1821 Ireland d ca 1879 Scranton, PA> > Thank you,
Carolyn. We have been to Ireland twice and would love to go back. > I'll file this
away to see if we can go to Shretagle next time. Patrick > Connors is doing a good job
updating the Co. Mayo website with transcribed > records, but our people all seem to
have been born at the wrong time or got > married at the wrong time, etc., to be in the
transcribed records.> Georgia> > ----- Original Message ----- > From:
"Carolyn deWolfe" <carolynd(a)hsc.edu>> To:
<cavanaugh(a)rootsweb.com>> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 3:42 AM> Subject: Re:
[CAVANAUGH] John Cavanaugh b ca 1821 Ireland d ca 1879 > Scranton,PA> > > >
It has been around ten years since my husband, father, and I were in > > Shretagle,
so> > perhaps things have changed. The area was off the usual tourist trek - >
> lots of> > sheep, geese, people digging peat, good views of the sea -
(Patrick's > > Head?).> >> > If I remember correctly, the village is
close to Portulin, a fishing > > village between> > Ballina and Belmullet. I
found Shretagle on a detailed - VERY detailed - > > map of> > Ireland. The
link below shows Portulin, but not Shretagle or the roads to > > get> >
there.> >> >
http://www.discoverireland.com/us/ireland-places-to-go/explore-by-map/?> >
op=zoom&di=in&px=240&py=273&cx=103045.6953125&cy=340018.15625&le>
> =5&cs=pix> >> > carolynd(a)hsc.edu> >> > ----------
Original Message ----------------------------------> > From: "Martin J
Cavanaugh" <georgiac(a)cccomm.net>> > Reply-To: cavanaugh(a)rootsweb.com>
> Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:38:10 -0800> >> >>Thanks, Michael. We know
that our Cafferty and McGuire families were from> >>the area around
Ballina/Westport, so have wondered if the Cavanaugh's > >>could>
>>be from that area, also. I hope to be able to share more info with you >
>>after> >>hearing back from the two men who matched my husband's DNA
36 of 37> > markers.> >>It seems that all of my husband's ancestors
were of Irish origin and came > >>to> >>Scranton, PA, at various times,
the Kinsella's having stopped off for a> >>generation to be born in England
before a son came to Scranton. More > >>later.> >>Georgia>
>>> >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From:
<Michaelcav(a)aol.com>> >>To: <cavanaugh(a)rootsweb.com>>
>>Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 9:08 AM> >>Subject: Re: [CAVANAUGH] John
Cavanaugh b ca 1821 Ireland d ca 1879> >>Scranton,PA> >>>
>>> >>> Georgia, Both Carolyn and I have been to Shretagle (not sure of
> >>> spelling> >>> without looking it up). It is indeed out from
Ballina, right on the> >>> coast. A> >>> small village of maybe 7
or 8 houses.> >>>> >>> I'll look into the DNA site you
sent.> >>>> >>> Thanks,> >>> Michael Cavanaugh>
>>> Baton Rouge, Louisiana> >>>> >>>> >>> In
a message dated 3/3/2008 10:57:33 A.M. Central Standard Time,> >>>
georgiac(a)cccomm.net writes:> >>>> >>> Carolyn, can you get me an
idea where Shretagle is located in Co. Mayo?> >>> Anywhere near Ballina?
Thanks, Georgia> >>>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >
>>> From: "Carolyn deWolfe" <carolynd(a)hsc.edu>> >>>
To: <cavanaugh(a)rootsweb.com>> >>> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 7:57
AM> >>> Subject: Re: [CAVANAUGH] John Cavanaugh b ca 1821 Ireland d ca
1879> >>> Scranton,PA> >>>> >>>> >>>>
This is interesting. Others of us with the Louisiana connection will> >>>>
be> >>>> watching> >>>> the Cavanaugh List so we can keep up
to date on the info. I haven't> >>>> heard> >>>>
from> >>>> the County Mayo Cavanaughs (Kavanaughs) in Shretagle
recently.> >>>>> >>>> carolynd(a)hsc.edu>
>>>>> >>>> ---------- Original Message
----------------------------------> >>>> From: Michaelcav(a)aol.com>
>>>> Reply-To: cavanaugh(a)rootsweb.com> >>>> Date: Mon, 3 Mar
2008 07:02:26 EST> >>>>> >>>>>Georgia, This is
intriguing. My ancestor John Christopher Cavanaugh> >>>>>(born>
>>>>>probably in 1804 in County Mayo) married in 1831 in Alabama and
then> >>>>>ended> >>>> up> >>>>>in
Louisiana. His brother Patrick was with him. When I went back >
>>>>>to> >>>>>Shrtagle (County Mayo) in 1977 I met a
family who claimed to be> >>>>>descended> >>>> from
John> >>>>>and Patrick's brother Martin, who supposedly came with
them to the US> >>>>>but> >>>>>then returned to
Ireland. The family in Ireland who we visited also> >>>>>included a>
>>>>>sister named Bridgett. Of course all of these are standard Irish>
>>>>>names,> >>>>>but> >>>>>the
geography and the similarity of the names makes me wonder.> >>>>>>
>>>>>Oh, by the way, we've lost touch with the Patrick side of the
family,> >>>>>but> >>>>>family stories say he
"went North" and I keep thinking Pennsylvania > >>>>>has>
>>>>>about> >>>>>the largest collection of Cavanaughs I
have found from that time> >>>>>period.> >>>>>>
>>>>>So if you do have any information that dovetails with this I'd
love to> >>>>>have> >>>>>it.>
>>>>>> >>>>>I'd also like to know what DNA test was
able to pinpoint County Mayo.> >>>>>>
>>>>>Cordially,> >>>>>Michael Cavanaugh>
>>>>>Baton Rouge, Louisiana> >>>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>>In a message dated 3/3/2008 2:08:55 A.M.
Central Standard Time,> >>>>>georgiac(a)cccomm.net writes:>
>>>>>> >>>>>John Cavanaugh b ca 1821 Ireland d ca 1879
Scranton, PA, m Bridget> >>>>>Unknown> >>>>>ca 1848.
She was b ca 1827 Ireland. Our DNA test (posted on Family >
>>>>>Tree> >>>>>DNA)> >>>>>points to
this family coming from Co. Mayo. They were in Scranton by>
>>>>>1850.> >>>>>Children: Bridget, Michael, Martin,
Mary, Sarah, John, and Patrick. > >>>>>The>
>>>>>names> >>>>>Peter and Thomas are also prevalent in
the next generations in this> >>>>>family. I>
>>>>>have some census information (PA) that I can share if anyone
thinks> >>>>>they> >>>>>are>
>>>>>related.> >>>>>Georgia Cavanaugh>
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