Thank you so much for taking the time to post the info about the places in Co Mayo and who lived where. Here are some "odds & ends"...Some of the COLEMAN family also lived in Kilcolman. Coilmore is sw of hamlet "Curry" which is sw of "Tobercurry". The town of Tobercurry is in Co Sligo, not far from Claremorris, and I think the CURRYs were from there earlier. "Drumneen" is also known as "Prendergast", north of Claremorris.
There were some EGANs in early Chicago, like 1830's, possibly relatives as there were also FOYs there. I have found that many times the same families tended to marry back & forth, at least until 1-2 gen after they came to USA. They also tended to re-use first names which can be a clue to grouping them.
Ann HALLIGAN (1845-1931) who m William Joseph FOY (1843-1922) is dau of John HALLIGAN (1820-)+Bridget "Biddie" CURRY (1825-).
I also have a Berry HOLLAND b abt 1784 whose family came to Greenville, SC, USA. There were also HOLLANDs in Co Mayo (m my MEARS/MYERS cousins, moved to Maine. I have wondered if he may have had a BERRY mother. His father James HOLLAND (1749-1819) b VA. Jacob BERRY b abt 1853 IL, Henry b 1856 IL, Sarah b 1849; father Peter b 1816 PA.
Link to index of my tree:
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/7359193/listofallpeople?ss=false&usePUBJs=true&ln=foyBERRY's many in Claremorris. Garryredmond is located just e of Claremorris (where bef this?). Derreenascoba (Foys of Peter's Pioneers) is just west of Claremorris, so likely connected. FOYs likely came into Mayo fr Donegal (maybe Scotland) long ago. I have a cousin who told me they "have always gone back & forth, hundreds of yrs or more"
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