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big pat on,
My great granny was mc laughlin[potts] of fallask.Interested in gary's post about
the potmaking and coopers.James the Cooper had a wee garage in buncrana one time
My uncles [harkin-meendoran] said he was a relation. Maybe this is the connection.
Pat

Hi, Annie,
I met sons and daughters of the original Michael Harkins -who was settled in Malin and was a shoemaker
to trade. One of them-Hughie- spent the last years of his life in the rest home in Clonmany. He had a
wealth of local history and was more than willing to share it. Unfortunately we did not give him enough of our time when he was alive.I would be interested in finding out some more about the grandson of Michael
Harkin you mentioned, especially if he would be interested in talking to his cousin,
thanks-
pat.

Hello,Annie,
Sorry i dont have any info [at present ] on the mc Laughlin side. But ,my great grandfather Patrick harkin
 married Mary Mc Laughlin ,Fallask in 1864[according to my information].i am at present living in clonmany
and have got sidetracked into researching the Harkin connection.--interesting--.For instance your relation
'Mary and her husband Patrick Harkin were evicted with their young family in the Meendoran evictions of
1882 . I discovered my great grandmothers maiden name by talking to a gentleman who is very much alive and well and living locally .if you are resident in Inishowen afew hours in the right company in the North Pole
Bar might answer a lot of your [our] questions.
Good luck
Pat.