Hi Audrey,
I would be very grateful if you could check for any info on my great grandfather John Michael Ryan born City of Waterford 1854. His father's name was Michael Ryan, also of City of Waterford. John left Ireland in 1872, and married in Pembroke, Wales, in 1874. These are the only details I have, because he died in 1878, and I managed to get copies of his marriage and death certs from Pembroke Record Office. It is possible his mother's name could have been Ellen, as my father always told me his mother had been named after her (Mary Ellen).
Thank you very much for the kind offer,
chris