Hi Brian, happy new year! Thanks for your reply. That’s really unfortunate that your Dad lost his research. I know how time consuming the research is and also how precious the information is. I’d love to know what your Dad and Grandparents think about the info I posted. Any help in finding more information on the Herlihys as well as our connection to the Hanifins would be most appreciated! I bet you and I are cousins of some sort through the Ashes, at the very least.

Thanks for taking time to check into this with your Dad and Grandparents.

Jacki Moriarty

hello, my first post and a question to you. are you related to the thurles hanifins and if so i am also my grandfather patrick o’reilly of carlow town married mary hearns and her sister married a hanifin. can you enlighten me on this scenario.

Sorry my came from kerry

jOE mAHER. pLEASE CONTACT ME AT JMMHMM@AOL.COM jAMES m mANNING

My apologies. When I setup this new forum I thought it was setup to post new topics on the home page of hanifin.net, which would notify me of new posts. Apparently there was a breakdown in the process that I need to repair. All this time I was under the impression that I drove everyone away by changing the site!

@kasommers: I am not aware of a Cletus in my family, but I have heard from Hanifin lawyers over the years from the eastern United States. If you search through the forum you may find more info on the east coast lawyer Hanifin’s.

@tavani: In the past I noticed there were only a handful of discussions every year, so this is normal. Now that I know the site is somewhat active I will be sure to keep an eye on it again.

@wally: My dad is David Joseph Hanifin, son of John Joseph Hanifin.

@JOEMAHER: Thank you for sharing your knowledge with others on this site. Honestly I am not a genealogy researcher, but I put this site together out of curiosity. Any help you can provide to others is very much appreciated!