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Lavelle's from Dooagh

Hello, I'm looking for some family connections on Achill Island, in Dooagh in particular. I'm the family historian for a large portion of the extended Lavelle Family (Which also includes the surnames Garvey, McHale, Clark, McGuire, Noone, Lally, Daly (Daley), Hinton, and Horan, most of whome originated in County Mayo) that settled in Scranton Pennsylvania in the 1850's. My Great-Great-Great Grandfather was named Patrick Lavelle and was born in Dooagh in 1821(approx), he married Ann (Anna) Howley, though I cant be 100% sure of her maiden name), in the mid 1840's. They left Ireland for the United states in about 1849 while Ann was pregnant with their first child James. They stayed in Liverpool for approx two years while awaiting passage to the US and to have my Great Great Grandfather James Patrick Lavelle be born in December of 1849, they lived at 16 Court, Midghall Street/Lane in the Dale Street area of Liverpool. Also they traveled to Liverpool and lived with Patrick's brother Martin Lavelle who was born in approx 1820. There was another Lavelle family that lived right next door to them according to the 1851 England Census. They left for America in late 1851. My first records for them in the united states is a deed dated 1869 for a property located in the South Side section of Scranton. Patrick and Anna Lavelle went on to have two daughters in Scranton, Ann and Kate. Ann married into the Garvey family, and Kate may have died in childhood, my research is ongoing. I'm looking for any connections to relatives, no matter how distant in Achill. Supposedly my Ancestors there were fishermen who specialized in catching sharks. I have an enormous amount of data and documentation collected on Lavelle's in America, particularily in Pennsylvania and New York, so please feel free to ask if you are looking for something.

Posted by Lavelle, David on Tuesday 03 December 2013