Well, the major part of the trip will be by air..from Portland or Seattle..Portland is easier to get to but I have to be in Tacoma for my niece's wedding and Folklife at the same time. THis assumes cheap flights, and time off work, and an income tax refund...

I will not be driving....even if the roadways were the same (I thought they were in Ireland) I would be too jet-lagged etc. so from Shannon or wherever I will take the bus or train..oh a donkey cart would be great though. I will probaly have about a week there at the most so will pretty much focus on that area..although if I made it to King's County..Offally..I could probably crack the code of my great-grandfather, John Devery..I know his parents' names..Bridget Whalen and Michael Devery..and some relative who ended up in Iowa with him..Owen Devery who is from King's County for sure but I am not sure how they are related...

Would appreciate any genealogical help in advance. I also am related to a Cornelius Lyons of Tralee, father of Maggie Lyons, born 1833 or so. So he might have been born late 1700s or early 1800s...mg