On 8/20/2012 11:36 PM, Michael Cooley wrote:
> I was reading where someone named Bill Cooley was saying that Cooley
> wasn't an Irish name because there are no Cooley's there now.
> Here is my wet paper thin arguement against this statement.
> Ok I can't prove this or anything now but when I was in college I
> found some Irish census data and a family name dictionary at EKU
> The first census I found with Cooley's had them all in Northern
> Ireland, the very next census had half that number but all near
> Southern Ireland
> the very next census after that had 0 Cooley's in Ireland. I found
> records where Cooley's were shipped to Australia and America -
> usually listed as horse or cattle thieves. The name Cooley according
> to the book I found had 2 listed meanings.
> (Warrior or Dog) of Ulster. If any of this has been officially
> debunked I must apologize I did this research for a class
> in 1987. I didn't question this at the time because it pretty much fit
> what I had been told about the family, from the family :)
> Again, thanks
> the other Michael Cooley
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some cotton for your paper
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Received on Mon Aug 20 2012 - 22:05:38 MDT