I'm hoping Pat Garnier will reply as since I made my posting in January, she and my brother (married to a Davin), have been piecing together the Davins from Carrick-on-Suir, and their descendants. The Davin Family home was at Deerpark - see http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/carrickonsuir/ICA-holds-success... for a biography of Maurice Davin. The names Maurice, Thomas, Patrick and Bridget are repeated for each generation. I haven't got a Michael O'Brien married to a Bridget but Pat will have the full details.