Based on the fact that he named his eldest son Thomas, I have speculated that my immigrant ancestor and ggg-grandfather, Michael McAuliffe, was the son of a Thomas McAuliffe of Cork. For more information on my theories regarding some of the McAuliffes named Thomas in Cork, please refer to the McAULIFFE documents at my web site...
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