McNicolas/Castlebar/Swineford Ireland
I have been looking for the family of Grandmother/ Cathrine McNicolas or McNicols. She lived in NYC & was very secretive about her past. All we know is that she was born in Ireland about 1892 and had a twin brother named Patrick. They left Ireland at the same time but she moved to NYC and he may have moved to france. Her father's name was James Mcnicols and mother was Mary O' Brian. The research I have indicates that folks with surnames McNicolas/McNicols were from Mayo Co. and primarily from Castlebar or Swineford.From my research most poeple with similar surnames were McNicolas or McNicols. For some reason she didn't give the family many details about her life in Ireland so we are just going on what we have for now. I have been to the LDS library and got some of myinformation on the name from there. I hope this helps someone and if any of this rings a bell please let me know.