I apologize, I should have taken more time and posted a clearer question. I think I was just so thrilled to find what I hoped would be an Irish source of information on their birthplaces and families in Ireland. Then I could search here by parish or, more likely, county, if I understand the site properly.
What I cannot find is information on the Irish part of their lives. I have several good sources for their lives in the US, but have hit matching brick walls when it comes to their emmigration from Ireland and where they were born and lived there, plus info on their families of origin.
Thank you for the information about Gormley being a common name in Northern Ireland--his descendant, my grandmother Cordelia McClelland Hoey, was Protestant Irish and always referred to herself as Scots-Irish, so that fits. But I'm not sure what my next step should be--if it's a common name, I'd love to narrow down the search, but I'm not a pro genealogist and not sure where to begin.
I've had several DNA tests done, but they showed descent from people in broader, usually national, areas. They in no way have helped me to learn the actual localities where my ancestral lines made their homes. Perhaps there's a way to find that data, but so far it hasn't appeared.
Also, one US source lists 2 wives for him, which might be why another woman's name showed up in connection with him. Or, it could be an error, of course.
Thank you so much for your attention to my brick walls. If anyone can suggest a next step, I'll be most grateful. On my other, paternal lines, I was able to easily find immigration records on Geni/Ancestry/My Heritage/LDS/etc. and families of origin in England and France back to antiquity in some cases and I see now that I was just very lucky. I do realize now that I need to improve my skills. I'm just not sure where to go to do that.
