Kate Weedon wrote (01/08/2011 21:07:36):

My Irish origins are through my great great grandparents Patrick McCain & Catherine (Molloy) of Mountbolus Co Offaly (late 18th early 19th century) - there are various spellings in the Roman Catholic parish records. There were and are very few McCain/McKane/McKeane etc in Co Offaly and I wonder whether any research has been undertaken as yet to find out whether this small group would be connected with the O'Cathain's of Ulster? Could they have been left behind after the Flight of the Earls? The family were blacksmiths