Just found your message and probably can't help but I have a cousin on the IOM connected to the name Drinan.Her G-grandparents, Edward Drinan and Jane Hosford left Ireland (she thinks Cork)and moved to Liverpool. They had a son, John, who married Mary Logan 3 Nov 1890, Edgehill, Liverpool. They had 4 children: Alex, Margaret,Eileen and Edward. Margaret married a Karran and moves back to the IOM with him.If anything looks familiar please e-mail. Thanks, Catherine.