Thanks for replying: for a start, does your tree fit in to any of these?:

THOMAS, married Margaret Kelly at Lonan Dec 1826, but moved to Bride - 11 children Thomas, Margaret, William, John, Robert, Philip, Ann, Catherine, James, Mary Ann, John(2).
Son PHILIP married Mary Ann Gawne at Bride Oct 1859, children John, Agnes, Robert Henry, James, Margaret, William, - 3 sons went to Liverpool Police Force.
Their daughter AGNES is my direct link - married DAVID JOHN CASSIDY.
Regards, Michael