Here are some links to my research on the Kierce families that came from Ireland. Take a look and see if you find anything that might interest you and let me know. I too am searching for my Kierce family back in Ireland. See family tree for John Kierce below. His grandson Raymond Kierce is still living in New Jersey. I can give you his email address if you are interested.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~burzynsk/k...http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~burzynsk/i...http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~burzynsk/n...John Joseph Kierce (1867-1937) Co. Galway married Catherine Coan (1870-1957) Co. Mayo
1. Thomas Francis Kierce (1892-1979) married Irene Christine Hesterhagen (1901-1964)
Raymond Thomas Kierce (1921) married Sandra Karchella (1921)
Robert Joseph Kierce (1923-1944)
Eugene Francis Kierce (1935) married Georgette Martine (1939)
2. Katherine Kierce (1894) married Joseph Francis Blackall (1892-1958)
3. James Kierce (1896-1972)
4. Marion Kierce (1900-1995) married Joseph Aloysius Norton (1904-1963)
5. Florence Kierce (1903-1995) married James Paul Moran (1906-1988)
6. Joseph Kierce (1906-1995) married Betty Kierce (1912-1994)
7. Veronica Kierce (1911)