I wonder if there is a family connection between this Lynaugh family grouping and my own. My 3rd great grandfather was Thomas Lynaugh, who lived with his son John and his daughter-in-law Annie (Spellman) Lynaugh in High Forest, Olmsted, MN in 1880. Annie's tombstone states she was from County Rosscommon and there is a tombstone that might be Thomas' wife that is inscribed "Mary, Wife of T. Lynaugh" in the St. Bridget's Catholic Cemetery. That stone says "County West Meath" on it. Do you know where your Lynaugh branch originated from? High Forest is farm country outside of Rochester, MN so I wonder if they might have spent some time in Rochester, NY before moving to the area around Rochester, MN. That is just a theory so far.