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I wonder whether you are still looking fot origins of the Cottrell name in Ireland. I have heard the following stories: Cottrell derives from a Gaelic word describing a metal apparatus used to give support to the rude hut lived in by agrarian workers or serfs, that it derives from a norman word for bandit or thief, and finally that it is (linguistically) french in origin. there are well-established links from the name back to Ireland, France, and the UK. My direct descendants appear to have left Kilkenny Ireland (county Kerry) in the 1800's and settled in Sardinia & Concord (western New York). A very large exodus of Cottrell's occurred from the Irish coastal town of Baltimore (County Cork) in the early 1900's (see passenger ship records at www.ellisisland.org). Other Irish towns mentioned in the ellis island records are Ballinhassig, Cork, and Balliehassey. These were listed as the places of residence for passengers with the surname of Cottrell entering the USA through Ellis Island. A great, great many Irish immigrants left Ireland via the port town of Cobh, near Cork. Cobh was known as Queenstown during the late 1800's and early 1900's. Cobh city is also supposed to have a gen. project with records available to search. that's all i really know of the Cottrell's in Ireland.
good luck
ed
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