I've been trying to make a connection between my gg grandfather, James J. Condren and this Kieran. City directories in Connecticut make me believe they are related but I can't find the records that affirm the connection. James J. Condren fought in the American civil war shortly after coming to America. His war records show him as born in 1840 in "Seven Churches" Ireland. He survived the war, married Mary Eloise Campbell in Hartford, Connecticut in 1868 and died at 38 on 4 May 1878. He was hospitalized a good bit during the war and I think he never quite recovered from his illnesses (just a theory). He worked as a gardener at the Colt Mansion in Hartford until he died. He had at least six children: James F., Mary Ellen, Rose O., Anne Josephine, Margaret E. and Elizabeth A.