My ggrandfather Patrick Silk was born in Beech Hill in 1861 to John Silk and Bridget Molloy. He came to San Francisco in 1883 and a year later, after John died, Bridget followed him with his siblings James, Michael, Delia (Bridget), Mary, Annie, and Kate. John's parents were probably Michael Silk and Bridget Ward. Are there any Silks left in the area?
Just this one family there in 1911:http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Grange/Beech_Hill/463638/
There?s none listed in Beech Hill in the current phone book. Indeed there?s just the one in the whole county, in Ballinakill, Eyrecourt.