InrRoducrion The name Doyle is a numerous one in Ireland. It is derived from the Irish O 'Dubhghaill, literally meaning "descendant of the dark stranger". According to Hilary Murphy , a local authority on the subject, it is probable that the Doyles of Wexford were descended from Norsemen who were living in Wexford at the time of the invasion by the Normans, and were called "dubhghall" ie. "dark strangers" or "foreigners" by the native Irish. On Prince Edward Island , Doyles were among the early immigrants following the French defeat at Louisburg in July of 1758. Port Lajoie, the French Garrison near in Rocky Point , fell to the British in August of that year. Most of the Island French were expelled by Colonel Lord Rollo with aid from five hundred British troops. Those remaining, principally a colony of three hundred at Malpeque which was too distant to bother with, ; formed the nucleus from which the Island's present day Acadian population i descended. The "Island of St. John" formally became a British possession in 11763 following a formal peace treaty between England and . There arc ! no Doyles present in the British Census of 1798 but a few were here by 1816. Doyles settled in various parts of the Island. A number of Doyles and Laceys seem to have come to the Seven Mile Bay area about 1815-1817. Others came to the extreme western part of the Island and settled near Tignish or Miminegash . One settled at Little Sands near Wood Islands and several made their first homes in the Charlottetown area. The majority came from County Wexford although there were others from Kilkenny , Waterford , Cork , Monaghan , and Dublin. No doubt some came from Newfoundland . Did the good Father J.- L .- J. Calonnc [have any Doyles in mind when he wrote the following to Bishop Pierre Dcnaut [in 1800? The greater number of the Irish we have here bring with them nothing but vices, because they are the very dregs of Ireland and Newfoundland . They came [sic] to this place not because they emigrate, but because they have been expelled from their own country. (MacDonald 2) They were fishermen, farmers, blacksmiths, laborers, carpenters, serv¬ ants, and housemaids. Some had a little money but the most valuable commod¬ ity brought by those that prospered was a willingness to work hard to better themselves. Mermaid is a small community situated in Ixn 48, five miles southeast of [ Charlottetown , the capital city of , Canada . It was in this [area that James Doyle settled in 1836. Doyles Point, as the farm came to be