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- Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:28 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Kane and Keane
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5287
Re: Kane and Keane
The data in that lost webpage seems to have been reposted at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/us ... 5page.html
- Mon Aug 20, 2012 12:14 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Extinct townland names
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15161
Re: Extinct townland names
Re: "I wonder how did the Griffith work relate to the work done by John O'Donovan in his Field Surveys." See "In County Clare, standardisation of townland names and boundaries took place during the survey carried out by the Ordnance Survey of 1842. These townland names and boundaries were used in th...
- Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:13 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Extinct townland names
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15161
Re: Extinct townland names
As Shiela has said above, you can find older townland names - not used by the Ordnance Survey - in Freeholders lists, and the Tithe Applotments (see the Clare Townlands page on the Clare Library site at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/townlands/townland.htm). Older maps are also sour...
- Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:46 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: BALLYVAUGHAN 1819 Any info
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6720
Re: BALLYVAUGHAN 1819 Any info
Hello Rae. Have you seen the stuff on the Clare Library site about Ballyvaughan? From the library homepage http://www.clarelibrary.ie/ select Place & Placenames, then select Towns & Villages, then select Alphabetical Listing of Towns and Villages, and you'll see the link there for Ballyvaughan - be ...
- Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:46 am
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: New facebook group for Clare genealogy
- Replies: 16
- Views: 40894
Re: New facebook group for Clare genealogy
(The piece below appears on http://searchengineland.com/facebook-introduces-private-groups-52388) "Facebook said that there would be three types of groups: open, closed and secret. Open: these groups will essentially be entirely public; people will be able to see members and the group’s content; Clo...
- Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:28 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: New facebook group for Clare genealogy
- Replies: 16
- Views: 40894
Re: New facebook group for Clare genealogy
The main difference between a closed Facebook group and forums like this is that the Facebook material is not available to anyone searching the web. Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, is very clear on the dangers of 'closed silos of content': The piece below is quoted from http://w...
- Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:14 am
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Kilrush Orphan Girls to Tasmania aboard "Beulah"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15176
Re: Kilrush Orphan Girls to Tasmania aboard "Beulah"
Hello Ian if you look at the "Combined list of surnames which occur in the 1901 Census of Population of County Clare, the Griffith's Valuation 1855 of County Clare, and the Tithe Applotment Books (1820s-1840s) for County Clare, including the number of occurences for each surname collected in each so...
- Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:46 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Can anyone help with a Clare placename?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 21947
Re: Can anyone help with a Clare placename?
Hello John. It looks to me to be spelled as Kalourin, which sounds like Killuran, the name of a Civil Parish and townland in Clare. Here's a link to the parish http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/killurane.htm, and to the townland http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/townlands...
- Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:00 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Where is Relagh?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7666
Re: Where is Relagh?
Hello Mark. I happened to be passing through Lissycasey this morning so I called in to the post office there and asked the postmistress if she'd ever heard of Relagh/Realagh. She did know of a Realagh Lodge, which had been inhabited by a Collins family and was now owned by the Hills family. She pron...
- Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:07 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Where is Relagh?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7666
Re: Where is Relagh?
P.W. Joyce in his book "The origin and history of Irish names of places", refers to the placename 'Relagh' - although not in County Clare. http://www.archive.org/stream/originhistoryofi01joycuoft/originhistoryofi01joycuoft_djvu.txt ---------------- Reidh [ray] signifies a plain, a level field ; it i...
- Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:09 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: 1659 Census of County Clare
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8280
Re: 1659 Census of County Clare
In his History and Topography of the County of Clare, James Frost states that "The land of county Clare was reserved for ‘Innocent Papists’, i.e. Catholics from other counties who had not taken arms against Cromwell but were transplanted to make room for new English settlers, and also to the O’Brien...
- Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:03 am
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Hoping to find info on Gertrude Hickey/John McNamara
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9868
Re: Hoping to find info on Gertrude Hickey/John McNamara
This should help you to familiarise yourself with NewMarket On Fergus
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... oftown.htm
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... oftown.htm
- Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:37 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Inquiry regarding Hayes family from Ballinagough:
- Replies: 12
- Views: 31045
Re: Inquiry regarding Hayes family from Ballinagough:
Generally, in County Clare, if you have someone's name and a townland or village you will be able to send them a letter or card. Postmen in rural areas of Ireland are founts of local knowledge, as there are no postcodes or zipcodes to help them. It takes a lot of training to become a rural postman. ...
- Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:41 am
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Education in Kilkeedy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6634
Re: Education in Kilkeedy
Diane,
there's quite a bit of information on the history of education in Clare on the Clare library website at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... cation.htm.
Mike
there's quite a bit of information on the history of education in Clare on the Clare library website at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... cation.htm.
Mike
- Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:41 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Looking for family of MARY O'SHAUGHNESSY Ennis, Co. Clare
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10110
Re: Looking for family of MARY O'SHAUGHNESSY Ennis, Co. Clar
Seán Spellissy's book The Merchants of Ennis (published 1996) contains this about the O'Shaughnessys of Ennis: The O'SHAUGHNESSY family originated in what later became the barony of Kiltartan in County Galway. They must have been here [in Ennis] prior to 1740, when Matthew Shaughnessy was appointed ...