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Sinead, the records are available for the whole of the Irish republic. If you e-mail the valuation office and ask them to research the townland in which your ancestors had land then for a fee of 25 euro they will send you copies of the closed books for that townland.

Have you tried checking the "Closed Books" at the Land valuation Office in Dublin. That shows the transfers of Land from the 1840's to the 1970's I think. Check out their website at www.valoffice.ie

I donated the records on the attached link back in 2007 but somehow missed the record of John Frawley from Ennis.
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... es_ww1.htm

The following is a link to the service records of John Frawley from Ennis who served with the Australian Imperial Forces in WW1.
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp

This is the family in the 1901 Censushttp://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/19 ... t/1086064/

This is the family in the 1911 Census http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/r ... 001803619/

The name Shannon derives from the Irish name Mac Giolla tSeanáin http://www.libraryireland.com/names/macg/mac-giolla-tseanain.php In English Giltenane. Mac Giolla means Son of the Saint, tSeanáin (Senan) the patron Saint of Kilrush Parish and born at Molougha just outside Kilrush. They say the Shann...

Son of Francis McMahon & Margaret Fitzpatrick born 27/5/1891 per Ennis baptism records http://www.ennisparish.com/genealogy/ . Service/No. 16182 Private 5th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, killed in action on 16 Aug 1918. he enlisted in Salford Manchester while living in Dublin. He is commemorated ...

He was born in Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare on the 9th Nov 1871, father Patrick Flaherty mother Honora (Nora) Quin per Familysearch website https://familysearch.org/search/collection/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Apatrick~%20%2Bsurname%3Aflaherty~%20%2Bbirth_place%3Aclare~&collection_id=1584963 He...

Civil Registration of Births, Deaths & Marriages didn't come into being until 1864 in Ireland so you will not be able to get a death certificate for someone who died prior to 1864. Here is a link to Shanakyle Graveyard Kilrush. http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/don_tran/graves/shank...

Maybe Catherine Murphy was his second wife as his wife listed on this tombstone is "Maria"
http://foto.clarelibrary.ie/fotoweb/Gri ... mit=Search...

Church records for Killuran may be too late for you
Civil Parish: Killuran
RC Parish: O'Callaghan's Mills
Diocese:KL
Earliest Record: b.1.1835; m. 1.1835
Parish Address: The Parish Priest, O'Callaghan's Mills, Co. Clare

Nicholas Prendergast appears in the Griffith's land valuation of 1855 in the townland of Iragh in the parish of Killuran, Union of Tulla, this might be a clue to where you should be searching http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... ffithp.htm

This may be the marriage record of the parents of Mary Madigan born in 1902 Name: Bridget Griffin Event Type: Marriage Event Date: Jan - Mar 1901 Event Place: Killadysert, Ireland Registration Quarter and Year: Jan - Mar 1901 Registration District: Killadysert Age: null Birth Year (Estimated): null ...

You can also try contacting the Sandfield Centre is Ennis who hold the Civil Registrations of births, deaths & marriages back to 1864. The staff there are very helpful. You can get a genealogical copy of any certificate for 4 euro. Here's the address Clare Civil Registration Service. Sandfield Centr...

Apply online to http://www.groireland.ie
This seems to be the family in the 1911 Census http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/p ... ha/362131/