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The following uncanny news item from "The Saturday Record" (Ennis) of 4th September 1926 is of interest, given the presumed Clare ancestry of Muhammad Ali. It has been said that Ali's Clare ancestor was an Abe O'Grady from the Turnpike, Ennis, County Clare. The news item in the 'Record' of 4 Septemb...

Thanks for drawing this valuable source to our attention, Sharon. If a student of economics or economic history is looking for a dissertation topic, the story of capital and access to capital in nineteenth century Clare would be a most interesting topic. I imagine it would involve the monts de piete...

There is a report of civil litigation, including reference to a bankruptcy in 1848, in the "Limerick and Clare Examiner" of 11 July 1849. The newspaper report of the court proceedings, Uriah Plant v. Patrick D. Beehan , carried on over two days at the Clare Summer Assizes in Ennis, commences as foll...

The following item appeared in the "Clare Champion" on Friday 14th December 2012 under the heading, 'One Hundred Years Ago '. "Election of relieving officer for Tulla district a popular return" 'By a substantial majority the Scariff Board of Guardians at their last meeting elected Mr Matt Culloo to ...

The "Clare Journal" carried the following notice in January 1815. Barbarous murder. Between the hours of one and two o'clock on Wednesday 11th January inst., Edm. Shally [Shalloe], Herdsman to Messrs. Spellissy and Whetstone [Whitestone], on the lands of Erribul, in this County, was most INHUMANLY M...

Hi Lenc, See the "Clare Journal", dated Monday 8 July 1907, page four. There is a lengthy report on the death and funeral of Mr Martin Lally of the Causeway, Ennis. There is reference to his son-in-law Leonard Costello in the report, as well to the grandchildren of the deceased, Gillie, May, Ivy and...

There is also an article by Father John Brady in "Archivium Hibernicum" of interest. His article, 'Documents concerning the Diocese of Meath' is in volume VIII, dated 1941 of "Archivium Hibernicum". This journal is available in the Periodicals Collection of the Local Studies Centre in Ennis. Polycarp

Hi Susan, The following appeared in the "Limerick Chronicle" newspaper on 17th December 1870. We regret to announce the demise in Ennis, on yesterday, in the 66th year of his age, to the inexpressible grief of his bereaved widow and family, Mr. John H. Milward, Manager of the National Bank. The dece...

Hello Mij, You raise a very interesting point. Religious conversion (or perversion as it was known, and also apostasy ) was a contentious topic in the Ireland of the nineteenth century during the 'Bible wars' in Ireland. Catholics who converted to one of the Protestant denominations (typically, the ...

Hi Lyn,

Note also that the Old Military Barracks in Ennis was located on the Kilrush Road, Ennis.

Possibly this might be the reference to Kilrush.

Polycarp

Ghislaine de Regge, in her recently published "A daughter's odyssey: a memoir" (Texas, 2012) much of which concerns her late father, Ernest de Regge, writes about the de Regge family jewelry shop in O'Connell Street, Ennis, a few doors away from the Maurer jewellers. Ghislaine writes that her father...

There are two Clare-interest articles in the current edition, November / December 2012, of "History Ireland." http://www.historyireland.com One is by a regular contributor to this forum. Páraig Óg Ó Ruairc has written the article "Missing in action", a study of the execution and secret burial of fou...

Hello Janet, In "The Irish Times" of 20th October 1922, there is mention of a compensation claim by Edward Burke of Tralee, County Kerry, to the Irish Provisional Government, of a personal injuries claim for compensation in the quantum of £8,000 (eight thousand pounds). I do not know if Mr Burke was...

Hello Jane, There is a Martin Lyddy in the Newmarket-on-Fergus Catholic parish register of baptisms, baptised in October 1831. This Martin Lyddy was born to Michael Lyddy and to Peggy Rice with the sponsor Ellen Spellissy. See generally the Tomfinlough parish tithing records (1825) for Mughane and t...

Hello Leonard, It seems that Leonard Costello also did contract work at the spa and baths at Lisdoonvarna. Mary Dooley-Shannon in her dissertation on the development of the spa resort at Lisdoonvarna (University of Limerick, 1998) states, page 91: "Leonard Costello, a plumber from Ennis, also carrie...