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Fran, If he was born in 1835 then you might be in luck. According to the library's website the Catholic parish records for Bunratty are part of Kilnasoolagh Parish and their baptismal records began in 1828. See http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/parishes.htm. It would be worth writin...

Hi Fran, The only other information available from the Tithe Applotment Books is the amount of land held by each person/tenant, the quality of the land, and the amount of tithes due. The Books are a survey of land to ascertain how much tithes each tenant was liable for. Tithes were a percentage of i...

A major new book on County Clare has just been published. "Clare: History and Society" is the eighteenth volume in the County History and Society series of Geography Publications. This multidisciplinary set of county histories began in the early 1980s and the Clare volume is a welcome addition to th...

The Irishman's Diary in yesterday's Irish Times (September 1st) discussed how the Famine didn't feature much in the election of August 1847. "Reasons for this failure included wishful thinking that the worst was over, an unwillingness to face reality and an inability to propose sensible measures to ...

Hi Dick, I've looked up the Clare Champion for the Lenihan death notices. The acknowledgemant for Michael Lenihan in the 11 Nov 1944 issue ran as follows: The widow and family of the late Mr Michael Lenihan, of Clonloum, O'Callaghan's Mills, desire to return sincere thanks to all who sympathised wit...

There was also a small village called Burren or Mortyclogh in the townland of Mortyclogh in Abbey Parish in North Clare. No Kerins listed there though, according to the library's website. See http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... yclogh.htm