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In 1868, a Mary Cammell from Meelick/St. Patricks parish in County Clare, was searching for her sister Ellen, who was married to "Patrick Riley Of Parish Kilfinora, Co.Clare" in the Boston Pilot http://infowanted.bc.edu/record/?recid=38363 There is no reference to a Cammell in either the Tithes, Gri...

Hi.
For Ní (pronounced the same as the English work knee) see
http://www.daltai.com/discus/messages/1 ... 1050485357

For Óg (pronounced ogue) see
http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/tr ... 00610.html

Hope that's of help.

S1nead, "Justices of the Peace dealt with less serious criminal matters. They could exercise their primary criminal jurisdiction, either summarily at petty sessions, or on indictment, where the justices presided with a jury at quarter sessions. They also conducted preliminary hearings for the assize...

Here's Abbeyhill Fort on the 1842 Ordnance Survey map:

http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... F1L11g1081*

and here it is on a Bing Satellite View:

http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... a1L11g1081*

Here you go...

Here's a link to the paperback and ebook versions of Shell From The Shannon available on lulu.com, mentioned by Janet in a previous post.

http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?keyW ... ulu.com&q=

Hello Kim. http://www.ifhs.ie/publications_vol20.html says it is “Out of print. Copies of articles available by request” and there is a used copy of that volume of the Irish Family History Society journal for sale at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Family-History-History-journal-Society/dp/B008ASKS60 There ...

Hello Bob. the Ennistymon parish magazine was published annually at Christmas from the mid 1980s to about 2002, and from 1990 included articles on houses in Ennistymon and surrounds and their occupants. The Clare Library has those articles online at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/on_pubs/e...

Matthew, the Electoral Division of Killeely included two townlands from St Munchins civil parish according to http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... ly_ded.htm

I think you might need to broaden your search. While the name 'Kinane' may be rare in Clare, 'Kinnane' is not. Consistency of the spelling of Irish surnames is an issue when searching for ancestors. The Internet Surname Database lists O' Kinane, O' Kinnane, Kinnane, Quinane, Quinnane and others as p...

Some snippets from the web: "Only productive land was subject to tithe, and the [tithe applotment] books usually distinguish between this tithable land and untithable land such as roads or mountains... Only rural areas are systematically covered, although inhabitants of towns who held plots of culti...

Here's a link to a photo of Browne's shop in Ennistymon, taken c 1968, possibly before Alex Browne extended the shop. Hector Browne in the photo was Alex's father, and Vinnie is his son. Unfortunately, I don't know the name of the pub (or shop) to the left of Browne's in the photo. http://foto.clare...

For more photos of the Vandeleur evictions see http://foto.clarelibrary.ie/fotoweb/Grid.fwx?search=vandeleur+and+eviction&archiveId=5000&submit=Search... and for data on Kilrush Union evictions see http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/kr_evictions/kr_union_evictions_1849.htm For backgrou...

Quotes below from a few websites. It was a rule of the workhouse that everybody had to work. The women did domestic jobs such as cleaning or helping in the kitchen or laundry and looking after the sick. Older inmates were put to work mending clothes and spinning wool. Girls were trained for domestic...

Eddie Lough gave a talk to the Clare Archaeological and Historical Society on "The Ennis Asylum" back in 2004. Might be worth contacting them - http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/cominfo/club_soc/historical/clare_archaeological_.htm. And in 2002, the Clare County Archives launched an oral history proj...