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There's a reference to "Healy, Francis, Esq., Mogullane, Newmarket-on-Fergus", in the list of subscribers to Samuel Lewis's history of Clare at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/lewis_subscribers.htm, and the townland of Mogullaan (http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/townl...

The Clare maps have been online for years of course on the Clare Library website at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... y_maps.htm.

One of the easiest ways to check the recording of particular surnames in either of the Tithes, Griffith's or 1901 census records is to 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 App...

There are townlands called Ballyortla (North & South) in Clare. Sounds a bit similar.
See http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... nland1.htm

I wonder is she the 'Mrs Brew', author of "Letters by Mrs.Brew,of Ennis,Ireland,and by The Rev.H.Price,of Needwood parsonage,England : Relative To an Atrocious Charge Brought by The Former Against The Latter / Mrs.Brew and Rev.H.Price" published in 1836. On the offchance I searched the Clare Library...

Not much help, but the family seems to be there in the 1901 census for Drumdigus http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/1901census/kilmurry_ded_drumdigus74_8.htm Patrick Ferguson (Head of Family), aged 70, Agricultural Labourer, Widower. Patrick Ferguson (Son), aged 35, Fireman in Creame...

And of course there are all the travel accounts in Travels in County Clare 1534 - 1911 at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... _index.htm

Bev, 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 source" on the Clare L...

Directories of Clare have lists of trades and 'industries' in Ennis for various periods. Slater's Directory of 1870 lists quite a lot at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/directories/slaters1870/ennis_trades_1870.htm. And there's also Bassett's 1875: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas...

Hello Susan. Ennistymon is in the civil parish of Kilmanaheen so your first port of call should be the Kilmanaheen parish page on the Clare Library website at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/kilmanaheen.htm where you will find links to a lot of historical material on Ennistymon and t...

Margaret, have you not seen all the Clare records online at the Clare Library website? http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... nealog.htm

Beth, on their website http://eastclareheritage.com, in their Geneaology section (http://eastclareheritage.com/genealogy/), they say "If you would like East Clare Heritage to research your Family History, simply click HERE (http://homepage.eircom.net/~eastclareheritage/form.htm) to view the applicat...

I got my info from a Kildysart native. There are two references to Kerry Road, Kildysart, on http://www.kildysart.com/kild9.htm. It might be worth contacting that website via post1@kildysart.com.

The Kerry Road (still called so by older people) would best be known now as the Kilrush Road.
http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=en&ll=52. ... 7&t=m&z=16

They're celebrating the 100th anniversary of Steele's Terrace this year, so it just may not have existed at all for the 1901 and 1911 censuses. The OSI map shows that Steele's Terrace stretches along beside the Gort Road http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,533905,678049,7,10 so the area may well hav...