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There's an interesting article on the Gready/Grady/O'Grady names at http://www.araltas.com/features/grady/ which says that "There is a constant tendency for uncommon names to be assimilated to better known ones of a similar sound: thus Gready tends to become Grady, as does Graddy in Kerry." Also, th...

Hello Trudgem. You could start by looking at the article on the O'Dea clan on the Clare library website at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/odea_family.htm and then follow the link to the O'Dea clan website at http://odeaclan.org/xoops/. Regards, Mike

Allison, you could start by checking out the trades directories on the Clare Library site at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/genealog.htm . Look for Vintners in Guy's Directory, 1893 , Grocers and Spirit Dealers in Bassett's Directory, 1880-1 , Grocers and Spirit Dealers in Slater...

Vicki, death certificates by their very nature should be treated with caution with regard to the birthplace of the deceased, particularly if the deceased person died far from home and had lived to a good age. McNamara was indeed the most common name in Clare recorded on the Tithe Applotment Books (1...

I don't know how helpful this observation will be, but I distinctly remember my mother always being referred to by her maiden name by my father's siblings. She in turn always referred to her brothers' wives by their maiden names.

Those estate papers may not be held in Ireland. They're not listed in the "Survey of Estate papers in the National Library of Ireland and the National Archives of Ireland: Co. Clare" at http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/estate_papers/estate_papers.htm . The Landed Estate Records web...

"Typically, a gamekeeper is employed by a landowner, and often in the UK by a country estate, to prevent poaching, to rear and release game birds such as pheasants and grouse, to control predators such as foxes, to manage habitats to suit game, and to monitor the health of the game." http://en.wikip...

UCC's CELT project page on the Foras Feasa at http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/G100054/header.html lists the manuscripts below: 1. Manuscript sources.A MS in the Franciscan Convent Library, Dublin. Written in the convent of Kildare. Probably the oldest existing transcript of Foras Feasa, written before...

Margaret,
according to its website, Clare Library has copies of the Clare Journal of that year in its local studies centre. I would suggest you write to them and they may be able to help you. Worth a try.
Regards,
Mike

Sarah, take a look at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fianna/guide/military.html. It might help to locate your army records.
Regards,
Mike

Sarah, your grandfather was born too late to be mentioned in Griffith's Valuations (1855) and left Ireland too early to be registered for the 1901 Census . I would suggest that your best bet would be to try to trace him on a passenger list of a ship between Ireland and England. Ancestry.com has one ...

Cath, there's an interesting quote from Seán Spellissy's book "The Merchants of Ennis" on Joe Nix's Family Genealogy page . "Notation for SPELLISSY surname prior to 1912: The SPELLISSY family arrived into Ennis from Tirmaclane in the early 1700's. John Spellissy, a victualler, became a collector in ...

Nell, you could bear in mind that Europe was entering a relatively warmer period at that time which would have influenced settlement and agricultural patterns. "10th – 14th century: The Medieval Warm Period (MWP) or Medieval Climate Optimum: In Europe the warm conditions had positive effects. Summer...

Nell, I would recommend that you continue your research with The Book of the Burren by Richard Broad and Anne Korff. There's a chapter there called "The Burren in Early Historic Times" by Paul Gosling which covers the period in which you are interested. Another book that looks like it would suit is ...

Paddy, if you click on the 'Search' option on the left-hand side and then select the option 'List all houses' - you will get up a page listing all of the houses that they have listed in the database. You can then search this using your browser's own search facility, e.g. in Firefox select Edit, and ...