MCMAHON,BEHAN IN KILRUSH

[RMCCAR11]

I AM NEW HERE,
HAVE JUST FOUND OUT THAT MY RELATIVES MAY HAVE COME FROM KILRUSH. PROPERTY CALLED RINEMACKADERIG(RATHMACDERIG) IN CARRIGAHOLT VILLAGE MOYARTA KILRUSH, WAS SHARED BY PATRICK MCMAHON, MICHAEL MCMAHON AND MICHAEL BEHAN. INFORMATION I HAVE IS: BURIED IN HOLY CROSS CEMETARY IN BUFFALO NY, PATRICK MCMAHON DIED 9/1/1870 AGE 65(BORN COUNTY CLARE) MARRIED MARY LYNCH (DIED 9/2/1866)AGE 58, CHILDREN BRIDGET MCMAHON DOYLE, KATHERINE MCMAHON BEHAN, MARY MCMAHON LYNCH AND MARGARET MCMAHON DUGAN (MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER)(MARRIED 11/26/1867 TO MICHAEL DUGAN(DIED IN BUFFALO NY 5/10/1901). I NEEED CONFIRMATION OF THIS FOUND IN KILRUSH, DATES OF IMMIGRATION AND SHIP IF POSSIBLE.

[miriam scahill]

Hello - re your query - McMahon/Behan. Kilrush is the registration of south West Clare. The area you are interested in is about 14 miles west of Kilrush.
Your relations came from Rinemacderig - which is part of the village of Carrigaholt and in the Parish of Moyarta. Log on to www.clarelibrary.ie - genealogy - at bottom right of page you will find 'Research Support' = then select Parish Index - then MOYARTA - sev. doc. - e.g. Griffith Vals. of 1855 - show several families of McMahon & Behan - photos will show you Carrigaholt Castle which is also in the townland.

[RMCCAR11]

I DON'T FIND 'RESEARCH SUPPORT' AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE PAGE

[pwaldron]

Try this direct link to Moyarta parish:
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... oyarta.htm

[Clare Admin]

To find a particular parish, or townland, or town or village (or indeed Barony or island) on the website click on the Places and Placenames link (http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... places.htm) on the website homepage. The whole website is based on the theme of 'place', i.e. County Clare, and the Places and Placenames link from the homepage is one of the most important entry points to the website, others being the Search This Website link (http://www.clarelibrary.ie/search.html) and What's New (http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/whatsnew.htm).

You will also find links to the Parish Index and the Townland Index on the main Genealogy page (http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... nealog.htm) under Research Support.
Clare Admin

[pwaldron]

... and, of course, if you can't find a phrase like `research support' on a long web page, type Ctrl+F to use the search facility in your browser to jump to the elusive phrase.