RC Parish of O'Callaghan's Mills marriages 1835 to Apr 1881
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:56 pm
Online as of today, there are 1166 RC marriages in this parish, shown in chronological order and then grouped by surname of groom and also of bride. Legibility was good, so there are few question marks.
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... rberry.htm
In contrast to the baptismal entries, this registry contains several placenames that are remote, such as West Clare, Galway, and Limerick, as grooms and witnesses traveled to the bride's parish for the ceremony. The amount of the donation, otherwise in the one to six pound range, shot up considerably in such instances, perhaps indicating that those brides were "marrying up" perhaps to those whom they had not known all their lives.
For my purposes, any new East Clare placenames were a great discovery, the best of which seems to be within a mile of where my Carberry family lived. There are two entries naming Red Bridge, which I have never seen in some 20 years of researching this area. The news items shown below contain clues, which with use of the 1842 Ordnance Survey map on the Library site, point to Woodfield Bridge over the Ahaclare River flowing into Doon Lake west of Broadford. That river was a traditional boundary for administrative units. If anyone has information to the contrary, please post it.
This wonderful resource is accessible through the generosity of the Library and the rapid effort of Maureen Comber to get it into its present configuration. We are so fortunate.
Enjoy,
Sharon Carberry
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... rberry.htm
In contrast to the baptismal entries, this registry contains several placenames that are remote, such as West Clare, Galway, and Limerick, as grooms and witnesses traveled to the bride's parish for the ceremony. The amount of the donation, otherwise in the one to six pound range, shot up considerably in such instances, perhaps indicating that those brides were "marrying up" perhaps to those whom they had not known all their lives.
For my purposes, any new East Clare placenames were a great discovery, the best of which seems to be within a mile of where my Carberry family lived. There are two entries naming Red Bridge, which I have never seen in some 20 years of researching this area. The news items shown below contain clues, which with use of the 1842 Ordnance Survey map on the Library site, point to Woodfield Bridge over the Ahaclare River flowing into Doon Lake west of Broadford. That river was a traditional boundary for administrative units. If anyone has information to the contrary, please post it.
This wonderful resource is accessible through the generosity of the Library and the rapid effort of Maureen Comber to get it into its present configuration. We are so fortunate.
Enjoy,
Sharon Carberry