ziggy wrote:On all their death certificates it states County Clare. In the case of the Murrihy sisters, I have been led to believe that they came from Miltown Malbay. I can only find reference to Mary Murrihy arrivivg in South Australia. I can find no reference of Thomas Byrt and Margaret Murrihy arriving in Australia. There are quite a few different spellings of Murrihy to sift through e.g. Marhoy
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Anne
Anne,
Go to the Clare Library site at
http://www.clarelibrary.ie and fire up their search facility and type in the following exactly as it is written:
"miltown malbay" murrihy and then hit Enter. You will find numerous entries relating to the Murrihy family in Miltown Malbay. It should take you a few weeks to digest them.
In particular, you will see at
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/guests2002.htm that someone called Terry Murrihy in Australia has been doing a lot of research on the Murrihy name ("I have been researching and collating information on the Murrihy surname world wide for approximately 20 years. To date I have more than 1,200 different surnames and many thousands of individuals who have married into the Murrihy family.).
It looks as if there are quite a few Murrihys still living around that area. One of them may well know about your Murrihys who emigrated. So go to the Irish phone book at
http://www.eircom.ie and search for Murrihys in Miltown Malbay. I found three:
Murrihy, Martin - Crosses Of Annagh Miltown Malbay - (065)7084654
Murrihy, Patk J - Spanish Point Miltown Malbay Co. Clare - (065)7084670
Murrihy, Sean - Knockbrack Miltown Malbay (065)7084035
Give them a call and ask what they know about your Murrihys.
That should keep you going for a while and, looking at the wealth of Murrihy data there, I suspect that you will have your quest stitched up in rapid order.
Paddy