Clare Past Forum

I think "officially" women would use their married names for records unless they had a very good reason for not doing so! I think it was pretty common for women "unofficially" to sometimes be known by their maiden names in their locality.
I guess this could have been for a number of reasons either ...

I would just like to point out that the Mcnamara name would be very common in County Clare and I reckon it pinpoints Clare and not Kerry. People did not travel very far to get married in those days so many family names can eliminate certain counties etc.

Interesting thread!
My Grandfather also served in the old IRA iaround the Miltown Malbay/ennistymon area and fought during the War of Independence. Unfortunately I don't have any information about him during this time. he would have been only in his early 20's. he went on to fight in the Civil War ...

The Foran name is actually not that common in Clare however there are some pockets of where the name exists Miltown Malbay,Kilkee and Ennistymon being these places in Clare where the name is to be found. Up until recently in Ireland people didn't travel too far away from their homeplace so certain ...

The King name can still be found in the Miltown Malbay area. It is not a common name in Clare , so anyone researching their ancestors of this name, should not encounter too many problems.
It might be beneficial to put "King" in the title of your post for future reference. There might be other people ...

Golly doesn't your Grandfather Frank bear an uncanny resemblance to Tommy Carberry the jockey

Beautiful photographs Sharon and I love the one of him with his horse.

Many names in Ireland are very particular to a county or region. As many people did not leave their own district and married locally, names can be pinpointed to an almost exact area.
There are specific names that would be common in Co.Clare - Carberry would not be considered a "Clarename" though ...

Most certainly, it was interesting getting a different version of family events to what I would have heard from my Grandparents, as well as getting some amazing family photographs that I never knew existed :)
It was invaluable to me in my research!

Do these smilies actually work yet? Can't see ...

Great piece of information Paddy regarding the phonebook. It is often a great asset in finding a living connection to where one's ancestors came from.

I myself located a long lost cousin by just looking the name up and BINGO!!!