Clare Past Forum

Hi
Many thanks for the documents. They create a superb picture what life was like in NE Clare both before and after the famine. Do you lnow of any Nugents still living in Gurtaderra? There seems to have been two Nugent families - one living in Gurtaderra and the other in Corrakyle. I think that ...

My great-great grandfather James Nugent had 3 sons Francis, Martin and Edmond(Edward/Ned?). They were born in the 1820s/1830s. Francis (my great grandfather) migrated to England and married a Clare girl Ellen Darcy (Dorcey). Ned, I believe migrated to America and Martin remained in Clare. There may ...