Clare Past Forum

I was 16 when my brother asked me to be his daughters godfather. It was too young! I felt obligated to say yes, but also knew I wouldn't fulfil the responsibilities. To this day my brother hasn't forgiven me for not "acting like" her godfather. We get along fine, but when her name comes up, he gives ...

I have looked for other spellings also. Like Cane, Cain and such. I know they are less likely and usually more English than Irish, but you never know if you might find a random link.

From what I have found, the Keane's left Co Clare in the mid to late 1800's. Anyhow, my Kane's appeared to have ...

My ancestor Michael Thomas Kane was born in the early 1830's in Co Clare. What I was told was to look for Keane as the spelling. No connections yet though.

He married a woman in Jefferson Co Ohio in the early 1850's. I have not found much on her either.

They moved to Brown Co Wisconsin and from ...

What keeps someone from creating another account? Seems like a cat and mouse shell game to me!

So, "Kree Parish" would refer to the church kind of parish, not the governmental unit that is a part of a county? What is the difference between a Parish Kilmacduane and Cree Parish?

Am I mistaken to say the Kree (from an obituary), Cree (from a roadside picture my uncle took when he visited there ...

I have been trying to trace my family and am stuck in Co Clare. I am making the jump that Kane was the Americanized spelling of Keane.

My GGGrandfathrs Obituary said he was from Co Clare and the parish of Kree. After talking to a few people, I think it must be the Parish of Kilmacduane and the ...