Clare Past Forum

Many thanks for that reply. I have not yet seen the list but from what I understand it is a copy of the Liber Mortuorum and not the actual book. I was in my aunts possession and she was originally from the Fanore area, though she had not lived there for many many years. Until I see the list, I will ...

Has anyone ever heard Liber Mortuorum which I believe means Death (and/or) Burial Book. My cousin recently found a list for Fanore church 1919-1995 among her mothers possessions (I will post the list here after she has sent me a copy). I was under the impression that no burial records were kept in ...

Another thought: has anyone contacted the funeral homes in Clare, to see if the cards were retained there ? I would think
that the funeral home director would be a likely person to arrange for the card, so that the family does not have that detail to attend to during such a trying time.
Sharon ...

If you can get the name of the person who paid for the burial, and if that person or her/his descendants are still alive, it just might take you to a rich source of information on your great-uncle.



Paddy, that is a great advice but not of use in this instance, unfortunately. - I know who the ...

miriam scahill wrote:Perhaps Mr. O Donoghue is a brother of your John.
The document on 'North Clare Soldiers' has some useful info on it.

Yes you are right, Mickey is John's brother (both were my great-uncles).

Hello - re Soldiers in WW1 - I suggest you log on to http://www.clarelibrary.ie and open Genealogy - on this page there is a document - 'North Clare Soldiers in WW1' - which shows a 'Paddy O Donoghue' on the list. It gives local info. and contacts. There is another doc. - 1914-16 Kilrush Men in WW1 ...

Can anyone let me know if there is a record of Irish soldiers who survived WW1? My great uncle was born in County Cork but moved to Clare in his teens as his father was involved in the West Clare Railway. As he was estranged from his wife before he died (in the 1950s) and had no children the only ...

Thanks for those replies. I have a widow at Griffiths who was sub-leasing from her son (in which case she was using her maiden name). Becasue the surname was different to his, and she had not remarried, I had wondered if she was, in fact, his grandmother (his mothers' mother), but it now appears ...

Does anyone know if it was usual (the norm) for married women to be known by their maiden names after they got married. I have not come across this myself but it was mentioned to me recently that this was the case. And if so, why would women have done this? Thanks.

Sharon,
Many thanks for all that information. I have undertaken several of the suggestions you made and already have got a considerable amount of extra information back on Anthony Casey, some of it from as far as Australia! I will certainly compile all that I get and make it available for others ...

Can anyone tell me where I can find information relating to the trial of Anthony Casey (b.1786) of Co. Clare, for manslaughter. Trial took place in Dublin City in 1835 and he was transported to Australia on board the Waterloo in 1836. He was 50 years old and married. There is no record of him on the ...

The Medical Mentor And New Guide To Fashionable Watering Places 1822

http://books.google.ie/books?id=aQwHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Medican+Mentor&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=ApamScygD5XWNsGbgYQO#PPA1,M1

Lovely little book on the uses of water in treating medical conditions, includes descriptions of ...

http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/parishes.htm

It may be that there are no Church Records for this period. I notice from the above on the Clare Library website, that it does not indicate when records started in Bunratty - an idea might be to contact the Parish directly.

Sorry not ...

http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/tithe_applot/name_index/index18_FloodToFury.htm

See Clouneybreen, Rinneen, Kilmanahine (Rinneen, DED Moy in the 1901 Census)
and Carhukeal, Kilfarboy (Carrowkeel, DED Miltown Malbay in the 1901 Census).

Note that the name is spelled Forhan at the ...

Thank you for that information. Doon Cottage is in the townland of Ballybreen (as is Doon Fort), the townland of Doon is next to it, which provided some confusion for a while! Doon Cottage is built on Doon Hill. I have managed to find the old Casey homestead in the townland of Doon (with great help ...