Tuesday 21 February 2017

CLARE ROOTS SOCIETY: CLAIRE BRADLEY : “CIVIL REGISTERS - THE GAME CHANGER”







CLARE ROOTS SOCIETY 

Lecture 
by 

Claire Bradley


Thursday 16th March 8pm 
Old Ground Hotel

CIVIL REGISTERS - THE GAME CHANGER”

How online access to the civil registers has forever changed Irish genealogy

The General Register Office holds all official records 
of Irish births, deaths and marriages,
Civil Registration Service plays an important role in the lives of Irish people; it is responsible for helping people to register their children's births, along with marriages, civil partnerships and deaths.

The Lecture will cover information on.


Claire Bradley is a Dublin-based professional genealogist.  
She holds a Certificate in Family History from UCD and is the current chairperson of the Irish branch of the Irish Genealogical Research Society.  

IGP ADDITIONS FEBRUARY, 2017









Unusual inscription font for this headstone to the
Barry/Power family of Leperstown. In Killea graveyard,
Dunmore East, County Waterford.
Photo courtesy Valerie Ackroyd and IGPArchives.
Click image for enlarged view.


CARLOW Genealogy Archives - Land
Leases For Co. Carlow - "The History And Antiquities of County Carlow"

DONEGAL Genealogy Archives - Headstones
Killybegs (RC) Graveyard
Kilmonaster Old Graveyard

DUBLIN Genealogy Archives - Headstones
Deansgrange Cem., St. Mogue's Section, Pt. 2

LEITRIM Genealogy Archives - Headstones
Killegar (CoI) Graveyard

LONGFORD Genealogy Archives - Headstones
Granard, New (RC) Cemetery 

MAYO Genealogy Archives - Headstones
Old Kilmeena Graveyard  Pt 2, Westport

MONAGHAN Archives - Church
Baptisms, Clones Parish Registers 1682-1688

TYRONE Genealogy Archives - Headstones
St. Patrick's Graveyard, Dunamanagh

WATERFORD Genealogy Archives - Headstones
Holy Cross (RC) Graveyard, Killea

Saturday 18 February 2017

Tuesday 14 February 2017

ARMAGH DIOCESE MARRIAGE LICENCE BONDS 1727 - 1845 NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE




IFHF

Armagh Diocese Marriage Licence Bonds 1727 - 1845
From its creation as the Established Church in the second half of the 16th century up to the Court of Probate Act of 1857, the Church of Ireland was responsible for legally administering some aspects of vital life events such as registering marriage bonds and licences for those people who did not want to marry by banns. These were usually registered, but mot always, in the diocese of the bride's local parish. 
Marriage Licence Bonds were an alternative to marriage banns. Both were designed to prevent clandestine marriages. Banns were read in both the bride's and groom's parish on three consecutive Sundays to allow anyone knowing a reason that the marriage should not go ahead to come forward. Marriage licence bonds worked slightly differently. They allowed a couple to go to court and pay a sum to sign a witnessed declaration that the marriage was free to go ahead. Before 1858 marriage licence bonds were exclusively handled by the ecclesiastical courts of the Church of Ireland.
These new additions to armagh.rootsireland.ie are the indexes of marriage licence bonds taken through diocesan and prerogative courts across Ireland. Copies were kept by the Public Records Office but many were destroyed in the explosion during the Irish Civil War in 1922. These bonds may offer a rare opportunity to find your Irish ancestors before the 19th century. Dating back as far as 1727 they are an invaluable resource for many family historians.
Each record contains a transcript of the original register. The amount of information varies, but you can find out the following about your County Armagh ancestor: Name, Name of spouse, Year of marriage.
This is an ongoing computerisation project and we have released the records for the surnames beginning with the letters from A-L. These will contain many other marriages for surnames beginning with letters between M-Z if they married someone who surname began with the letters from A-L. Most marriage bonds will appear twice in our records as they were recorded by both married parties surnames.
We hope to complete the outstanding records in the near future; however, we offer a manual search service for these non computerised records for a nominal fee and full details can be obtained contacting Armagh.Ancestry@armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk


For a full list of sources for County Armagh please click here


Yours Sincerely
rootsireland.ie
Brought to you by the Irish Family History Foundation

Tuesday 7 February 2017

VALE SISTER MARY WHELAN (SISTER MARY FRANCIS GABRIEL) FROM CLARE TO BRISBANE




Crest of All Hallows' School



VALE

SISTER MARY WHELAN..

BORN IN 1922, 
second child of Susan and John Whelan
Islebrack, Miltown Malbay
One of a family of eight, 
survived by three of her sisters
Susan Walsh (Killarney, Co Kerry)
Brid Porter (Killimor, Co Galway)
Margaret McCarthy ( Boston, USA)
Died December 21, 2016


She was professed in Timoleague as
Sister Mary Francis Gabriel
on Jan 14, 1946.
Later in the year, she travelled to Sydney, Australia, 
by ship and then by train to Brisbane,

to All Hallows' Convent, 
on January 1, 1947.
Mary is buried in Nudgee Cemetery, Brisbane,
beside her younger sister, Teresa, 
Sister Mary Bernadine, 
 who predeceased her in 2012.

The Clare Champion 3rd. February 2017


Sister Mary Francis Gabriel

Nudgee Cemetery location SIS-MER-29-10

Map  via tiny URL http://tinyurl.com/hhhlom5

Sr Mary Bernardine, RSM

Nudgee Cemetery location SIS-MER-29-09




1908



All Hallows’ Convent is one of the oldest surviving houses in Brisbane, Adderton, built in 1858 by John Petrie. The building became the first permanent home for the Sisters of Mercy in Queensland in 1863, and for 144 years served as the Mother house of the Brisbane Congregation.


In the public domain, as copyright has expired.



There is an interesting transcript of a talk given in the Qld State Library in 2012... 
it's 14 pages, and discusses the Irish in Qld, 
including the Sisters of Mercy.
 Peter Connell concentrates on their stories...

You can download the .pdf here to read at your leisure.









"TRACING CLARE'S EMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA." Clare Roots Society, 16th February, 2017






Clare Roots Society
Lecture By Joe Buggy
Thursday 16th February 8pm Old Ground Hotel

"Tracing Clare's Emigrants in the United States and Canada."



Joe Buggy is a genealogist with Ancestry Pro Genealogists, the in-house research team of Ancestry.com

 Based in Dublin, he conducts research on behalf of clients from around the world. From 2010-2015, he lived in New York City and Washington, D.C., where he worked as a self-employed genealogy researcher and writer. Joe is the author of Finding Your Irish Ancestors in New York City, the first book on the topic. He has previously written about researching Irish immigrants in the U.S. in a series of articles for Irish Lives Remembered genealogy magazine. Outside of his day job, Joe runs the Town-land of Origin website and blog, which focuses on Irish genealogical research in the United States and Canada.


Joe's talk on "US sources for tracing your American cousins" will be illustrated with some Clare examples.





Monday 6 February 2017

'GHOST' SHOP GETS A NEW LIFE... KILRUSH




EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN

Click to enlarge





As it was...


Courtesy of The Irish Times 4th Feb, 2017


GUEST BLOGGER: MOYA SHARP from WESTERN AUSTRALIAN VIRTUAL MINERS MEMORIAL






INTRODUCING YOU TO
GUEST BLOGGER,


  MOYA SHARP


 from

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN VIRTUAL MINERS MEMORIAL






It would be indeed hard to estimate the number of Irish born people both men, women and children who may have come to the Western Australian Goldfields in the last 100 + years. As we know the Irish are great travellers and many of them would have been miners and would have been keen to discover the riches the new Goldfields offered. In fact, the three men who were the first to discover gold in Kalgoorlie were all Irishmen!

I would like to introduce to you The Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorials which now has a new
Web Site: -  www.wavmm.com

This new and interactive site will enable people to create a permanent virtual memorial for a family member or friend who has died because of a workplace accident or from the various conditions of ‘Miners Lung’ in the course of their employment in the mining industry of Western Australia. Every type of mining is included.

Down through generations it is more than likely that facts of a person’s life and achievements can get lost or clouded. It’s time that these men and women who have sacrificed their lives to make this state great are respectfully remembered.

The following is only a very small example of some detail of ten men of Irish birth but there will be many more on the list of over 3500 people who have not, as yet, had their place of birth recorded. In most cases, only the name, the date of death and the location of the mine is known.


If you have any Irish descendants who you may think have died as a result of a mine accident or from one of the many conditions of ‘Miners Scilicosis’ go onto the site and search their name. We always welcome additional information and if you wish you can create a personal profile for them.


BEHAN Daniel (Registered as BE) Age 45 Miner    Died 2/3/1903 at the Sir Samuel GM near Lawlers,   Killed in an explosion, 
born County Cork IRELAND 




CURRAN Philip -  Age 27 Miner Died 24/09/1903 at the Nil Desperandum GM, Leonora, Buried at the Kathleen Valley Cemetery, Killed by a fall of stone Born IRELAND. He was also known as Philip CORRIDON and he left £252, 19s and 6d to Cornelius LYHANE



DAVOREN Michael, Age 36, Bricklayers Labourer, Died 22/11/1905, Golden Horseshoe GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Born: Bally Vaughan, County Clare, Ireland, Father: Michael DAVOREN, Mother: Margaret MEEHAN



IRWIN William James, Age 56, Miner, Died: 11/8/1916, Aurora GM Mt Keith, Killed by a fall of stone from Kilroy IRELAND, Father Samuel IRWIN, Mother Matilda





LYSAGHT Patrick Age 35, Miner Died 19/11/1901 Lady Shenton GM , Menzies, Buried: Menzies Cemetery, Born Ennistyman, Co Clare IRELAND Father Henry LYSAGHT Mother: Kate NEVILLE. AKA John DAVIS
  Patrick LYSAGHT, Menzies Cemetery.



MCCONACHIE Wayne Thomas, Driller, Died 15/05/1992 at Jubilee GM Kalgoorlie Born Ireland


O'SHEA Daniel Age 30, Miner, Died 4/5/1901, Englishman GM, Kookynie, Buried: Niagara Cemetery, Father: William OSHEA, Born: Kilmarney IRELAND


  Daniel OSHEA, Niagara Cemetery



PAYNE William Age 38, Mine Proprietor, died 31/8/1899 Fields Find GM, Yalgoo, Buried Fields Find, killed by a fall of a bucket down shaft, Born Kinsale, IRELAND

 William PAYNE


SHERLOCK Patrick Age 54, Miner and Publican, Died: 7/12/1896 Talisman GM Black Flag, Buried Black Flag Cemetery, Killed by an explosion,    He had lived in New Zealand for 20yrs and had been in W Aust for 1 yr. He was born in Tipperary, Ireland, the son of Maria (nee O’Rourke) and John SHERLOCK, Farmer. At the age of 47yrs he married Mary Ann LLOYS in West Port New Zealand. They had one child, Patrick aged 1yr 19mths


McCARTHY Felix Age 32yrs, Miner, Died 21/01/1912 at the Northern Mines GM at Lawlers, Born Co Cork Ireland

WA Record 17 Feb 1912

FATAL' ACCIDENTS.

The recent holidays were not without a chapter of fatal accidents in and around Lawlers. At the Northern Mines, Mr. Felix McCarthy met with a sudden death by one hundred and fifty tons of slimes falling on him. The bank of the slimes was sloping inwards at the bottom; of the face, and while Mr. McCarthy was fixing iron rails at the base of the slope, he was crushed to death. The catastrophe cast quite a gloom over the town, for the deceased was admired and respected for his manly qualities and noble virtues. He was a native of Co Cork, Ireland, where his relatives reside. He was buried in the Catholic cemetery here. His many friends will not forget to pray for the deceased's soul.
He is buried in the Lawlers Cemetery.





Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorial
Web:-   www.wavmm.com
Post:    PO Box 8247, Hannans, 6433 Western Australia


Many thanks to Moya for sharing her research. These listings will also appear in Irish Graves - they who sleep in foreign lands in Western Australia and a link back to this post in both Western Australia and in Biographies,  in a little while.




CREDIT for newspaper clippings
Daniel BEHAN – West Australian 7/3/1903 Pg 7
Phillp CURRAN -  Photo Western Argus 7/7/1903 
Michael DAVOREN – Kalgoorlie Miner 23/11/1905 Pg 6
William IRWIN – Kalgoorlie Miner 17/9/1917 Pg 4
Patrick LYSAGHT – Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 21/11/1901 Pg 2 Headstone photo (c)Moya Sharp
Daniel SHEA – Westralian Worker 10/5/1901 Pg 3
William PAYNE – Coolgardie Miner 4/9/1899 Pg 6
Patrick SHERLOCK – Coolgardie Miner 8/12/1896 Pg 5
Felix McCARTHY – Kalgoorlie Miner 23/1/1912 Pg 4