DOWNES - Daniel B 1840/1844 County Clare Died 1923 Ballarat Vic Australia

Dear Trish: 

Thank you for your query to the Ireland Reaching Out message board and welcome to the site.  If you are not familiar with the Clare Library website, you should definitely check it as there is a lot of very useful information in relation to genealogy research.  For ease of reference, the link is here:  http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/genealog.htm   I note that your ancestor,Daniel Downes' father was Timothy Downes and I see from the Griffith's Valuation for Clare in 1855, that there was a Timothy Downes in Clonreddan, in the civi parish of Kilmacduane.  This may or may not be a connection to you, but it is worth looking at more closely.  The civil parish of Kilmacduane holds parish registers under its Catholic name of Cooraclare and they begin in 1853.  The link is here:  https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0777  

We have some great volunteers in the West Clare area who may be able to assist you further and I will forward this post to them.  Please give them up to 2 weeks to reply. 

In the meantime, yoiu might consider creating an Ancestor Profile for Daniel Downes under the XO Chronicles tab at the top of the page.  These profiles are another great way to connect with others who may also be researching the same family. 

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Kind regards, 

Jane

Hi Trishjoh,
May be this is Timothy Downes (the father) only one in County Clare listed in Griffiths Valuation.
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNam…

KILMACDUANE
This is the place on this map.
https://www.bing.com/search?q=kilmacduane+co+clare+map&qs=n&form=QBRE&s…

Were they Catholic?  sorry the records are from 1853, I would have said use this site
https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0777

Daniel.......any sibling names?

Have you asked about a Quinn family in the last few months?
(It's just that this area rings a few bells.)
Margot