Looking for Clancy/Ryan ancestors from Killaloe Clare

Lorese:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

Here is the link to the parish register for  Killaloe.   http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0793

Unfortunately, the records start in 1828. Civil registration as you indicated did not begin until 1864.

Roger McDonnell

Hi Lorese:

I saw your post and thought that I would add that it may be worth your while to try to find the townlands in Killaloe through the Clare County Library website that have both Ryans and Clancys in them.  Also, be sure to include the variant Clanchy.  It is possible as well that Mary Clancy's parents were sponsors for other family member's children born from 1828 onwards.  It is worth your while to look through the NLI parish registers for Killaloe for that purpose.    I know that it may be a longshot, but it could give you new clues. 

If you need any further assistance or have any questions, please let me know.

Kind regards,

Jane.

Hi Jane, and Jeff

It seems I am able to respond to you both now ... I had trouble with the site and had given up. Sorry its been so long. I'd appreciate any help because I have spent 100's of hours trolling through records looking for my ancestors and they seem nowhere to be found.

Hi Jane, What did sponsoring mean? It seems to be that as sponsors were recorded at baptisms so they were what we otherwise know as 'God parents'?

Jeff, I am still desperately searching and wondering if there is something really obvious I am missing such as different verions of names. There are quite a few Mary Clancy's but none of them are mine, I've tried Maria and so on too. I bought Mary's death cert the other day hoping there might be clearer info than that on her Immigration Record but the only thing recorded is fathers surname as CLANCY, first name unknown, mothers name unknown. Mary must never have spoken about her paretns during her lifetime in Australia. Lorese

Hi Lorese,

Very interesting entry by yourself. I have 3 Clancy sisters coming to Australia later in time from Killaloe, County Clare. Bridget first and then Margaret (28) & Sarah (22) together in 1883. Margaret is my GG Grand Mother. This town is quite small so I assume Clancy a well known name. Again they were sponsored out here.

My email is gdonnan12@gmail.com. I have been unable to go back further than this yet as I only have come into possession of the immigration / shipping records recently to prove the Killaloe connection. County Clare has been passed down in family folklore......."the lights of County Clare."

Regards

Gerard Donnan

Hi Lorese,

I don't know if this would be any connection - I have a Catherine Barton married to Patt Clancy in Killaloe Parish Feb 1841. Children baptized: John in 1841, James in 1843, and Bridget in 1846.  I was told Catherine Barton was sister to my John Barton.

Hello Bevlittig,

Was Bridget, John and James from / living in Crossderry as children? We understand parish records were kept at Killaloe as regional centre.

As these three children are born before 1855 I am trying to see if they are our relations. We know there were three sisters who came to Australia - Bridget, Margaret, Sarah. Bridget was the oldest.

Thank you

Gerard Donnan

Hello Gerard,

John was born  between 1815-1822 (both dates on records)  do not know were he was born.He married Katherine Reeves in 1843 in Killaloe-Knockyclovoun (?) Clare.  He was a shoemaker. Son James was born  29 October 1844.  They emigrated to United States in 1847.  I do not have any information on John's siblings. Sorry, wish I had more informaton.

Bev

Hello Gerard and Bev

I've already replied to Gerard via email but will add a bit ... so Gerard, its interesting that you say that Killaloe was the regional centre for records as I am going there later this year. Where did you hear that by the way? I am hoping that the Clare library holds the records I am after on microfiche because they are certainly not online. Even though my Mary Clancy gave Killaloe as her place of abode on her emmigration records to Australia in 1841 and also named her parents on the papers (Micheal Clancy and Peggy Ryan) I can't find any record of her birth or baptism. I did find a possible marriage record for her parents in another county and I am thinking that perhaps her father went up there to marry her mother then brought her back to Killaloe where (hopefully) Mary was born and recorded and I'll find her. Mary came to Australia with her uncle John Clancy and his wife Bridget, they also had a daughter Mary Clancy. With all the repeating of names over the generations it sure makes finding people difficult - or rather, its so easy to mistake one Mary Margaret John or Micheal for another!

Bev I am sure your Clancy's were relatives of mine but I've not seen that connection yet - they are probably not direct, possibly cousins aunts and uncles.

Lorese

Lorese,

I agree that somewhee along the line we are linked.   Have a wonderful time in Ireland!

Bev

Dear Lorese:

Are you visiting Ireland shortly?  If so, please let me know and I can put you in contact with several local people in Killaloe.

You can email me directly at:  jhalloranryan@irelandxo.com.

All the best,

Jane.