Seeking Frank Ryan and Mary Considine Ryan Family

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You could try finding a record of Denis Ryan and Catherine O’Gorman’s marriage. This could provide you with both their father’s names and their places of residence at the time of marriage. This would open up a previous generation to you.

Most Catholic records are held locally - One site which might be of use is - http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ - where you can ‘browse’ an overview of available records per county. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for possible assistance.

The link below will tell you what periods and what types of church records are available.

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Clare&parish=Kilmihil&churchid=797

You could also try checking for the family names you are researching in the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp  or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/    

The Tithe Applotment List might be of use to you, or at least interesting for you. These lists constitute the only nationwide survey for the period, and are valuable because the heaviest burden of the tithes to the Established Church, the Church of Ireland, fell on the poorest, for whom few other records survive. The information in the Tithes is quite basic, typically consisting of townland name, landholder's name, area of land and tithes payable. Many Books also record the landlord's name and an assessment of the economic productivity of the land. The tax payable was based on the average price of wheat and oats over the seven years up to 1823, and was levied at a different rate depending on the quality of land. For Parishes where the registers do not begin until after 1850, this information can be useful, as they are often the only surviving early records. They can provide valuable circumstantial evidence, especially where a holding passed from father to son in the period between the Tithe survey and Griffith's Valuation.

There are a few gravestone inscriptions for Ryans of Kilmihil at St Michaels Graveyard

http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/don_tran/graves/stmichaels_oldchurch_graveyard_transcriptions.htm

Link below is to an imcomplete collection of records from KIlmihil marriage register covering 1845-1999

http://www.kilmihil.com/genealogy/marriage/marriage.php?

Also there is lots of useful information to be found in the 1901 and 1911 census records. You can find this here: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

Best regards Michael

Genealogy Support

Thanks very much!