Hello!
I will be traveling to Kilmihil at the end of May. I will visit St. Michael's Church and graveyard. Curious how I could find where my Great Great Grandparents home was or remains of.
Thank you, Susan
Tuesday 30th Apr 2019, 11:43AM
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Dear Susan:
Thank you for your post to the Ireland Reaching Out message board.
You should definitely visit the Local Studies Centre in Ennis when you arrive to Clare as they have a very good list of local historical resources and the two librarians there are extremely helpful.
IN addition, have you checked the website for the Clare Library? If not, here is a link to Kilmihil parish resources which are available online: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/kilmihil.htm
The Kilmihil communty page has also listed all the parish registers online at their community website which is below:
https://kilmihil.net/about-kilmihil/history-of-kilmihil/
There is a local gentleman who may also be able to assist and I will check to see if I can contact him. I'll reply on this thread.
As to trying to find the farmhouse, it is probably best to go to the local parish office and/or post office and enqiure from there.
Please let me know if you need any further assistance.
Kind regards,
Jane
Jane Halloran Ryan
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Thank you so much.
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Hi Susan:
If you will email me directly at: jhalloranryan@irelandxo.com, I will be able to assist you further.
All the best,
Jane
Jane Halloran Ryan
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Hi Susan
Did your great.gr grandparents migrate out of Ireland
Which country do you live in.
Rgds
Alan from Sydneyastjjones
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Hello Alan,
My grandparents imigrated to New York. I do see other Donnellans that imigrated to Australia on Ancestory. Small world isn't it.
Thank you, Susan
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Hi
When you are in Clare see if you can access the text "Parish of Kilmihil" by Cotter & Ors - 2nd Edition 1987. If it's no longer available commercially, Clare Library will have it.
The Old Kilmihil Cemetery in the grounds of the medieval church has many gravestones still legible - well worth a visit
Just put online this month on Clary Library website are transcriptions of Baptisms and Mariages for Kilmihil Parish. Makes it much easier than trying to decipher the originals on National Library's website
Here are the links
good luck
alan
astjjones