Moriarty

Hi Thomas thank you for your message. I hope that someone with information makes a connection with you and helps you to further your research. In the meantime here are some places you canlook:

Church Records:

Ennis town is part of the civil parish of Drumcliff. This falls under the Catholic parish of Drumcliff, sometimes also known as Ennis parish. You can search birth and marriage register indexes here:

http://www.ennisparish.com/genealogy/

Civil Records:

Civil registration began in Ireland in 1864 so any births, deaths or marriages in the family after this date would be recorded in these records. Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office. Here are their contact details:

General Register Office

Government Offices

Convent Road

Roscommon

Ireland

Tel:+353 90 663 2900

Locall:1890 25 20 76

Fax:+353 90 663 2999

Homepage: http://www.groireland.ie/

You can search the indexes to these records up to 1958 online at:

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347

Land Records:

You could also check for record of the family in the land records pertaining to Ireland in the 19th century. There are two:

The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1838) found at http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

and Griffith?s Valuation (1848-1864) found at http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

Census records:

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/

Also, I suggest that you visit the Clare County Library Family History pages as they have an excellent available:

http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/genealog.htm

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support