Lynn, So far I have received two responses to the request I posted on your need for a birth certificate. The first on said you have to go through the County Clare Heritage Center. However, the writer had had experience dealing with the County Clare Heritage Center and was very satisfied. This is not always the case since the heritage centers apparently vary considerably in their level of expertise and the quality of their service. I will post the web address for the heritage centers to the list sometime. However, I do think that since you have a name and this is a later birth you could just order a certificate. (However I am rather new to genealogicla research myself.) This morning I recived the following letter: "Civil Records of BDM date from 1864. Certificates are available from the General Register Office, Joyce House, Lombard Street, Dublin 2. They cost £5.50 (say $10 including postage). You need to tell them name, Father's name, Mother's maiden name, date and place of birth. "County Clare" is unlikely to be enough to locate the entry and they may charge more if they have to make an extensive search. The Clare Genealogy Centre, Corofin, Co. Clare, have most or all of the parish records indexed. You would have to inquire direct for their charges. They almost certainly have the 1879 records but you may not require them if you get the certificates you want from the General Register Office." I think this is reliable information. This informant usually knows what he is talking about! Gail in MO