I was just in Clare, having landed at Shannon, and then I went to record offices in Dublin. I suggest you go to the County Library in Ennis, which has a special collection of books useful for Clare research. Since it opens late in the morning, I was not able to use it; it has a web site, which I get to off of the "Clare, Banner County" site. Also, after I got back, a person who located tax records in another county, suggested that I find where the Clare tax records are kept. You might inquire at the library about that. If you know the townland where your folks resided, I would go the cemetery. You can buy from the Tourist Board shop in the airport building, an ordnance survey map for the part of Clare you are interested in; it is very detailed and shows cemeteries. When you go to Dublin, you can spend 12 punts (pounds) at the General Registry Office in 8 Lombard St (Joyce House), Dublin 2 (the section of Dublin by Trinity College). The amount, fairly high, will be worth it if you get there when it opens. It closes for lunch and then closes for the day at 4 p.m. You can search the books of death, marriages, and births since 1864, by surname, and then order the certificates. I did the death books, which names a placename for each individual. If you know the townland, then the Deed Office on Henrietta Street (across the Liffey River, in another part of Dublin) would be a good place. They have books of land transactions, including major leases, by surname back to the 1700s and by locality. The staff is very helpful and will explain the system. The National Library, an architectural treasure, houses the parish books and the newspapers. The staff there is helpful. If you ask for Bernard, he might let you into the Genealogical Office next door, to see the microfiche on the Rosemary ffolliott biographical notices for Munster papers, from 1798 into the 1800s. It is alphabetized but seems to mention only what prominent people thought newsworthy back then. The National Archives holds Griffiths Valuations and Tithe Applotment book microfilm, as well as Will Perogative books and Marriage License indexes. I did all of the above in Dublin for four solid days (no lunch), and came away feeling that I had made an real inroad on my research. Sharon Carberry Researching Carberry, Donnellan, Tynan, Hehir, Cunneen, and Connell