Anne, I'm interested in the surname BARRETT. Thanks Rae Ryan Qld ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Morahan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 9:21 PM Subject: [IRL-CLARE] North Clare Cemeteries and Parish records > Hi all > > I am having the most fantastic trip in Ireland at the moment, but I > wanted to let anyone who is interested in records and cemeteries in > the North of Clare, that I have loads of information! > I had previously started transcribing Corcomroe Abbey headstones (near > Bellharbour, just north of Ballyvaughan) and have been back and taken > photos of the new headstones and have found that a lot of the old > headstones have been cleaned up and are easier to read, which makes my > checking easier. I have done the same for Killeen Cemetery, near New > Quay also. These graveyards lie in the parishes of Abbey and > Oughtmama and now come under the parish of New Quay. People from the > parish of Carron are also buried there. > > I went to Mass on Sunday last, which was to commerate the tragic > boating tragedy at New Quay on 29 June 1969 in which 9 children lost > their lives on a new boat on its maiden voyage. Two of these children > were my father's first cousins. There is a lovely memorial build > outside the church to commerate them. After Mass, I met up with > siblings of these cousins and have had a wonderful time chatting with > them, catching up and being overfed! > > I had already had a knock back from a priest in Tipperary, even though > the priest in the adjoining parish said he would allow me to, but the > records did not go back far enough. > > Wow! I was so excited! I asked the priest if I could look at the > records and he was lovely, obliging and generous and would not take a > donation. I had copied much information for the family names that I am > interested in and those that I think have a connection, so if anyone > would like me to see if I have information for their family, let me > know. > > Tomorrow I am off to Ennis for another clan gathering! > > Best regards > > Anne > ====================================== > Remember to stay on Topic. > If you have a problem with anything please contact the list admin > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >