Hi Teri, I am looking at the Ejectment Books for County Clare at the moment. I found a Timothy Rourke, Mill Street, Town of Ennis in 1825. I don't know if this is any help! Nicola > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:04:36 -0600 > Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] An interesting set of books > > > Pete > > Some of the areas you listed are of possible interest to me. Though the information they contain may not help. > My family has been working on the O'Rourkes from Liscasey- Cross Beg. I think a few were in the Kilkee area. > We can not get past the 1817 birth year of the of the father Thomas location unknown. I have to ask if you came across any information that might have included this family. There are other O'Rourkes in the north and west of Clare it might be nice to tie them into the family. O'Rourke - Rourke- Rourk - somtimes put into Bourke > Connected to Meehan- - Dillon -Green- Pindar - Scanlon- Connors- and others in the area. > Thanks for any help you can give. I understand the documents you are working with do not probably give general family information, but just wondered if there was any mention of the families in the areas. > thanks > Teri > > > > > > > > > Here is the "Table of the Sections" for the books: > > > > "TABLE OF THE SECTIONS, > > > > According to which the account of every parish is arranged in this volume. > > > > > > I - The name of the parish, ancient and modern; its situation, extent, and > > division, climate and topographical description. > > > > II - Mines, minerals, and all other natural productions. > > > > III - Modern buildings both public and private, including towns, villages, > > gentlemen's seats, inns, &c. - the roads, scenery, and superficial > > appearance of the parish. > > > > IV - Ancient buildings, monastic and castellated ruins, monuments and > > inscriptions, or other remains of antiquity. > > > > V - Present and former state of population; the food, fuel, and general > > appearance; mode of living and wealth of the inhabitants; diseases and > > instances of longevity. > > > > VI - The genius and dispositions of the poorer classes; their language, > > manners and customs, &c. > > > > VII - The education and employment of their children, schools, state of > > learning, public libraries, &c. collection of Irish MSS, or historical > > documents relating to Ireland. > > > > VIII - State of the religious establishment, mode of tythes, parochial > > funds and records, &c. > > > > IX - Modes of agriculture, crops, stocks of cattle, rural implements, chief > > proprietors' names, and average value of land, prices of labour, fairs and > > markets, &c. > > > > X - Trade and manufactures, commerce, navigation and shipping, freight, &c. > > > > XI - Natural curiosities, remarkable occurrences, and eminent men. > > > > XII - Suggestions for improvement; and means for ameliorating the situation > > of the people. > > > > APPENDIX - Consisting of statistical tables, containing the value of the > > stock, annual produce of the parish, &c.&c." > > > > > > As it would be impractical for me to enter much of the information into > > e-mails, I tried to see if these volumes are available on-line. Google Books > > seems to have only volume 2, which seems odd. But perhaps it's because of my > > slow dial-up connection and have difficulty accessing sites meant for > > broadband access. However, for those interested - and on a suitable connection - > > it might be worthwhile to check it out. For me, I'll choose a printed book > > any day.........especially the old ones. The two-hundred-year-old smell is > > fabulous. Too bad I wasn't able to also copy the aroma [gr]. > > > > I plan on sending this general information to most of the Republic's county > > mailing lists over the next week or so, with added specific comments on the > > parts of that particular county described in the books. Although I no > > longer have much in the way of "free time", I'd be willing to answer questions > > that don't require a lot of typing (reading is OK, lotsa typing isn't). > > > > Volume 1 contains a 38-page section on Kilmanaheen parish, written by the > > Rev. James Kenny in 1775. This parish was "episcopally united to the > > vicarages of Kilasbuglenane [Killaspuglonane], Kilmacreehy [Kilmacrehy], Kileilagh > > [Killilagh] and Kilmoon". There are "Townlands, Derivations and Population" > > tables for the individual civil parishes (quite detailed) and the remainder > > of the section has a lot of information and history included. In Volume 2, > > there is an even-more extensive 85-page section on the Kilrush Union of the > > parishes of "Kilrush, Killard, Kilfieragh [Kilfearagh], Moyferta [Moyarta], > > and Killballyhone [Kilballyowen]". A quite complete dissertation of the > > status and history of this area in 1816 - even a map of proposed improvements > > to Kilrush harbor. > > > > > > Pete > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts > > </HTML> > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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