Sheila, Michael Carmody may be related to my husband's family--his grandfather's brother. I've found him on the 1901 census, and have a letter to one of his daughters telling her that he died, but the postmark is torn off, so I don't knw the date. Maybe after April 1911? Thanks! Christine, IBSSG Sure, a real job would be nice, but it would interfere with my genealogy! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheila Collins" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2011 3:54:16 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] Ennis the city and Leader the family Pat < I found a Carmody family in the 1911 census for Ennis - sending you the link http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai001752556/ Regards Sheila -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lewis Pat Sent: 09 March 2011 4:55 To: CLARE IRL IRL; irl-cork Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Ennis the city and Leader the family My family ancestors supposedly originated in Clare. The CARMODY family.Whereabouts is unknown after 40 years of searching still. I finally made it to Clare in May 2002, and was able to take a couple of pictures of Carmody St. A main road as you come into the city of Ennis, just to prove I had made it finally after years of dreaming about making a trip to Ireland. I had heard that there was a Carmody bar/pub there and wanted to stop but unfortunatly it was taken over by another business by the time of my visit, and lost my chance. I will continue looking for a connection tho I keep hitting brick wasll as my Carmody;s moved to Cork,, Kilbrin area, then to England for work in late 1850's due to the famine. And, unfortunatly, I didn't get to spend much time there as the city was crowded,lots of traffic and little parking. I had to go to Kilrush to find a place to stay over night.The weather turned cold over night and very foggy so little to see there except the sea, I never did find a Carmody family there either tho I had been told many lived in the area. Maybe someday I will be able to do the trip again. As to the Leader family, in writing to names I had in family via the Irish phone book, I tried to find a Mulcahy family in Cork, in the Kanturk area, the letter passed thru from one family member to another before I finally received an answer about 2-3 years later from a Dr. Leader in Boherbue. He had just retired, and his son has taken over the practice.Dr leader was a help to me by getting the priest to find my grandmothers baptismal certificate info and copy, when previously told not available but was able to get her siblings. I had 2 enjoyable visits with Dr Leader as he showed me around Boherbue and Kanturk where my Mulcahy family had lived back in 1850-80 time period. he said his Mother was probably a cousin to my Mulcahy grandmother, which made me feel even more welcome and enjoy the trip. On my 2nd tri[ over, I called to find Dr Leader not in good health and was unable to see him and found out he died not long after, but I wil not forget his kindness to me and the ! visiting the area. Many Leaders all over this area, so good luck finding a match to those looking..try putting the name in google with Kanturk Cork you may find a lot of info going back to the 1600s. The only Carmody I found turned out to be a Carmody,, police Gardai, near Kanturk, ( he was from Kerry) when I went to the police station and left a message that I had hoped would get me some family info but alas, we could not make a match. I did enjoy both my visits with him and his wife on both visits and figure somewhere along the line we are lpng distance cousins. Good luck to you all! ------------------------------- 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