Thank you for this Sharon........................ Although none of those listed are my ancestors(unfortunately!!) this website is most interesting for those of us here in OZ with Clare roots. Cheers Sharon, Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Carberry" <sm8carberry@comcast.net> To: <irl-clare@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:23 PM Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Clare-born to Australia in online biographicalpublication Here is a handy listing which you can consult (hopefully the below links work, but the main link to the publication is also shown. I show a portion of the bold fellow who followed his dream on three continents. Sharon Carberry Georgia USA "CASEY, JAMES JOSEPH (1831-1913), politician and judge, was born on 25 December 1831 at Tromroe, County Clare, Ireland, son of James Casey, landowner, and his wife Maria, née Coffey. He was educated at Galway College and at 18 went to America. After working as a gaol warder and a clerk on a Mississippi steamboat he returned to Ireland in 1854, sailed for Australia and arrived at Melbourne in February 1855. With Angus Mackay he bought the Bendigo Advertiser; in 1863 the partners also established the McIvor Times and the Riverine Herald. ...." 1.. Abbott, Robert Palmer (1830 - 1901) solicitor and politician 2.. Allman, Francis (1780 - 1860) soldier and public servant 3.. Bagot, Edward Meade (1822 - 1886) pastoralist and agent 4.. Baker, Thomas (1840 - 1923) farmer 5.. Casey, Gilbert Stephen (1856 - 1946) labour organizer and agitator 6.. Casey, James Joseph (1831 - 1913) politician and judge 7.. Clune, Patrick Joseph (1864 - 1935) archbishop 8.. Crist, Alice Guerin (1876 - 1941) author and journalist 9.. Crotty, James (1845? - 1898) prospector 10.. Crowe, William (1837? - 1931) farmer 11.. Durack, Patrick (1834 - 1898) pastoral pioneer b. Scariff 12.. Foran, Martin Henry (Harry) (1850? - 1908) schoolteacher, journalist, Domain and Yarra Bank orator 13.. Graham, James (1819 - 1898) merchant, agent and politician 14.. Greene, Anne (1884 - 1965) missionary and nurse 15.. Hannan, Patrick (1840 - 1925) prospector 16.. Haugh, Denis Robert (1872 - 1933) Catholic philanthropist and tea merchant 17.. Kenny, Michael (1808 - 1892) farmer 18.. McDonnell, Francis (Frank) (1863 - 1928) draper and politician 19.. McMahon, James (Jimmy) (1838 - 1914) carrier 20.. Mayne, Mary (1826? - 1889) businesswoman 21.. Meagher, John (1836 - 1920) storekeeper and politician 22.. Minahan, Patrick Joseph (Paddy) (1866 - 1933) boot manufacturer and politician 23.. O'Brien, William Smith (1803 - 1864) Irish nationalist 24.. Quinlivan, Thomas (1842? - 1920) farmer and inventor 25.. Thynne, Andrew Joseph (1847 - 1927) solicitor and politician Australian Dictionary of Biography http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/scripts/adbp-ent_search.php?splacetype=all&splacetext=Clare%2BIreland ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message