Hi Shane, I don't know if we can connect here, but, my great grand father's (Michael) parents were James McNamara and Annie Rogers of County Clare. Michael was born in 1856 at Maghera, County Clare - this is north-west of Killaloe, and south of Feakle. Family story is he travelled to Australia with a sister, Mary, in 1880. So your Mary McNamara may be related to my James - whereby he has named a daughter after her. Regards Nora McNamara Melbourne, Aust. > ashenique <ashenique@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Jo > Well the McNamara caught my eye - only because I too am searching for a > Mary > McNamara - also from County Clare - but where I do not know. The surname > that she is connected with is HAYES - Mary MCNAMARA married a John HAYES > - > the only saving grace is that they gave birth to a MORTIMER HAYES in > 1842 in > Ireland. They departed Ireland in 1846 for South Australia. > At the time of departure, two of Mary's siblings, Patrick and John > MCNAMARA > joined them on the journey - on the Hooghly. We do not know the age for > sure > for any of them - family tragedy took Mary (death not registered), and > John > HAYES disappeared in search of gold in 1850's leaving the two boys > orphaned. > One was raised by RODGERS family (of Westmeath) who married an Ellen > McNamara (of Clare - no established relation - but I'm thinking > connected) > and the other son was raised by Patrick MCNamara. > > WE know very little of John MCNAMARA - but have some of Patrick's family > all > summed up. > > I wish that I could locate a Parish to start searching in - but alas I > fear > to many MCNAMARA's in Clare - can you confirm this? > > Cheers > Shane from Oz > > > > > > > ==== IRL-CLARE Mailing List ==== > http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/1901census/1901_clare_ > census.htm > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

Thanks Norma Sorry no connect - all I have is what I have given on the list - not much heh? Thanks for the reply though Cheers Shane -----Original Message----- From: noramc@optusnet.com.au [mailto:noramc@optusnet.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, 30 August 2006 12:31 AM To: IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CLARE] McNamara name Hi Shane, I don't know if we can connect here, but, my great grand father's (Michael) parents were James McNamara and Annie Rogers of County Clare. Michael was born in 1856 at Maghera, County Clare - this is north-west of Killaloe, and south of Feakle. Family story is he travelled to Australia with a sister, Mary, in 1880. So your Mary McNamara may be related to my James - whereby he has named a daughter after her. Regards Nora McNamara Melbourne, Aust.