Hi all, Len asked me to post the location where you can purchase the book 'Houses of Clare' by Hugh Weir. I know Hugh and his wife Hon Grania Weir (nee O'Brien). Cousin to Conor O'Brien, Chief of the O'Briens. This book and 'Houses of Kerry' and 'Houses of Cork' as well as many other books published by Hugh and Grania Weir may be purchased here (www.clanobrien.com/gifts/obrienbooks.htm). They price for Houses of Clare is $85.50 USD and includes shipping direct from the publisher in Ireland anywhere in the world. They have many other books available and are listed on the above link also. Hope this helps. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dolmenx@aol.com> To: <IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:18 PM Subject: [CLARE] Re:Co. Clare Research - CUSACK, etc. > Clare researchers would be interested in the book, "Houses of Clare", by > Hugh W. L. Weir (Ballinakella Press, Whitegate, Co. Clare, 1986). This > is an > excellent source for many family links. Though not what one might call a > genealogical book, it often shows a few generations of families > associated with > various houses, castles, etc. in Co. Clare. It is very well indexed by > surname > and the articles include excellent sketch drawings of the residences, as > well > as histories and locations (townlands and precise directions so that > visitors can easily find them). > > I checked this for CUSACK and though I did not find a James, I suspect he > would be very close to some of the persons mentioned in the book. A > "Gentleman" leasing acreage sometimes indicates a Catholic relative of a > larger > landholder of Protestant faith who would ordinarily be described as > "Esquire", if he > did not hold any higher title. Actually, the suffix "Gent." (or > "Gentleman") would be a person of ancient "gentle" (noble) lineage and > was often > preferred by Gaelic-Irish families that would otherwise be described as > "Esquire". > > The book would certainly be available at the LDS Library in Salt Lake > City, > as well as most libraries in Ireland. It might be found in the larger > libraries in the USA, AUS, etc. where Irish have settled, or available > through > inter-library loan. > > Len Keane > Administrator, KEANE, etc. Y-DNA Project > _http://hometown.aol.com/dolmenx/myhomepage/index.html_ > (http://hometown.aol.com/dolmenx/myhomepage/index.html) > > > ==== IRL-CLARE Mailing List ==== > If you just want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send > e-mail to IRL-CLARE-L-request@rootsweb.com > or (for the digest list) IRL-CLARE-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word > subscribe or unsubscribe in the message body. > NO VIRUS warnings to be posted to the list. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >