I'm trying to locate my ancestors in Clonmel. I know that my Grandfather was born there in March of 1887 and his older sister was born there in Decenmber of 1884 but I have been unable to locate anyone else from this family. His parents were Thomas McCullagh and Annie McCarthy. Thomas was a clerk in the prison service according to my Grandfathers birth certificate, At the time of my Grandfathers birth they lived at 7 Rink Place Clonmel. Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Barry
BarryC
Sunday 10th Feb 2013, 06:49PMMessage Board Replies
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Hi Barry,
Thank you for your message.
Have you tried searching for the family in the 1901 census records? If you can find them in this there may be other children mentioned. You can search these here: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/
Otherwise any other births in the family would have been recorded in church and civil registration records, however without a name and date these will be difficult to search.
There are some websites online where you can try however:
www.familsearch.org Has some church records available
www.rootsireland.ie has a large collection of Church records, however you have to pay to search these.
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347 This web link takes you to the indexes of Irish Civil Registration records.
It may also be an idea to contact Waterford Heritage Services for possible assistance- however a fee may apply. Here are their contact details:
Waterford Heritage Services,
St. Patrick?s Church,
Jenkin?s Lane,
Waterford.
Phone: +353 (0) 51 876123 Email: mnoc@iol.ie
I hope some of these links prove useful to you. Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
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Hi Barry. I also have a Thomas McCullagh in my family who was in the prison service circa1866 , but he was from Kilkenny.
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Hi Susan,
My Thomas may have been from another place in Ireland But I do know he was in Clonmel for sure between 1884 and 1887 when he had a daughter and son there . We might have a connection but it may just be wishful thinking on my part ..
BarryC