McNamara's of Ballymcdonnell

Thank you so much Miriam you have given me great leads and I am very happy to follow them up.  I do have ancestry but mine covers UK, New Zealand and Australia but not The Usa so I will upgrade to worldwide sson as I can afford too.

I am so grateful to you for all your help :)

Tahnk you so much :)

Cora

Thank you so much Miriam,

                                             You have been a great help and I would love to get the copy of Patrick's passport application. I had my Dna done just before Christmas and have 4th cousin matches to a couple of people that descended from Patrick Mc Namara who married Margeret Considine but that is where their trees end, like mine ends with Micheal McNamara and Bridget Cooney. I suspect they may have been brothers or cousins but just can't find who their parents or Grandparents were to make that link. 

John McNamara died here 3 years after arriving in New Zealand and although Bridget married and had children only 1 had a child and that was my father so no close cousins here on dad's mothers side.

I found Catherine and Patrick on Family search thank you so much, it was interesting to read :)

Thank you so much for all you have done :)

Cora

Hi Cora:

As I live in Tulla and I have a lot of East Clare contacts, I may be able to add further information to your query.  

There were several   McNamara families living in Ballymacdonnell in the 1901 Census as well as Cooney families and this may be a good clue for your research in that area.

I did note the marriage record entry in the O'Callaghan's Mills marriage register for Michael McNamara and Bridget Couney both from Ballymacdonnell.  I also saw a marriage record for a Patrick McNamara from Ballymacdonnell to a Honora Farrell.  This marriage took place on 9 November 1862 and there is a Couney witness from Ballymacdonnell.  

In addition, you should be aware of the Clare Library website which has a lot of online resources available for research and these include headstone inscriptions.  The sources are arranged by Civil parish and the link for Killuran civil parish (which Ballymacdonnell is located in)  is here:  http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/killurane.htm  I would ask that you take a good look at the Gravestone inscriptions in Killuran graveyard and note that there are a number of McNamara headstones from Ballymacdonnell there.  I do know a McNamara family member there and I can ask him about the McNamaras that you mention if you wish,.

As well as that, there are also headstone inscriptions available for Tulla graveyard on the Historic Graves website.  The link to Tulla is here:  https://historicgraves.com/tulla/

If you need any further help, please let me know.  The families on the 1901 Census in Ballymacdonnell may also be worth looking at and I'm copying that link for you too:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Clare/East_Clare/Ballymacdonnell/

Kind regards,

Jane

You can also contact me directly at:  tulla@irelandxo.com

Hi Cora:

As I live in Tulla and I have a lot of East Clare contacts, I may be able to add further information to your query.  

There were several   McNamara families living in Ballymacdonnell in the 1901 Census as well as Cooney families and this may be a good clue for your research in that area.

I did note the marriage record entry in the O'Callaghan's Mills marriage register for Michael McNamara and Bridget Couney both from Ballymacdonnell.  I also saw a marriage record for a Patrick McNamara from Ballymacdonnell to a Honora Farrell.  This marriage took place on 9 November 1862 and there is a Couney witness from Ballymacdonnell.  

In addition, you should be aware of the Clare Library website which has a lot of online resources available for research and these include headstone inscriptions.  The sources are arranged by Civil parish and the link for Killuran civil parish (which Ballymacdonnell is located in)  is here:  http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/killurane.htm  I would ask that you take a good look at the Gravestone inscriptions in Killuran graveyard and note that there are a number of McNamara headstones from Ballymacdonnell there.  I do know a McNamara family member there and I can ask him about the McNamaras that you mention if you wish,.

As well as that, there are also headstone inscriptions available for Tulla graveyard on the Historic Graves website.  The link to Tulla is here:  https://historicgraves.com/tulla/

If you need any further help, please let me know.  The families on the 1901 Census in Ballymacdonnell may also be worth looking at and I'm copying that link for you too:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Clare/East_Clare/Ballymacdonnell/

Kind regards,

Jane

You can also contact me directly at:  tulla@irelandxo.com

Thank you so much Jane for so much great information, Thanks to Miriam's help I have located Patrick and Catherine they ended up in New York and have more search ideas to hunt up. I had a quick look at the cemertary transcriptions they have so much information. I will be grateful for any help with the McNamara's and the Couneys :)

Have a lovely day and thank you :)