Millan/Millane/Millaan from Cloontra, Co. Clare

https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/griffiths_parish/ki… Valuation 1852: Kilseily Parish, There are a number of Millaan's in the parish of Kilseily listed 

Peter Millaan  Cloontra East

Patrick Millaan Cloontra was a tenant of landlord George Sampson

John Millaan    Cloontra was a tenant of landlord George Sampson

Martin Millaan   Cloontra It would appear that Martin was a tenant of John Millaan perhaps there was a sub letting of land.

James Millaan  Cloontra

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQC-H3RW Death of Thomas Millan  22/3/1865  birth year est 1830, there is mention of a Catherine McMahon on this record who is his mother in law.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_retu… This death cert is for a Peter Millan (various spellings of this name appear)  of Cloontra ,  29/7/1930 , he died following a collapse of stones in a quarry. His surname is amended to Mullane, he is 46 years old b 1884 ? perhaps a son of the older generation in Cloontra.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_retu…; May 1896 Death of a Michael Millane age 62 years. His death is notified by Patrick Millane Cloontra but the place of death is Sallybank in the registration district of Bridgetown, I have come across a number of births/marriages/deaths with combinations of Sallybank/Bridgetown/Tulla etc and the name Millaan/Millan/Millane/Mullane so keep in mind when checking records as I think these relate to your family.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_retu… Death of a Thomas Millane 2/2/1899 Cloontra age 87 years , death notified by his nephew Michael Millane .

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_retur…;  Birth of John Millane 2/4/1888 Cloontra son of Michael and Winnifred ( Hanrahan)

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_re… Marriage of Margaret Millane and Michael Fitzpatrick 24/4/1888

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_retur… Birth of Johanna Millane 6/5/1897

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_retu… Death of Catherine Millane 31/10/1897 age 86 years, notified by son Tom (Thomas). Cloontra

There is a free site irishgenealogy.ie which has civil and church records which you may wish to check as there are very many records for this family

Eileen,

Thanks so much for these sources! Any suggestions on where to find a marriage record for Michael (or John) Millan and Mary Lynch, about 1834? And baptism records for: Mary b. 1834, Michael b. 1841, Thomas b. 1848, Ellen b. 1849? This is the family that emigrated to the US. How many Catholic parishes should I research?

I used my mom's DNA matches to narrow down the Millan search to an area including Cloontra and Broadford, and certainly encompassing Bridgetown. Griffith's Valuation has not been useful, UNTIL I found the 1821 Freeholders List proving there were Millans in Co. Clare. I went back to Griffith's, and discovered the surname is spelled Millaan there, which is why I never found it in earlier searches. Sigh.

It seems only 1 Millan family came to the US, as there are very few descendants matching my mom and her Millan cousin, and they are all from the couple named above.

Please let me know your thoughts on where to take my research.

Thanks again,

Celeste

Celeste,

Attached records may be of assistance.

Regards, 

Thanks so much for sharing records from FindMyPast!

   Celeste