Clooney Parish RECORDS

The parish of Clooney (near Rath / Ennistymon*) is in the barony of Corcomroe in West Clare has a wealth of records available to assist you in your search:

CIVIL RECORDS

Clare Library's Local Studies Centre  has complied a treasure trove of  records for the civil parish of Clooney (maps, gazeteers, civil surveys, land and tax records, census, school registers etc) all searchable online.

See also the IGP Archive for Co. Clare

CHURCH RECORDS

Roman Catholic:   Clooney is in the RC parish of Ennistymon aka Kilmanaheen (Diocese of Galway, Kilmacdouagh & Kilfenora). Unfortunately only baptism & marriage records for Jan 15 1870 - Sept 8 1880 survived here.  Imaged online  (Pos. 2440)  Transcribed at FamilySearch,  Ancestry & FindMyPast.

Clare Heritage and Genealogical Centre has a database of Baptisms 1823 - 1900 (commissioned research only).

RC Churches: Clooney (Corcomroe) Church

Protestant Church of Ireland: Clooney is part of th Diocese of Kilfenora.

The old St. Andrew's Church (built in 1778) served as the the protestant church for Ennistymon until 1831, when a new Gothic Revival Church of Ireland of the same name was built (now Teach Ceoil St. Andrews). See also the rectory at Kilmanaheen Glebe.

Protestant Episcopal Church: Ennistymon

CEMETERIES

Killeinagh Graveyard;  Moughna Cemetery; Clooney South Graveyard; Teerleheen Burial Ground;

Ennistymon Old Cemetery;  War Graves (Ennistymon);   other cemeteries in Co. Clare ;

BIG HOUSES

Ennistymon House (now the Falls Hotel);  Woodmount House (Ennistymon);

Glenn Castle (in ruins);  Glenville House; Fort House; Ardmore House; Clifden House; Cragmoher (Rath)

LANDLORDS / ESTATES

Vandeleur (Kilrush);  McNamara (Doolin); Marquis of Thomond; Lord Inchiquin;  Lucas (Phillipstown); John North Bonny; Fitzgerald (Carrigoran); Bindon Blood;  Studdart (Clonderlaw); Burton (Clifden & Mungret)

LOCAL SURNAMES

McNamara, Halloran, McMahon, Wrynne, O'Loughlin, Shannon, McInerney; Murphy; Quinn; Hogan;  Morgan; Deloughrey, Curtin, Barry, Hegarty, Rynne, Doherty; Hynes, McGuane, O'Looney,  Healy, McCarthy; Kelleher; Longe; Brennan; Neylon;  Conway; Conneely; Reidy; Organ.

TOWNLANDS

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