O'Hara's from Rush

Hi Bill,

Thank you very much for your message.

You have posted your message on the correct message board.

Rush belongs to the civil parish of Lusk. However Ireland is also divided into Catholic parishes, and in the Catholic divisions Rush is it?s own parish.

Click here for a map of Dublin?s civil parishes (Lusk is number 54):

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/civilparish/index.cfm?fuseaction=GetMap&CityCounty=Dublin

And click here for the Catholic divisions:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/dublinrc.htm

The main source of information particularly in the period prior to 1864 will be church records. Most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. It also shows you where copies of the records are available. For Rush parish, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Dublin&CityCounty=Dublin&parish=Rush&churchid=490

As you can see from the above link, Swords Heritage Centre have copies available. If you would like to contact them here is their email, however a fee may apply: swordsheritage@eircom.net

You could also check for record of the family in the land records pertaining to Ireland in the 19th century. There are two:

The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1838) found at http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

and Griffith?s Valuation (1848-1864) found at http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

Civil registration began in Ireland in 1864 so any births, deaths or marriages in the family after this date would be recorded in these records. Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office. Here is their website:

http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

You can search the indexes to these records up to 1958 online at:

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347

Have you tried looking in the 1901/1911 census records to see if there were any O'Hara's still in the area at the time? http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

Some other websites that you may find useful are:

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

Family Search: www.familysearch.org

Dublin Heritage: www.dublinheritage.ie

Genealogy links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/dublin/index.html

I hope some of this is hekpful. 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