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Looking for Irish descendants of Daniel Clarke wholived in Ballygar 1790-1860. We know of a son Michael Clarke born 1847 and a daughter Mary born 1820 and there may be others.  Descendants of Michael Clarke line in Ballgar vic include Pettit, Flynn,Warde,Keane and Higgins families. 

We have a family history of the descandants of 5 of Daniel's children who came to US in late 1840s and would like to add his Irish descendants to the history.

We also have a family history of his brother, Lawrence Clarke's family - related to the former Clark store in Ballygar.

Thanks

John Clark

Tuesday 29th Jan 2013, 08:05PM

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  • Looking to connect with anyone who has infomation regarding the background Pettit or Flattery name.  My maternal grandfather is Patrick Pettit of Ballygar, who married Margret Hughes, sister of Nora Keane.  Patrick founded the  store Pettit's in Ballygar.  Have some information regarding his ancestry but seeking further connections. My mother Kathleen married Henry Flattery in 1949; we lived in Galway/Salthill until emigrating to Canada in the fifties.  My dad was originally from Miltown/Dunmore; his father was Peter Flattery. Have some information regarding their backgrooung, but wanting to make further connections

    Saturday 23rd Mar 2013, 06:45PM
  • Looking to connect with anyone who has infomation regarding the background Pettit or Flattery name.  My maternal grandfather is Patrick Pettit of Ballygar, who married Margret Hughes, sister of Nora Keane.  Patrick founded and operated the store Pettit's in Ballygar.  Have some information regarding his ancestry but seeking further connections. My mother Kathleen married Henry Flattery in 1949; we lived in Galway/Salthill until emigrating to Canada in the fifties.  My dad was originally from Miltown/Dunmore.

    Saturday 30th Mar 2013, 08:21PM
  • Hi,

    Is there anyone local in Ballygar who could help me connect the addresses of Daniel Clarke in the 1855 Griffiths Valuation to the 1901 and 1911 censi and the current addresses? He had a place on Market Square and a few rural properties. We are hoping to find any of his children who remained in Ballygar after 5 children emigrated to New York around 1850. We found one daughter named Mary b 1825 but other church records are illegible. We're hoping to avoid a full property search at Valuation Office in Dublin. Thanks John Clark

     

     

    Saturday 6th Apr 2013, 12:26PM
  • Hi fergus
    I live in cork , my granfather was patrick pettit of ballygar. He was from pettits store, he married ann gibney my late gradnmother. They are not living anymore. Are we related? I am 41 and have 5 children, my father is patrick pettit also. Please feel free to contact me at vitoromy@hotmail.com
    Very interesting :)

    Talk soon

    Fiona pettit.

    fiona pettit

    Sunday 18th Aug 2013, 02:54AM
  • John

    I am starting a family history course in Ballygar secondary school on Monday. I will see whether any of the young people there could acces information that would be of help

    Do you have an email address that you could forward - it would make it easier to facilitate the search

     

    Martin

     

    MartinCurley, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Friday 6th Sep 2013, 08:55AM
  • Hi Martin,

    Thats an offer I can't refuse!

    My email is rktbrkr@yahoo.com

    The primary Daniel Clarke property was in Market Square next to Hood & Steele corn store c1855. I googled Hood & Steele cornstore and never found any mention except in the Griffiths Valuation but I assume the cornstore continued to be used as some sort of commercial property so the former Daniel Clarke home is probably adjacent to a commercial property - maybe the house has been converted to commercial use? I've scanned Market Square using Google earth just out of curiosity.

    Thanks so much.

    John Clark

    Friday 6th Sep 2013, 11:18AM
  • John 

     

    Unfortunately I just saw this now so apologies for teh delay I have sent you an email with the contact name and number of your Ballygar cousin 

    Hope that ye get connected 

    Martin

    MartinCurley, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Wednesday 11th Sep 2013, 07:31AM

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