Carrowcollar, Kilglass Sligo

Hi Nancy,

It may be helpful to you to try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) for relatives of Phillip and Barbara. The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38): Microfilm copies of the books for all of Ireland are available at the National Archives of Ireland (NAI) http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/tithe-applotment-books-and-the-primary-griffith-valuation/ or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS)   https://familysearch.org/. Griffith's is freely available here: www.askaboutireland.com or here: www.failteromhat.com Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at.The Tithe Applotment List might be of use to you, or at least interesting for you. These lists constitute the only nationwide survey for the period, and are valuable because the heaviest burden of the tithes to the Established Church, the Church of Ireland, fell on the poorest, for whom few other records survive. The information in the Tithes is quite basic, typically consisting of townland name, landholder's name, area of land and tithes payable. Many Books also record the landlord's name and an assessment of the economic productivity of the land. The tax payable was based on the average price of wheat and oats over the seven years up to 1823, and was levied at a different rate depending on the quality of land. For Parishes where the registers do not begin until after 1850, this information can be useful, as they are often the only surviving early records. They can provide valuable circumstantial evidence, especially where a holding passed from father to son in the period between the Tithe survey and Griffith's Valuation.

Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm . Valuations office in Dublin (http://www.valoff.ie) will have a record of the land registry from 1855 to modern times. This will assist in seeing what happened to any land the family may have owned (as it usually passed on to a relation).There is lots of useful information to be found in the 1901 and 1911 census records. You can find this here: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/ . 

I wish you the best of luck with your search.

Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

Ireland Reaching Out

Thanks for the detailed response. I actually am an experienced researcher and have used all of the resources you mentioned. I was hoping that any Duffy McCarrick folks out there would try to connect with me. In any case thatnks again for taking the time to answer at length. I hope the response to the web site is good! Are you on the staff of the site?

Regards,

Nancy

Hi Nancy,

I am the resident genealogy support staff for the main Ireland Reaching Out site.  

It may be helpful to you to contact the local parish and possibly advertise your desire to connect with distant relatives in their newsletter? You can find a link to their contact information here: http://www.killaladiocese.org/parishes/kilglass.php

All the best.

Cynthia O'Connor

Hi, I am researching the McCarricks from Kilglass. My great grandmother was Bridget McCarrick.  She lived in Geneva, New York and married Richard Howley from Phelps, New York.  Bridget was the daughter of James McCarrick who was the brother of Barbara McCarrick who married Philip Duffy.  There is another person here in central western New York who is also researching the McCarricks.  I am going to Ireland in September and intend to visit the areas where the Howleys and McCarricks lived.  They are in the same area of County Sligo.