Curraduff Home Search

Dear jororyan: 

Thank you for your post and welcome to the Ireland Reaching Out programme!  We are a volunteer driven programme that assists others with reconnecting with their parish ancestry.  We have a local volunteer who may be able to assist with Templemore.  The Griffith's Valuation was updated regularly and those books are known as Revision books.  They are available in the Valiuation Office, Dublin, but they are not available online at the moment.  You may also have some luck with researching your family by checking the 1901 Census records to see if they remained on the land. 

If you need any further information or have any questions, please let us know.  Happy New Year and the very best of luck with your research. 

Kind regards,

Jane

Dear Jane Halloran Ryan,

Thank you for replying to my post. Is it possible for you to connect with an XO colleague in Dublin who could seek information from the Revision Books? 

The 1901 Census will not reveal infformation of the James Ryan/Mary Burke family because the family scattered elsewhere during the mid 1840's. One son, my Great-Great Grandfather, Thomas Ryan (1814-1881) arrived in the USA Saint Louis, Missouri in the mid 1850's and married Ann Fogarty; they lived in the city for their remaining years until their deaths. Ann Fogarty Ryan died in 1919.

Please keep me posted regarding the homestead of the Curraduff Ryans.

Joseph Ryan

Sun Lakes, AZ

Dear Joe:  Thank you for your reply.  Unfortunately, the Revision books are held in the Valuation Office, so they are not as easily accessible as you may think.  If you think that all of the James Ryan family members left the Curraduff area or that they remained there but died before 1901, you can search online through the Civil records which are free to view at:  https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp 

You may also wish to view the Tipperary Studies website which has a lot of very useful information for anyone researching Tipperary ancestors.  I have sent an email to our Templemore volunteer who may have further guidance or information to share. 

The Tipperary Studies website is:  http://tipperarystudies.ie/  You might also consider creating an Ancestor profile for any member of this family or even a timeline event from the Griffith's Valuation page. 

Kind regards, 

Jane

Dear Jane,

Thank you for your recent reply. I will take your advice and plod on.

Warm regards,

Joseph

If you are trying to find the exact location of the farmland of James and Mary Ryan from Curaduff, then you can go on to Griffith's Valuation and look at the historic map of Curaduff that matches the written Valuation  Mary Ryan (James) was on plot 5A (5 acres) and 5B a (house on 31 acres) for a total of 36 plus acres of land.  Once you locate 5A and 5Ba on the historic map, you can then adjust the map to have an overlay of the modern day map.  This would allow you to know the exact location of the farmland in Curaduff that was farmed by James and Mary Ryan.

Mike Lancor, Moultonborough, NH  Old Friends Genealogy

Mike,

Thanks much; will do.

Joseph

Dear Lancor & Joseph: 

Thanks very much, Mike for your reply about the Griffith's Valuation Maps.  I had been thinking that that might be another idea over the weekend!  Those maps have a cursor at the upper right corner that can be moved back and forth to see what the farm looks like now.  It is a great way to see if there have been any drastic changes to that area or not..  I do have an email into our Templemore volunteer and I do expect to hear from her in the next short while.  She may have further information for you.   The Tipperary Studies is a good website for Tipperary research and they do add new sources and documents to their website from time to time.   The best of luck with your search. 

Kind regards, 

Jane.

Dear Joseph:

If you email me directly at:  jhalloranryan@irelandxo.com, I may be able to assist you further. 

All the best, 

Jane