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John CLUIN (CLUNE) and Margaret GREALY( Grealey, GRAYLEY) families of county Clare

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John Cluin  was the son of Michael Clune  and Bridget Kane (Cain) ,He was born about  1815  in county  Clare . Michael CLUNE was a farmer .I  know nothing about  his father  . John Cluin immigrated  to Canada  along with his mom and other siblings  around 1844 . I presume that  his dad had passed away around that time . Looking for  info  of that family living in  county Clare , Ireland .

 Margaret Grealy  was  the daughter of Luke Grealy and Margaret McGrath. She was born  around  1823  from County Clare and immigrated  to Canada around 1848 ,possibiliy with a sister Catherine and her husband Edward Green. She also have no  information of her families  life in  county Clare Ireland .

    John Cluin and Margaret Grealy  would marry in Canada in 1849. I have no idea if they knew each other families  in Ireland .

If anyone recognises some of these names I would love to connect. 

thank you  

grrt grt grt  granddaughter ,

diane lengyel

CLUIN MCALEAR ancestors in Ireland

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Hi Cluin McAlear:

I believe that you and I have already corresponded on this family.  The parish records are probably not available due to the early part of the 1800s that you are looking for.  I checked Quin where a large number of Clune families resided and the records begin in 1816 but there are no families with the combination of Michael Clune and Bridget Cain there.  I have looked through a number of parish registers where many Clune families resided:  Tulla, Quin, Clooney, Clonea, etc and I did not find any combination of the above parents names for family.  That only means that the parish where John Clune was born probably did not keep the parish register back to 1815.  

However, there are other ways of narrowing down your search from county to parish.  If you search through the Tithe Applotment Books for parishes or townlands where both the surnames existed:  Clune and Caine/Cain/Kean, you may be able to narrow down those parishes.  You should note from prior research experience that the surname Cain/Caine/Kain/Kane was often a variant of Keehan or Keane which was pronounced (Cain).  

I would be interested in corresponding with you as I'm doing Phd reesearch on several of the Clune families who migrated to the U.S.  It is possible that Crusheen (Inchicronan) might be a parish of interest to you. 

You can contact me at:  jhalloranryan@irelandxo.com 

All the best,

Jane

 

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