Looking for McNamara family of Newmarket on Fergus

Christine,

The baptismal records for Newmarket-on-Fergus begin in 1828. There are Ancestry trees for Winifred that give her

birth as 1824, so with that, I looked into her siblings on the Clare Library site - clarelibrary.ie. This is what I found:

John McNamara 5 Jun 1837, parents Michael McNamara & Bridget Mulloon

Catherine McNamara 25 Feb 1839, parents Michael McNamara & Bridget Mullany

Anne McNamara 9 Aug 1841, parents MIchael McNamara & Bridget Millan

Thomas "Mack" 19 Jun 1846, parents Michael McNamara & Biddy Mullane, residence "Drumgully"

I did not find the other siblings you mention, so they might have been born prior to 1828 or I just did not find them.

On the library site, you can search under the mother's or father's surname....Thomas was found under his mother, 

and the townland's correct name is Drumgeely. If you take a look at the Griffith's Valuation for Drumgeely, it is nothing

but McNamaras....James, Michael, Patrick, and  Anne. Also, the 1901 census is all McNamaras with the 

exception of one person. Could this be the family you are looking for? Don't be too concerned about the different

spellings of Bridget's surnam...not uncommon.

Regards,

Thank you Carolyn, I really appreciate your efforts at researching the McNamara family of Newmarket on Fergus. It looks like it is wall to wall McNamara's.

Drumgeely townland has an area of about a sq km and is a few kms from Newmarket on Fergus. Winifred said that Newmarket on Fergus was her native place but I assume it was the way the district was referred to in 1849. 

Do we know which church Winifred's family were baptised in?

She appeared in Ennis Court. I looked that up and it is still standing so definitely a place to visit.

Cheers

Christine

 

 

Christine,

I took Newmarket-on-Fergus to be the RC parish in Clare, not a townland. There is a townland called Newmarket in the civil parish of Bunratty which is also in the RC parish of Newmarket-on-Fergus, but the above records show the family from Drumgeely, not Newmarket. Oftentimes when folks emigrated, they listed a general area or larger place where they were from...not a small townland. If you are not familiar with the johngrenham.com site, it is a great resource to view the RC parishes and their townlands, plus other good information. At the top of the page, click on browse, then on the left side click on maps, then Roman Catholic parishes, a map of Ireland will appear, and select Clare. There you'll find the RC parish of Newmarket-on-Fergus.  Last step, click on Clonloghan and the townland of Drumgeely will show up. I don't know the specific church of their baptisms, but you might contact the Clare Heritage and Genealogical Centre at clareheritage@gmail.com to find that out.

Regards,