I am trying to find a DANIEL MCCARTHY who came from DOONAHA WEST COUNTY CLARE he married MARY GINNANE at CARRIGAHOLT COUNTY CLARE. They had a son DANIEL 1865.I am looking for any other information on this family especially the MCCARTHY side. Any help is always very much appreciated.
The tithe applotment records from Doonaha West in 1827 list a Daniel McCarty with 9 acres of land, so you know the family were farming there then. Griffiths Valuation in 1855 lists Daniel McCarthy on plot 20a in the townland, which was a farm of just over 16 acres. (These two Daniels might not necessarily be the same person. They could be father and son etc). There are no McCarthy households in the townland by the time of the 1901 census.
The Valuation revision records in the Valuation Office in Dublin should tell you when he vacated that farm. Son Daniel was born in Doonaha West in July 1865 so the family were still there then.
I looked at statutory deaths 1865 – 1900 and see 4 possibles for Daniel, registered in Kilrush. 1880 aged 73, 1875 aged 45, 1878 aged 50, & 1869 aged 52. There’s about 27 Mary McCarthy deaths in the same period. Too many to make finding the right one easy.
I looked for a will for Daniel but he didn’t leave one, or at least not one that required probate.
Hi Elwyn
Thank you so much for your reply. I thought it odd to find only 1 birth and 1 marriage record for a DANIEL MCCARTHY & MARY GINNANE and it was 1853 but then nothing inbetween or after 1865.I will look into those DANIEL deaths and see if I can find anything.
Thank You Again for the information. I've been searching for my MCCARTHY FAMILY for many years and have only just recently found a 1st cousin here in New Zealand named GINNANE so before that all my searching has been focused in COUNTY KERRY and the GINNANE FAMILY came from COUNTY CLARE.
Now it's keep on hunting
Kind Regards
Joan West
Joan,
Statutory birth registration only began in Ireland on 1.1.1864 so you won’t find any birth certificates for children born between 1853 and 31.12.1863. You might find baptisms though in the missing years. Doonaha is in the RC parish of Carrigaholt. Their records start in 1853 which is lucky. The RC parish records are on-line free on the National Library site:
http://registers.nli.ie/parishes
If there are no more children after 1865, then I would start with the 1869 death, in case that’s the explanation. You could also e-mail the Valuation Office to ask them when Daniel vacated plot 20a, and who succeeded him. That may help too. (There may be a search fee). If he had died it often changes to “reps of Daniel McCarthy” then to his widow and/or son. If someone new takes over, there may not have been anyone in the immediate family able or willing to run the farm. Or the new person might be a cousin or son in law. All are possibilities. http://www.valoff.ie/en/Archives_Genealogy_Public_Office/
We have been discussing this McCarthy family and their farm on the Doonaha River between the townlands of Doonaha West and Querrin over at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/countyclare/permalink/3993974970673597/…
That's absolutely fantastic as I've still not found anything on this family and was wondering if they immigrated somewhere.Thank You So Much for your message.