Hi Margaret,
Thank you very much for your message. I hope that someone who is connected to this family contacts you and help you with your research.
Given the dates you have mentioned in your message you should be able to find Patrick and Mary?s marriage certificate and Delia?s birth certificate in civil records as civil registration began in Ireland in 1864. Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office in Dublin. Here is their website:
http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm
You can search the indexes to these records up to 1958 online at:
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347
You could also try looking in Church records. You may be able to find Patrick and Margaret?s birth/baptismal records here. Also, it may be useful to see who acted as sponsors at Delia?s baptism. Most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. It also shows you where copies of the records are available. For Killaloe parish, follow this link:
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Clare&parish=Killaloe&churchid=793
As you can see from the above link there are copies available at Clare Heritage Centre. Here is their email if you would like to contact them however a fee may apply: clareheritage@eircom.net
Also, have you tried looking in the 1901 census records to see if you can find Delia? I did a search for Delia Hayes in Co. Clare and here is what came back:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1901&surname=hayes&firstname=delia&county=Clare&townland=&ded=&age=&sex=&search=Search&relationToHead=&religion=&education=&occupation=&marriageStatus=&birthplace=&language=&deafdumb=&marriageYears=&childrenBorn=&childrenLiving=
Clare Library?s Local Studies Department have an excellent collection of resources pertaining to Clare, it may be a idea to contact them or visit their website:
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/genealog.htm
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/library/local-studies/locstudi1.htm
Some other websites that you may find useful are:
The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/
The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
Family Search: www.familysearch.org
Genealogy links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/clare/index.html
I hope some of this is helpful. Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
