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Inhabitants of Scattery Island, Shannon Estuary, Co. Clare by Senan Scanlan

10 Sources

Primary:

General Register Office, Lombard Street East, Dublin 2
  • Thirty two copy registrations for Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Kilrush Parish Registers

  • Catholic Register 1881 to 1905 at Parish Priest's house, Toler Street, Kilrush.
  • Church of Ireland Baptisms 1842 to 1862 ,Marriages 1842 to 1845 and Deaths 1842 to 1990 at St Columba's Rectory, Bindon St, Ennis, Co Clare.

Limerick Archives, 58 O'Connell Street, Limerick

  • Limerick Harbour Commissioners, Pilot Return Books Western Division 1899 to 1930 and Pilot Cash Book Accounts 1896 to 1908.

National Archives of Ireland, Bishop Street, Dublin 8:

  • Manuscript OPW 8/197 Kilbaha Harbour 1822 -1844.
  • Manuscript OPW 8/65 Carrigaholt Pier 1824 -1825.
  • National School Register, ED2, 172. (Folio 26, 44 and 98).
  • Landed Estates Court Rentals: Clare, Barony of Moyarta, Rental 368, Vol 30.
  • Census Scattery 1901 and 1911.
  • Church of Ireland, Photocopy of Kilrush Register for Baptisms 1862 to 1872.
    (m5255) 1741 to 1773 (m5240) and transcript c1840 (m5222).
  • Ejectment Books for Clare, 1824 to 1842, 9 Books Ref ID-40-17 to ID-40-26.

National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2

  • Microfilm copy Kilrush Catholic Parish Register p2487.
  • Limerick Harbour Commissioners Account Books, Ref ir 38711.
  • Griffith’s Primary Valuation 1848 - 1864. (On-line).

Registry of Deeds, King's Inns, Henrietta Street, Dublin 1

  • Memorial of Lease ref 58/48/1608 (1878)
  • Memorial of Lease ref 886/467/586967(1828-32)

Representative Church Body Library, Braemor Park, Churchtown, Dublin 14

  • Kilrush Church of Ireland Parish Register for Births, Marriages and Deaths 1804 to 1841 (Ref P25)

The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU, England

  • Muster Rolls for Coast Brigade Royal Artillery,
  • WO 17/1118 & WO 10/2067(1851),
  • WO 17/1123 & WO 10/2820 (1861)
  • WO 73/12 (1871) & WO 10/2708 (1877)
  • WO 73/22 (1881).

Valuation Office, Block 2, Irish Life Centre, Abbey Street. Dublin 1

  • Cancelled Valuation Lists, Townland Ref 17878 (Two Books from 1856 to1896)

Published Primary:

  • Annual Register, History, Politics, Literature for the year 1817, London 1818
  • Books of Survey and Distribution 1636 – 1703, Vol 4 County of Clare, IMC, 1967
  • Irish Fiants of Tudor Sovereigns, 4 Volumes, Dublin 1994
  • Notes of Cases in the Ecclesiastical & Maritime Courts, Volume 2, Michaelmas Term, 1842-1843, London 1844
  • Pender Seamus, Editor, A Census of Ireland c 1659, IMC, Dublin 1939
  • 1769 Ferrar's Directory of Limerick
  • 1788 Richard Lucas Directory of Ireland
  • 1865 Thom's Directory
  • Registers of Deceased Seamen 1896-1949, National Library of Ireland, ref 31242D
Newspapers:
  • The Clare Champion
  • Clare Journal and Ennis Advertiser
  • Times of London
  • Kilrush Herald and Kilkee Gazette
  • Saturday Record
  • Limerick Reporter
  • Irish Independent
  • Limerick Chronicle

Secondary:

Reference:
Black George, The Surnames of Scotland, New York, 1946.
De Bhulbh, Seán, All Ireland Surnames, Limerick 2002.
Donnelly, Kevin & Others, A Rising Tide, Limerick Harbour Commissioners, 1994.
Hayes, Richard J, Editor, Manuscript Sources for the History of Irish Civilisation, 11 volumes, Boston 1965, First Supplement 1965-75, 3 volumes, Boston 1979.
Hayes, Richard J, Editor, Periodical Sources for the History of Irish Civilisation, 9 volumes, Boston 1970.
Herlihy, Jim, Dublin Metropolitan Police 1836-1925, Dublin 2001.
Keane, Marcus, Towers and Temples of Ancient Ireland, Dublin 1867.
Kilrush C.B.S. Centenary Souvenir 1874 – 1974.
MacLysaght, Edward, the Surnames of Ireland, Sixth Edition, Dublin 1985.
MacLysaght, Edward, Irish Families, Their Names, Arms and Origins, 4th Edition, Dublin 1985.
McAnliss, V W, Consolidated Index to the Records of the Genealogical Office, 4 volumes, Issaquah, Washington, 1994-97.
National Library of Ireland, Manuscripts Catalogues (Cards 1976 to 1990 and online 1990 to date at http://www.nli.ie/).
Nicholls, K W, ‘The Irish Genealogies: Their Value and Defects’, Irish Genealogist, 5, 1974-79.
O'Donovan, John & Curry, Eugene, The Antiquities of County Clare, CLASP Press, 1997.
Oral Family Information.
Ryan, J G, Irish Records: Sources for Family and Local History, Second Edition, Salt Lake City and Dublin 1997.
Pine, L C, Editor, Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland, 4th Edition, London 1958.
Reaney, P H and Wilson R M, A Dictionary of British Surnames, London and Boston, 1976.
Scanlan, Don, Memories of an Islander, Ennis, CLASP Press, 2003.

General:
Frost, James, History and Topography of County Clare, Dublin 1883.
Harratt, George, Scattery Island, A Guide to its History and Buildings. (FAS, Kilrush 1995).
Joyce, P W, Irish Names of Places (Vol 3), Dublin, 1913.
Kerrigan, Paul, Fortifications in the Shannon Estuary, On-line 2005.
Lenihan, Maurice, History of Limerick, Dublin 1866.
Lewis, Samuel County Clare: A History and Topography, CLASP Press, Ennis, 1995.
Long, Bill, Bright Light White Water, Dublin 1993.
McGuane, James, Kilrush from Olden Times, Galway 1984.
McEnery, John, Fortress Ireland, Wordwell Limited, Bray Co Wicklow, 2006.
Murphy, Paul, Cuchulain’s Leap, Limerick, 1992.
Newman, Jeremiah, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, number 34 1992.
O'Mahony, Brid A, in Memories of an Islander, CLASP Press Ennis 2003, pages 18-26.
Quinn, Sean Surnames in Ireland, Dublin 2000.
Room, Adrian, A Dictionary of Irish Place-Names, Belfast, 1986.
Scott, R J, Ships Monthly, March/April/May 1982.

Internet:

Primary: (accessed 1st June 2007)
National Archives UK Documents online (Adobe file downloads)

Secondary: (accessed 1st June 2007)
Clare County Library
Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland 1801-1922
Family Search
Roots Web Search
Ellis Island
www.ireland.com/ancestor/surname/

 
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