Compiled by Bernie Jeffries Memorial Roll of Honour of West Connemara Men who lost their lives in the Great War 1914-1918. BERRY, Martin.Clifden Reg No: K/6653 Royal Navy 31 May 1916 age 24 BETTS, Conrad.Recess. G Sqdn Royal Air Force 17 April 1918. Age 19 BINGHAM, George. Roundstone ,Reg No […]
Land records, Rob Goodbody There are several types of records relating to land that can be of use to the genealogist or the local historian. Two of the most useful, as they cover the whole country, are valuation records and deeds. One source is the Tithe Applotment books, held in […]
There have been several periods in Irish history when significant numbers of towns were founded in a relatively short time scale, one being the so-called landlord towns of the 18th and 19th centuries. In essence, all towns were landlord towns, as all land was owned by someone, but the degree […]
photo courtesy of fergal A journey into Connemara is a journey into a landscape of spectacular scenery and ancient history. The natural backdrop of mountains, valleys, lakes and rivers in Connemara is the result of natural events that occurred over the last 600 million years since Connemara’s rocks first […]
Paper delivered by Simon Fowler, a leading authority on family history, author of Tracing Your Naval Ancestors and currently working on a guide to First World War research Tracing ancestors who served in the British armed forces. Tens of thousands of Irish men (and a few women) have served in […]
Paper delivered by Kevin Whelan, Director of the Keough Naughton Centre of the University of Notra Dame, Dublin, at Connemara Before Clifden seminar held in Clifden on 26th May 2012. Connemara In 1756 it was noted of Connemara and the Joyce country that ‘wheeled carriages are not much used in […]
Paper delivered by Dr Gerard Moran lecturer in the Dept of History, NUI Maynooth, at Uncovering Our Connemara Roots, a genealogical conference held in Clifden on 30th May – 1st June 2012. ‘In Search of a Better Way of Life’: Emigration from Connemara in the late Nineteenth Century. While an […]
Nicholas Canny, by Gerrit Nuckton The American writer William Faulkner was once famously quoted as saying, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past”. This is especially true in Ireland, where the collective Celtic memory is a long one. For Clifden native Dr. Nicholas Canny, a well-respected author […]
