THE CRUSHEEN VOLUNTEERS..BOOK LAUNCH by GERRY KENNEDY

1916 COMMEMORATIVE LECTURE

by 

GERRY KENNEDY

THE CRUSHEEN VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR ROLE DURING 1916

 An evening not to be missed.

NEW BOOK ON TRACING YOUR CLARE ANCESTORS!

Subject: Tracing your Clare Ancestors

Gerry Kennedy, CRS chairman has co-authored this new book on Tracing your Clare Ancestors.

The book is now available at:

http://www.flyleaf.ie/book/view/834-Tracing%20your%20Clare%20Ancestors

The official launch will be held at the Old Ground Hotel, Ennis on Wednesday, 3rd April, 2013 at 7.45 pm during our conference fringe week.

Clare is a western county, perhaps most famous for its scenery which includes the cliffs of Moher and the Burren. Clare families are mainly native Gaelic families, as the county was set aside for Gaelic families which were expelled from other parts of the country during the Cromwellian era. Common names in the county include McMahon, McNamara, O'Brien, Moloney, Ryan, Kelly, Mclnerney, O'Connor, Keane, O'Halloran, Hogan, Burke, Murphy, Lynch and Walsh. It is one of the counties which experienced a high level of emigration to North America and elsewhere. Between the years 1850 and 1880 an estimated 112,000 people emigrated from Co. Clare. This book sets out the records available for Clare, where they can be accessed, and how they can be used to best effect in tracing Clare families.

CLARE ROOTS SOCIETY WINS AWARD!

Following our brief story previously, here is the summation of the Presentation Dinner.

Clare Roots Chairman, Gerry Kennedy, along with Secretary Clara Hoyne and Treasurer, Eric Shaw, accept a much appreciated award for helping to bring 35 million Euros in tourism dollars to the Shannon region over the last two years. This was done in part by the International Genealogical Conference held in Ennis in 2011. Clare Roots Society will continue to be involved with a further conference proposed for 2012, as well as their numerous projects that help to foster tourism.