The Clare County Library

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This is a guide to the online publications held on the Clare County Library website. The main body of these publications was prepared specifically for this website, being transcribed by Clare Local Studies Project and subsequently prepared for online publication by County Library staff. Other publications were donated to the site by their authors or transcribers. The publications cover a variety of subjects relating to County Clare and include books, articles, surveys and censuses.

Online Publications:   History;  Genealogy;  Archaeology;  Travel;  Folklore;  Literature & Song;  Children's Books History The History and Topography of the County of Clare by James Frost Originally published 1893. Printed for the author by Sealy, Bryers & Walker (Dublin).  Published online 2005. CLASP Press (Ennis). County Clare: A History and Topography  by Samuel Lewis  Originally published 1998. CLASP Press (Ennis). Published online 2002. CLASP Press (Ennis). Statistical Survey of the County of Clare  by Hely Dutton  Originally published 1808. Printed by Graisberry and Campbell (Dublin). Published online 2001. CLASP Press (Ennis). Mason’s Parochial Survey  by William Shaw Mason Originally published 1814-19. Published online 2003. CLASP Press (Ennis). Poverty Before the Famine, County Clare 1835 ed. by Maureen Comber Originally published 1996. CLASP Press (Ennis). Published online 2004. CLASP Press (Ennis). Irish Education Enquiry, 1824 Originally published 1826-7. H.M.S.O. (London). Published online 2003. CLASP Press (Ennis). Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland Originally published 1846. A. Fullarton and Co. (Dublin) Published online 2000. CLASP Press (Ennis). Clerics and Clansmen: The Vicarages and Rectories of Tradraighe in the Fifteenth Century  by Luke McInerney Originally published 2008. North Munster Antiquarian Journal, vol. 48. Published online 2008. Clare County Library. The West Clann Chuiléin Lordship in 1586: Evidence from a Forgotten Inquisition  by Luke McInerney Originally published 2008. North Munster Antiquarian Journal, vol. 48. Published online 2008. Clare County Library. The Ennis Chronicle and Clare Advertiser 1805  Originally published twice weekly, 1805 Published online 2012 (PDFs). Clare County Library. Agrarian Conflict in Clare: 1815-1831 by Michael Mac Mahon Originally published 1994. The Other Clare v.18. Published online 2009. Clare County Library The Famine in Clare from The Illustrated London News  Originally published 1849-50. The Illustrated London News(London). Published online 2009. Clare County Library. Kilrush Union Minute Books 1849 Originally published 1997. CLASP Press (Ennis). Published online 2000. CLASP Press (Ennis). Reports and returns relating to Evictions in the Kilrush Union (1847-1849) by Captain Arthur Kennedy Originally published 1849. H.M.S.O. (London). Published online 2001. CLASP Press (Ennis). Ennistymon Union Minute Books 1839-1850 Originally published 1992. North Clare Historical Society (Ennistymon). Published online 2000. CLASP Press (Ennis). A Guide to Ennistymon Union 1839-1850 Originally published 1992. North Clare Historical Society (Ennistymon). Published online 2000. CLASP Press (Ennis). Deaths and Staff in Kilrush and Ennistymon Workhouses 1850-51 Originally published 1851. H.M.S.O. (London). Published online 2007. Clare County Library. The Shipwreck of the St. John (1849) Articles originally published on various dates. Published online 2000. CLASP Press (Ennis). The Wreck of the Edmond at Kilkee, 1850  by Sean Marrinan Originally published 1979. The Other Clare, v.3. Published online 2001. CLASP Press (Ennis). The Bodyke Evictions Published online 2003. Clare County Library. Art O'Donnell's Frongoch Manuscript Originally written 1916. Published online 2009. Clare County Library. The War of Independence: Memoirs of Andrew O'Donoghue Originally recorded 1990s. Published online 2002. CLASP Press (Ennis). The War of Independence in West Clare  by Rita Marrinan B. Ed. Dissertation 1982. Published online 2007. Clare County Library. War of Independence and Civil War: Patrick (Pat) Keane, Kilnamona Published online 2007. Clare County Library. Naming the Land: Reflections on Co. Clare Place-Names  by Michael MacMahon Originally published 2005. The Other Clare, v.29. Published online 2006. Clare County Library. Placenames: A Witness to Evolution by Dr. Hugh Weir Originally published 2003. Coiste Logainmneacha an Chláir (Ennis). Published online 2004. Clare County Library. The Importance of Placenames by Risteard UaCróinín Originally published 2003. Coiste Logainmneacha an Chláir (Ennis). Published online 2004. Clare County Library. An Ghaeilge, Comharthaíocht agus Logainmneacha  by Conor Ó Catháin Originally published 2003. Coiste Logainmneacha an Chláir (Ennis). Published online 2004. Clare County Library. Of Gaelic Placenames and Enduring Inheritance  by Frank Prendergast Originally published 2003. Coiste Logainmneacha an Chláir (Ennis). Published online 2004. Clare County Library. Researching the Placenames of Co. Clare  by Dr. Padráig Ó Cearbhail Originally published 2003. Coiste Logainmneacha an Chláir (Ennis). Published online 2004. Clare County Library. County of Clare: Irish local names explained  by James Frost Originally published 1906. George McKern (Limerick). Published online 2004. Clare County Library. Old Territorial Divisions & Land Measures by Michael Mac Mahon Originally published 2000. The Other Clare, v.24. Published online 2006. Clare County Library. Clonroad Fairs by Brian Ó Dálaigh Originally published 2001. The Other Clare v.25. Published online 2005. CLASP Press (Ennis). The Seaweed Industry in County Clare Articles originally published on various dates. Published online 2004. CLASP Press (Ennis). The Building of the Shannon Hydro-Electric Scheme Published online 2003. Clare County Library. Genealogy 1901 Census of County Clare Published online 2001. CLASP Press (Ennis). 1659 Census of Clare ed. by Séamus Pender. Originally published 1939. Manuscripts Commission (Dublin). Published online 2003. CLASP Press (Ennis). Tithe Applotment Books, Co. Clare  Published online 2005. Clare County Library. Index to Griffith’s Valuation, Co. Clare Originally published 1996. Clare County Library. Published online 2000. Clare County Library. 1866 Census of Kilfenora and Kiltoraght Parishes Transcribed by Fr. F. McCormack 1984. Published online 2006. Clare County Library. Houses and their occupiers in the Ennistymon area Originally published 1990-2002. Ennistymon Parish Magazine (Ennistymon). Published online 2007. Clare County Library. Inhabitants of Scattery Island, Shannon Estuary, Co. Clare  by Senan Scanlan  Originally published 2008. Senan Scanlan (Dublin). Published online 2008. Clare County Library. Vandeleurs of Kilrush Co. Clare by Senan Scanlan Originally published 2010. Senan Scanlan (Dublin). Published online 2010. Clare County Library. Short Study of a Transplanted Family in the Seventeenth Century  by Edward MacLysaght  Originally published 1935. Browne & Nolan (Dublin). Published online 2007. Clare County Library. The O'Davorens of Cahermacnaughten, Burren, Co. Clare by Dr. George U Macnamara Originally published 1912-13. Journal of the North Munster Archaeological Society, v.2. Published online 2007. Clare County Library. The Butlers of County Clare by Sir Henry Blackall Originally published 1952-3. North Munster Antiquarian Journal, v.6. Published online 2007. Clare County Library. Survey of the McInerney Sept of Thomond by Luke McInerney Originally published 2007-8. The Other Clare v.31, v.32. Published online 2008. Clare County Library. Land and Lineage: The McEnerhinys of Ballysallagh in the Sixteenth Century  by Luke McInerney  Originally published 2009. North Munster Antiquarian Journal, v.49. Published online 2010. Clare County Library. Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, Ireland Journals  Originally published 1888-1916. The Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, Ireland (Dublin). Published online 2004. CLASP Press (Ennis). Notes on the Sheriffs of County Clare, 1570-1700 by Thomas J Westropp  Originally published 1890. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, v.1. Published online 2004. CLASP Press (Ennis). Lucas's Directory, Ennis, 1788 by Richard Lucas Originally published 1788. Richard Lucas (Dublin). Published online 2003. CLASP Press (Ennis). Pigot's Directory, Clare, 1824 Originally published 1824. Pigot & Co. (Dublin). Published online 2002. CLASP Press (Ennis). Hogan's Directories of Kilkee, 1842, 1863 by Hugh Hogan. Originally published 1842, 1863. Hugh Hogan  Published online 2003. CLASP Press (Ennis). Slater's Directory, Clare, 1846 by Isaac Slater. Originally published 1846. I. Slater (London). Published online 2002. CLASP Press (Ennis). Slater’s Directory, Ennis & Clarecastle 1870 by Isaac Slater. Originally published 1870. I. Slater (London). Published online 2009. Clare County Library. Bassett's Directory, Clare, 1875-6 by George H. Bassett. Originally published 1876. Sealy, Bryers and Walker (Dublin). Published online 2002. CLASP Press (Ennis). Bassett's Directory, Clare, 1880-1 by George H. Bassett. Originally published 1881. Sealy, Bryers and Walker (Dublin). Published online 2002. CLASP Press (Ennis). Slater’s Directory, Ennis & Clarecastle 1881 by Isaac Slater. Originally published 1881. I. Slater (London). Published online 2009. Clare County Library. Guy's Directory, Clare, 1893 by Francis Guy. Originally published 1893. Guy (Cork). Published online 2003. CLASP Press (Ennis). Archaeology The antiquities of County Clare: Ordnance Survey letters (1839) by John O'Donovan and Eugene Curry Originally published 1997. CLASP Press (Ennis). Published online 2005. CLASP Press (Ennis). Archaeology of the Burren: Prehistoric Forts and Dolmens in North Clare  by Thomas J. Westropp  Originally published 1999. CLASP Press (Ennis). Published online 2005. CLASP Press (Ennis). The Churches of County Clare by Thomas J. Westropp  Originally published 1900. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, v.6. Published online 2004. CLASP Press (Ennis). Churches with Round Towers in Northern Clare  by Thomas J. Westropp  Originally published 1894. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, v.4. Published online 2006. CLASP Press (Ennis). Antiquities near Miltown Malbay by Thomas J. Westropp  Originally published 1904-5. Journal of the Limerick Field Club, v.2, v.3. Published online 2005. CLASP Press (Ennis). The Augustinian Houses of the County Clare by Thomas J. Westropp  Originally published 1900. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, v.30.  Published online 2006. CLASP Press (Ennis). The Stone Crosses of Kilfenora by Jack Flanagan Published online 2007. Clare County Library A Survey of Monuments of Archaeological & Historical Interest in the Barony of Bunratty Lower, Co. Clare  by William G. Ryan. M.A. thesis 1980. Published online 2006. CLASP Press (Ennis). Fortifications in the Shannon Estuary and Galway Bay  by Paul M. Kerrigan. Originally published 1995. The Collins Press (Cork). Published online 2005. CLASP Press (Ennis). Travel Travels in County Clare 1534-1911 (Extracts from The Strangers Gaze)  ed. Brian Ó Dálaigh  Originally published 1998. CLASP Press (Ennis). Published online 2010. Clare County Library. The Journal of Thomas Dineley, 1681 by Thomas Dineley. Originally published 1867. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, v.6. Published online 2003. CLASP Press (Ennis). A short tour of Clare by John Lloyd. Originally published 1780. John Lloyd (Ennis). Published online 2004. CLASP Press (Ennis). Autumnal Rambles about New Quay, County Clare, 1842-3 by Thomas L. Cooke. Published online 2003. CLASP Press (Ennis). Holiday Haunts on the West Coast of Clare, Ireland  by H.B.H.  Originally published 1891. G. Mckern & Sons (Limerick). Published online 2002. CLASP Press (Ennis). Irish Tourist Association Topographical and General Survey, 1942/3 Published online 2004. CLASP Press (Ennis). Folklore A Folklore Survey of County Clare  by Thomas J. Westropp. Originally published 1910-12. Folk-Lore: Transactions of the Folk-Lore Society, v.21, v.22, v.23. Published online 2006. CLASP Press (Ennis). County Clare Folk-Tales and Myths  by Thomas J. Westropp. Originally published 1913. Folk-Lore: Transactions of the Folk-Lore Society, v.24. Published online 2006. CLASP Press (Ennis). Ring-Forts in the Barony of Moyarta, Co. Clare and their Legends  by Thomas J. Westropp. Originally published 1908-09. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, v.38, v.39. Published online 2005. CLASP Press (Ennis). Customs, Lore and Legend of Other Clare Days by Michael Mac Mahon Originally published 1996. The Other Clare v.20. Published online 2008. Clare County Library. James Delargy and the storymen of North Clare by Michael Mac Mahon. Originally published 2009. The Other Clare v.33. Published online 2009. Clare County Library. The Schools' Folklore Scheme: a valuable primary source for the local historian by Maura Egan Originally published 2002. The Other Clare v.26. Published online 2004. CLASP Press (Ennis). Literature and Song Dánta Sheáin de hÓra eag. Brian Mac Cumhghaill. Originally published 1956. Oifig an tSoláthair (Dublin). Published online 2004. Clare County Library. Cúirt an mheadhon oidhche  le Brian Merriman. Eag. Risteard Ó Foghludha. Originally published 1912. Hodges Figgis (Dublin). Published online 2005. CLASP Press (Ennis). Notes on the poets of Clare  by Thomas F. O’Rahilly Originally published 1917. An Claidheamh Soluis. Published online 2006. Clare County Library. Clare’s Gaelic Bardic Tradition  by Michael Mac Mahon Originally published 2006-7. The Other Clare v.30, v.31. Published online 2007. Clare County Library. Local Songs Selected by Tom Munnelly. Originally published 1990. Ennistymon Festival of Traditional Singing (Ennistymon). Published online 2008. Clare County Library. Micho’s Dozen: Traditional Songs from the Repertoire of Micho Russell, Doolin, Co. Clare Selected by Tom Munnelly. Originally published 1991. Ennistymon Festival of Traditional Singing (Ennistymon). Published online 2008. Clare County Library. North Clare Writers Workshop: Selected Writings  Selected by Knute Skinner. Originally published 1989-95. North Clare Writers Workshop (Ennistymon). Published online 2009. Clare County Library. Knute Skinner: Selected Poems Originally published 1985-2005. Various publishers. Published online 2009. Clare County Library. Children's Books Picture This: A guide to choosing books for young children (2002) by Patricia Fitzgerald. Originally published 2002. Clare County Library. Published online 2002. Clare County Library. From Pictures to Words: a guide to choosing books for beginner readers by Patricia Fitzgerald. Originally published 2004. Clare County Library. Published online 2004. Clare County Library.