McKeen

Good Morning

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out and apologies for the delay in replying to your message. 

As you can see from the link below, Kilmacrehy is a Civil Parish in Co. Clare:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=2757&civilparish=Kilmacrehy&citycounty=Clare

Records for the corresponding Roman Catholic Parish of Liscannor begin in 1843. As this is the case, you won?t find a baptism record for Catherine but you may find other pieces of information about the family. Did she have any siblings, sisters in particular, who may have married in the parish? If so, those marriages records will include the name of her father at least.

There are some places where you can search online, however these websites do not have complete collections and many do not cover the period after 1900:

www.familysearch.org has a huge database of genealogical records including some church records for Ireland.

www.rootsireland.ie have a large collection of Irish Church records, however you have to pay to use this site.

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/ have begun a project to upload Irish church records to their site free of charge. However so far only Counties Dublin, Kerry, Carlow and parts of Cork have been covered.

Some other websites that may be helpful are:

The National Archives of Ireland: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/ - you can search the 1901/1911 Census on the National Archives page too

The National Library of Ireland: http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

The National Archives UK ? genealogy search:http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland: http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm

Irish Genealogy Tool kit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/

You should also look at the website of the Clare Local Studies Centre, based in the library in Ennis. Their website is very good: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/library/local-studies/locstudi1.htm

Remember to post any new information that you find here. The more information you post, the more likely it is that one of our volunteers will be able to advise or assist you. Also include information concerning which sources you may have already used so others may further your search.

Best of luck with your search

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support