County Clare, Ireland

Surnames/tags: IRISH_ROOTS COUNTY_CLARE MUNSTER

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County Clare -

Clare Coat of arms

• Motto - Dílis d'ar nOidreacht - True to our heritage
• Country - Ireland
• Province - Munster
• County town - Ennis
• Area Total - 3,450 km2 (1,330 sq mi)
• Area rank - 7th
• Population - 117,196
• Rank - 19th
• Irish name - Contae an Chláir

Contents 1 History 2 Islands 3 Genealogy Resources for County Clare 4 Genealogy Resources for Ireland 5 Sources

History

CLARE (County of), a maritime county of the province of MUNSTER, bounded on the east and south by Lough Derg and the river Shannon, which successively separate it from the counties of Tipperary, Limerick, and Kerry ; on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the north-west by Galway bay ; while on the north and north-east an imaginary boundary separates it from the county of Galway. It extends from 52° 30’ to 53° (N. Lat.), and from 8° 15’ to 9° 30’ (W. Lon.) ; and comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 802,352 statute acres, of which 524,113 are cultivated land, 259,584 unimproved mountain and bog, and 18,655 are occupied by rivers and lakes. The population, in 1821, was 208,089 ; and in 1831, 258,262.

The inhabitants of this tract, in the time of Ptolemy, are designated by him Gangani, and represented as inhabiting also some of the southern parts of the present county of Galway........continue reading at County Clare: A History and Topography 1837 by Samuel Lewis

Islands

See List of islands in County Clare (German page) The list of islands in County Clare includes all officially designated islands and rocks in Irish Clare waters.

Genealogy Resources for County Clare

• Clare County Library Clare Genealogy & Family History page
• Wikipedia County Clare
• https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/County_Clare,_Ireland_Genealogy Family Search.org County Clare Genealogy Page]
• GENUKI Page for County Clare
• Family Search.org County Clare Genealogy Page
• Visitation(s) of England and Wales County Index entries for persons whose pedigree first entry in the Visitation(s) commences in County Clare, Ireland, or who appears listed in a pedigree, addendum or correction to the Visitation(s) as born in County Clare.

Note: Although these are Visitations of England & Wales the root of the pedigrees starts in County Clare. The Visitation of Ireland will follow soon.

• Clare Sources
• RootsChat - A genealogy forum Ireland - part of a British Isles centric forum that extends globally. - 12 June 2018
• Please send in or add any suggestions, to add to this list!

Genealogy Resources for Ireland

• Historical Sources of Ireland
• External Resources for Irish Genealogy Research

Sources