Tracing Your Roots Back To Ireland
The Clare Roots Society, brainchild of Ennis gentleman Larry Brennan, was formed in April 2006 as an recreational genealogy group in Clare. The Club meets once per month in Ennis, and now has over 100 participants. Any person with an interest in tracing their family tree is welcome to join.
Several participants are skilled genealogists while others are novices in the discipline. As well as local associates, they’ve got ‘virtual’ members who dwell overseas but who follow activities via email, and wish that they are in Clare. The society functions together with Clare County Library to be able to enhance the fantastic fund of genealogy info already offered.
Individuals who live overseas and would like to take part in the Society’s plans (e.g. transcription projects) can become members by giving their names, addresses and email addresses to the Secretary. Their names will be put on the subscriber list so that they are kept advised of Society occasions and projects. Right up until or unless they come to be living in Ireland they shall be exempt from the annual Society subscription. A yearly subscription fee is levied on members that are resident in Ireland and therefore in a position to be involved in the Society’s pursuits physically.
County Clare, situated on the western coastline of Ireland in the province of Munster suffered significantly from emigration during the last two hundred years. Between the years 1850 and 1880 an estimated 112,000 individuals emigrated out of Co. Clare. By comparison the current population stands at just under 90,000.
Emigration has produced a Clare Diaspora that has led to many people world-wide that can trace their ancestry to County Clare. From the Usa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, South Africa and Argentina, thousands of people seek an increased comprehension of the lives of their forefathers, and an understanding of their very own personal heritage. This delivers a good deal of tourists to the county. Hotels and other lodging properties source much of their bookings from targeting these types of Irish emigrants.
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