Tracing Irish Ancestors at Ennis Library, County Clare

Discover how to navigate lost censuses and uncover your family roots at the Ennis Library in County Clare, Ireland, with The Celtic Way Tours! 🇮🇪📜 In this presentation recorded at the Clare Local Studies Centre in Ennis, County Clare, archivist and librarian Michael Talty breaks down how genealogists trace Irish families prior to the surviving 1901 and 1911 census records • The Lost Censuses of Ireland: Why 19th-century census returns were destroyed and what surviving substitutes exist. • Catholic Parish Registers: How the Penal Laws (c. 1700–1829) prohibited public Catholic ministry and delayed church register record-keeping until Catholic Emancipation and the Famine era. • The Tithe Applotment Books (1820s–1830s): How tax records levied for the Church of Ireland created an indispensable national census substitute listing heads of households. • Griffith’s Valuation (1855): Using Sir Richard Griffith's landmark property tax survey to pinpoint the exact townland, landlord, and parcel of land your ancestors leased in County Clare. 🔎 Discover The Celtic Way Tour: https://www.thecelticway.com.au 📧 Contact us: info@thecelticway.com.au Facebook: The Celtic Way Instagram: @thecelticwaytours #EnnisLibrary #CountyClare #Ennis #IrishGenealogy #GriffithsValuation #IrishHistory #TracingFamilyRoots