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EXCUSE THE CAPS .I TYPED FOR 40 YRS. ON EQUIPMENT THAT ONLY HAD CAPS AND SO IT IS TO CUMBERSOME TO DO OTHERWISE.
NOW BART. O'DEA PROBABLY EMIGRATED FROM CLARE IRE. AS THE O'DEA CASTLE IS RESTORED AND USED AS AN HISTORIC SITE FOR TOURISTS AND RESEARCHERS LIKE MYSELF. THE CEMETERY AND
DYDERT-O'DEA CHURCH (STONEWORK) STILL STANDS IN SPITE OF CROMWELL. THERE IS A NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH I BELIEVE BEARS THE SAME NAME. THE O'DEA PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE LEGAL HEIR WHO IS A CITIZEN OF THE U.S.A. THE PROPERTY, CHURCH & CASTLE ARE ON THE EDGE OF CLARE ON THE ROAD TO GOLLWAY.
MY FAMILY (ORIGINALLY FROM WALES) MY WIFES FAMILY (STILL OWNING THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY) AND THE O'DEA PROPERTY MAKE UP A LARGE ABUTTING AREA OF TILLABLE PROPERTY IN THE AREA.
I FIND THAT RESEARCH IN IRE. IS DIFFICULT FOR SEVERAL REASONS IE: CROMWELL DESTROYED RECORDS AND NOW GENEAOLOGY HAS BECOME A "BUSINESS" AND MANY DIGITIZED RECORDS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET. THE O'DEA FAMILY PROBABLY WERE DESCENDANTS OF EARLY WEALTH, AS DENOTED BY THE LAND HOLDINGS AND THE NAME OF THE CHURCH. THAT CEMETERY PROBABLY HOLDS YOUR EARLY HISTORY, THERE ARE MANY WELL MARKED GRAVE STONES. I THINK I FOUND YOUR FAMILY CREST WHILE DOING MY RESEARCH. WE CAME TO IRELAND (QUOTE) "WITH COUSIN SIR CLARE"-(BETTER KNOWN AS STRONGBOW) BY WAY OF NORMANDY, STACKPOLE WALES (PEMBROOKSHIRE) AND THE CAPTURE OF IRELAND.
C.R.S.
I WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TILL 1-APR-05
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