Where Else To Visit

Beyond using Dublin as the point of entry and getting the "clock" adjusted to a 6 hour difference, I haven't really considered what else to do in Ireland.

I've got about 2 weeks. So, one thing I've thought about is a rail pass. Pick up 4 or 5 travel segments in the pass.

I don't know enough about the Rowen side to know where they came from, other than Ireland.

Both the National Library of Ireland and the National Archives of Ireland are located in Dublin.

One resource seems to be Griffith's Valuation , probably a tax roll of some kind. More important, there is an Index of Surnames at the National Library. The efforts were carried out between 1848-1864. So, the surname index is your portal into the county records.

They have a number of parish records, but they are all on microfilm.

I probably should put Cork and Cobh on the planning list. About 50% of the immigrants left via Cobh (or Queenstown depending on the century). Cobh was a major port. It might be a source of immigration records.

Not as sure about Galway. That requires further study.