Currently accepting clients for...

• DNA
• Family History Research
• Speaking / Presenting

Geographic Specialities
Ireland  (all counties with particular emphasis in Counties Clare, Limerick, Galway, Kerry, Tipperary, Cork, Waterford).
New England Irish American family history
 

Publications/Media
Articles
1.Slieve Aughty Magazine "Brian Boru and His American Counterparts in American Political Dynasties" May 2014
2. The Other Clare Volume 42 2018 "James Molony: Kiltannon Landlord, Entrepreneur and Farmer in Tulla"
3. The Other Clare Volume 43 2019 "William Mills Molony and Marcus Molony: Sons of James Molony of Kiltannon"
4. Reflections from Home and Abroad 2016 "Tulla Forges and Their Place in Local History
5.Reflections from Home and Abroad 2017 "Fr Patrick Sheehy - Famine Priest and Tenant Rights Advocate
6. Reflections from Home and Abroad 2018 "Famine in Tulla"
7. Reflections from Home and Abroad 2019 " Market Charter for Tulla"
8. Reflections from Home and Abroad 2019 "Church of Ireland Window
9. Reflections from Home and Abroad 2020/21 "The Burning of Kiltannon House, 1920" and "Mary Breen (Brín) and Her Emigration from Tulla"

Books
1. Clooney Graveyard (Clooney Bunratty) Inscriptions in association with Clare Roots Society (2021)
2. The Occupation of British Military Forces in Tulla Workhouse from 1916-1922 co-authored with Stephen Kelly (2022) Tulla Decade of Centenaries

Lectures

• Emigration from Ellis Island to East Clare & Limerick - Kilkee Civic Trust, August 2019; Clare Roots Society November 2019; Shannon Archaeological & Historical Society February 2020.
• Getting Started on Your Genealogy Research - Clare Roots Society September 2017
• What Were The Neighbors Up To? Using Newspapers for Genealogical Research August 2017 - The Genealogy Event - Limerick
• Church of Ireland Records Research August 2017 - The Genealogy Event - Limerick
• Genealogy Speaker at the Clare Tent for Milwaukee Irish Festival August 2013 and August 2014

Repositories
Clare County Archives, Ennis,
General Record Office of Ireland,
Limerick City Archives,
Local Studies Centre, Ennis, County Clare,
National Archives, Dublin,
National Library of Ireland, Dublin,
Property Registration Authority, Dublin,
Registry of Deeds, Dublin,
Representative Church Body of Ireland (Anglican) Dublin,
Valuation Office, Dublin, Ireland

Research Time Periods

• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century

Affiliations
Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Member Irish Genealogical Research Society, Member Clare Roots Society, Chairperson 2017-present Tulla Reaching Out Committee Member 2012- present Thomond Archaeological & Historical Society member 2015 - present

Degrees
Ph.D.  History, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland (2024)
M.A.  in Local History, University of Limerick (2017)
Certificate in History of Family & Genealogical Research Methods, University of Limerick (Genealogy) (2013)
Qualified Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland admitted Michaelmas 1997.
Bachelor of Science (Accounting), Fairfield University 1987.