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Oh well, thanks for trying anyway. I have emailed the National Archives of Ireland to see whether they will tell me if it exists. I have to say that normally one would find a reference somewhere if it had been lost, so I hope that it is just the local copy that has gone astray. I would still appreciate it if you could quickly check 1911, though, once you get the chance.

Best wishes

Mark Allen.

Hello Sharon,

If your kind offer is still open then I would greatly appreciate some help. My father is the youngest of 12 children who were all born between the early 1920s and 1938 in Adare, county Limerick. All bar two of the 12 are now living in England and they do not know too much about their own parents. It is my father's birthday in a few days and if I could have some information I know that he would greatly appreciate it. My paternal grandmother was from Dublin, but my grandfather's family were born in Limerick.

My grandfather would have been born at some point around 1900 - possibly just before. So he would be in the 1901 (and possibly 1911) census. The family lived at Stonehall, which my father told me was in the parish of Kildimo, but some research on the web shows it to be in Kilcornan (recent changes, or an error on my part?). His name was George Allen, and he certainly had a brother, Michael. But how old were they all? Were there other children? Where did they live, exactly? And, most importantly, what were the parents called? If I could find this out then I may well make the trip over (as long as I know it wouldn't be wasted!).

Any information that you could glean for me would be most helpful.

Many thanks
Mark Allen.