HOSPITAL, CO. LIMERICK · IRELAND
Following the Daverns through the records they left behind. A family tree, a growing collection of evidence, and a question that leads towards the Burren.
Explore the family tree ↓Built from original records. Open about what we don’t yet know.
James Davern
& Mary Clancy
THE FAMILY TREE
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No matching names. Try “James”, “Clancy” or “Lizzie”.
A RECORD THAT MOVED US FORWARD
The 1870 marriage of James Davern and Mary Clancy names James’s father as Jeremiah Davern, a chandler. It is the first original record in this archive supporting that father–son relationship.
It does not name James’s mother. Marianne Raleigh remains an unverified suggestion from an online family tree.
02 / THE EVIDENCE
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Documented facts, likely identifications and family recollections are labelled separately. Similar surnames alone do not establish kinship. This is a research archive, not a completed pedigree.
03 / AN OPEN QUESTION
CONNECTION NOT YET ESTABLISHEDFamily tradition points towards the O’Davorens of Clare. We are looking for the records that could connect the two stories.
The O’Davorens’ law school at Cahermacnaughten belongs to the history of the Burren. Clare Libraries preserves a historical account and pedigrees. Our Hospital family has not yet been linked to a named person in them.
Explore the Clare sources ↗A family recollection says Jeremiah may have gone to Boston. No matching passenger, naturalisation or Massachusetts vital record has been established for James’s father.
Massachusetts research sources ↗Rita Davern’s Burren Girl follows her grandmother Anne Davoren’s Clare roots. It offers context and research leads, but does not establish a relationship to this Hospital branch.
Discover Burren Girl ↗