Electoral Register

[fitzjohn]

Does anyone know if it is possible to view Irish Electoral Registers? I visited a relative when I was child, it would have been 1945 or 1946 but I do not know who they were. They lived in Desert or Ring near Clonakilty. My Grandfather was born in this neighbourhood in 1865 and emigrated to England in his teens but some family remained behind in Ireland. If I was able to look through electoral registers for this area I might be able to find out who these relatives were.

[JNicLiam]

I don't know whether the electoral rolls are available online.
But you could try contacting the Clonakilty Chamber of Commerce and asking them. Their email address is chamber(AT)clonakilty.ie Alternatively you could put the question up on the local Clonakilty facebook page at www.
facebook.com/clonakilty
Of course you could just use it as a good excuse for a nice few days holiday and go over and go to a pub near by and ask around.