Frequently Asked Questions

The O’Dea Clan does not have anything like this. 

If you are interested in reading more about how the Irish dressed, please have a look at these two sites:

• http://www.mcginleyclan.org/nativeclothing.htm
• http://www.libraryireland.com/SocialHistoryAncientIreland/III-XVIII-2.php

You may also be interested in reading http://www.lindaclifford.com/TartanListIrish.html which shows options for those wishing to dress similarly to other like-minded people. 

The O’Dea Castle is at Dysert, Corofin, Co. Clare, Ireland.

A map of the location is available here:

You can find information about the O’Dea Castle here: O’Dea Castle

Membership of an Irish Clan is something that an individual possesses as a right of his/her heritage.

All members of a clan carry the same surname and claim descent from the same common ancestor.  Clan membership however is not purely based on bloodlines as people often joined clans through marriage, adoption and fostering, and for political and territorial reasons.

Consequently, membership of an Irish Clan is frequently linked to an individual’s identify and is strongly associated with a shared common heritage and culture.

If your name is O’Dea, O’Day, O’Dee, Dea, Day or Dee, or if you are descended from an O’Dea, O’Day, O’Dee, Dea, Day or Dee, then you are a member of Clan Uí Deághaidh.

Membership of the O’Dea Clan is not the same as being a member of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association.

Becoming a registered user of this web site doers not constitute membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association.

In order to become a member of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you must apply for membership and pay the appropriate membership subscription. 

There are two ways you can apply for membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association:

1. Submit an online application and pay online using your credit card/debit card or your PayPal account.
2. Download and print a membership application form and pay by check/cheque.

These options are available here: https://odeaclan.org/membership/

O’Dea Clan members from throughout the world gathered at Dysert O’Dea in 1990 for the first time since the Flight of the Wild Geese in 1691.  Meeting in nearby Ennis, these Clan representatives formed the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association (as Gaélige: Cumann Chlann Díseart Ó Déaghaidh) to facilitate and encourage exchange between Clan members and to promote research into the history and genealogy of the O’Dea Clan.

A list of the Clan Chieftains from 1990 onwards is available here: Clan Chieftains

You can find information about the history of the O’Dea Clan here: Clan History

If your name is O’Dea, O’Day, O’Dee, Dea, Day or Dee, or if you are descended from an O’Dea, O’Day, O’Dee, Dea, Day or Dee, then you are a member of Clan Uí Deághaidh.

Membership of the O’Dea Clan is not the same as being a member of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association.

Becoming a registered user of this web site doers not constitute membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association.

Membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association is open to all persons who bear the surname or maiden name O’Dea (including O’Day, O’Dee, Dea, Day or Dee), and their relations, and others wishing to promote the objects of the Association.

In order to become a member of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you must apply for membership and pay the appropriate membership subscription. 

There are two ways you can apply for membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association:

1. Submit an online application and pay online using your credit card/debit card or your PayPal account.
2. Download and print a membership application form and pay by check/cheque.

These options are available here: https://odeaclan.org/membership/

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

You can find information about the Battle of Dysert O’Dea here: Battle of Dysert O’Dea

• The Dysert O’Dea Clan Association publishes a newsletter on a regular basis.
• The newsletter is called O’Dea Clan Newsletter.
• The newsletter is distributed to financial and honorary members of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association by email or post depending on the member’s preference.

Membership of an Irish Clan is something that an individual possesses as a right of his/her heritage.

All members of a clan carry the same surname and claim descent from the same common ancestor.  Clan membership however is not purely based on bloodlines as people often joined clans through marriage, adoption and fostering, and for political and territorial reasons.

Consequently, membership of an Irish Clan is frequently linked to an individual’s identify and is strongly associated with a shared common heritage and culture.

If your name is O’Dea, O’Day, O’Dee, Dea, Day or Dee, or if you are descended from an O’Dea, O’Day, O’Dee, Dea, Day or Dee, then you are a member of Clan Uí Deághaidh.

Membership of the O’Dea Clan is not the same as being a member of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association.

Becoming a registered user of this web site doers not constitute membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association.

In order to become a member of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you must apply for membership and pay the appropriate membership subscription. 

There are two ways you can apply for membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association:

1. Submit an online application and pay online using your credit card/debit card or your PayPal account.
2. Download and print a membership application form and pay by check/cheque.

These options are available here: https://odeaclan.org/membership/

O’Dea Clan members from throughout the world gathered at Dysert O’Dea in 1990 for the first time since the Flight of the Wild Geese in 1691.  Meeting in nearby Ennis, these Clan representatives formed the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association (as Gaélige: Cumann Chlann Díseart Ó Déaghaidh) to facilitate and encourage exchange between Clan members and to promote research into the history and genealogy of the O’Dea Clan.

The Dysert O’Dea Clan Association Constitution is available here: ODea Clan constitution

The Constitution for the Australian sub-group ca be found here: Australian Sub-Group – Constitution

If your name is O’Dea, O’Day, O’Dee, Dea, Day or Dee, or if you are descended from an O’Dea, O’Day, O’Dee, Dea, Day or Dee, then you are a member of Clan Uí Deághaidh.

Membership of the O’Dea Clan is not the same as being a member of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association.

Becoming a registered user of this web site doers not constitute membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association.

Membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association is open to all persons who bear the surname or maiden name O’Dea (including O’Day, O’Dee, Dea, Day or Dee), and their relations, and others wishing to promote the objects of the Association.

In order to become a member of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you must apply for membership and pay the appropriate membership subscription. 

There are two ways you can apply for membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association:

1. Submit an online application and pay online using your credit card/debit card or your PayPal account.
2. Download and print a membership application form and pay by check/cheque.

These options are available here: https://odeaclan.org/membership/

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

The O’Dea Clan has a presence on Facebook with:

• A Facebook Page: Facebook Page
• A Facebook Group: Facebook Group

The O’Dea Clan has a presence on Twitter at: Twitter

The O’Dea Clan has a presence on LinkedIn at: LinkedIn

The O’Dea Clan has a YouTube channel at: YouTube Channel

Membership of an Irish Clan is something that an individual possesses as a right of his/her heritage.

All members of a clan carry the same surname and claim descent from the same common ancestor.  Clan membership however is not purely based on bloodlines as people often joined clans through marriage, adoption and fostering, and for political and territorial reasons.

Consequently, membership of an Irish Clan is frequently linked to an individual’s identify and is strongly associated with a shared common heritage and culture.

If your name is O’Dea, O’Day, O’Dee, Dea, Day or Dee, or if you are descended from an O’Dea, O’Day, O’Dee, Dea, Day or Dee, then you are a member of Clan Uí Deághaidh.

Membership of the O’Dea Clan is not the same as being a member of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association.

Becoming a registered user of this web site doers not constitute membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association.

In order to become a member of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you must apply for membership and pay the appropriate membership subscription. 

There are two ways you can apply for membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association:

1. Submit an online application and pay online using your credit card/debit card or your PayPal account.
2. Download and print a membership application form and pay by check/cheque.

These options are available here: https://odeaclan.org/membership/

O’Dea Clan members from throughout the world gathered at Dysert O’Dea in 1990 for the first time since the Flight of the Wild Geese in 1691.  Meeting in nearby Ennis, these Clan representatives formed the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association (as Gaélige: Cumann Chlann Díseart Ó Déaghaidh) to facilitate and encourage exchange between Clan members and to promote research into the history and genealogy of the O’Dea Clan.

If your name is O’Dea, O’Day, O’Dee, Dea, Day or Dee, or if you are descended from an O’Dea, O’Day, O’Dee, Dea, Day or Dee, then you are a member of Clan Uí Deághaidh.

Membership of the O’Dea Clan is not the same as being a member of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association.

Becoming a registered user of this web site doers not constitute membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association.

Membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association is open to all persons who bear the surname or maiden name O’Dea (including O’Day, O’Dee, Dea, Day or Dee), and their relations, and others wishing to promote the objects of the Association.

In order to become a member of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you must apply for membership and pay the appropriate membership subscription. 

There are two ways you can apply for membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association:

1. Submit an online application and pay online using your credit card/debit card or your PayPal account.
2. Download and print a membership application form and pay by check/cheque.

These options are available here: https://odeaclan.org/membership/

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

1. Access to Clan members throughout the world for exchanging information about the history and genealogy, ancient and modern, of the O’Dea Clan.
2. Regular issues of the Clan Newsletter which will be sent to you by post or email.
3. As a member you will receive a discount on registration fees for attendance at Clan Gatherings in Ireland.
4. Each member has the right to vote at Clan Gatherings including voting for the Taoiseach (Clan Chieftain).
5. Members have access to the full range of Web site facilities including Private Forums for members-only discussions.

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

• The membership period for the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association is from one Clan Gathering to the next.
• Clan Gatherings are normally held every 3 years.
• For practical reasons, the membership period begins on 1 July and ends on 30 June, 3 years later.
• The last Clan Gathering was held in Ennis, Co. Clare in July 2022.
• The current membership period is 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2025.
• The current Triennium began on 1 July 2022.
• If you join today, your membership term will be from today to 30 June 2025.

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

• Your membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association expires on 30 June in the year of the next Clan Gathering.
• Clan Gatherings are normally held every 3 years.
• For practical reasons, the membership period begins on 1 July and ends on 30 June, 3 years later.
• The last Clan Gathering was held in Ennis, Co. Clare in July 2022.
• The current membership period is 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2025.
• The current Triennium began on 1 July 2022.
• If you join today, your membership term will be from today to 30 June 2025.

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

Yes.  If you join the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association part way through the membership term, you need to pay the full subscription.

If you join during a membership term, the effective start date for your membership will be back-dated to the 1^st of July of the year in which the last Clan Gathering was held.  However, if you join in the last 6 months of the membership term, the effective start date will be forward-dated to the 1^st of July of that year.

• The membership period for the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association is from one Clan Gathering to the next.
• Clan Gatherings are normally held every 3 years.
• For practical reasons, the membership period begins on 1 July and ends on 30 June, 3 years later.
• The last Clan Gathering was held in Ennis, Co. Clare in July 2022.
• The current membership period is 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2025.
• The current Triennium began on 1 July 2022.
• If you join today, your membership term will be from today to 30 June 2025.

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

There are two ways you can apply for your membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association:

1. Submit an online application and pay online using your credit card/debit card or your PayPal account.
2. Download and print a membership application form and pay by check/cheque.

These options are available here: https://odeaclan.org/membership/

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

No.  There is no need to login to the Website with your Website username and password to submit a membership application or renewal.

There are two ways you can pay for your membership application/renewal:

1. Pay online using your credit card/debit card or your PayPal account.
2. Pay by check/cheque.

In either case, there is no need to login to the Website with your Website username and password.

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

No.  The Clan Association does not issue membership cards.

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

There are two ways you can renew your membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association:

1. Submit an online application and pay online using your credit card/debit card or your PayPal account.
2. Download and print a membership application form and pay by check/cheque.

These options are available here: https://odeaclan.org/membership/

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

No.  There is no need to login to the Website with your Website username and password to submit a membership application or renewal.

There are two ways you can pay for your membership application/renewal:

1. Pay online using your credit card/debit card or your PayPal account.
2. Pay by check/cheque.

In either case, there is no need to login to the Website with your Website username and password.

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

No.  The Clan Association does not issue membership cards.

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

Yes.  You can pay for your new membership or your membership renewal using your credit card or your debit card.

There are two ways you can apply for/renew your membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association:

1. Submit an online application and pay online using your credit card/debit card or your PayPal account.
2. Download and print a membership application form and pay by check/cheque.

These options are available here: https://odeaclan.org/membership/

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

Yes.  You can pay for your new membership or your membership renewal by check/cheque.

There are two ways you can apply for/renew your membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association:

1. Submit an online application and pay online using your credit card/debit card or your PayPal account.
2. Download and print a membership application form and pay by check/cheque.

These options are available here: https://odeaclan.org/membership/

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

The Clan Association does not favour the use of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) for paying membership subscriptions.

Experience shows that there are 3 drawbacks with the EFT approach:

1. It’s not user-friendly.
2. It’s easy for errors to occur.
3. It’s extremely difficult to obtain an accurate record of who has made a payment and what the payment is for.

Not User Friendly

It’s not user-friendly because you first have to access the Clan Association’s web site to submit your application and take a note of how much is owing.  You then switch across to your bank’s Internet banking web site and login to your Internet banking service.  You enter the payment details including the amount previously noted – hopefully you enter the amount owing without making a transcription error.  You enter your name in the very limited space that is available (if you have a very short name, no problem but if you have a longer name, you will have to abbreviate).  You also enter the reason for the payment.  You have a very limited amount of space for this so you will need to get creative when you try and explain what the payment is for.

However, when the payment is handled via PayPal, you only enter the data once because your order and your payment are handled together.

Error Prone

It’s easy for errors to occur because you have to make sure that you enter the Clan Association’s BSB number and bank account number correctly.  You might enter the account number incorrectly but that number may represent a valid bank account.  In this case, the money is transferred into the wrong bank account.  This causes problems where you insist you have paid but the Clan Association insists it never got the money.

However, when the payment is handled via PayPal, the payment is sent to the Clan Association’s PayPal account automatically and you do not have to enter any account identifiers.

Difficult to Work Out Who has Paid for What

When you use your Internet banking service, there is limited space available for you to enter your name.  There is also a limited amount of space for you to enter the reason for the payment.

When the Clan Association gets the bank statement, we then have to try and decipher the shorthand entries on the statement so that the payments can be properly accounted for.

However, when the payment is handled via PayPal, the Clan Association receives an email with the full details of your payment including your name, your address, your email address, the amount of the payment and the reason for the payment.  You also receive an email with this same information.

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

Unfortunately not.

We can ONLY accept Credit Card and Debit Card payments online via this web site.

We CANNOT accept Credit Card and Debit Card payments by phone, by email, by post or in person.

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

There are two ways you can pay for your membership application/renewal:

1. Pay online using your credit card/debit card or your PayPal account.
2. Pay by check/cheque.

If you need help with other payment options, please contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

The Dysert O’Dea Clan Association does not normally issue receipts for membership subscriptions.

If you need a receipt for tax purposes, please contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

If you aren’t sure whether or not you are a financial member of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can check the status of your membership by contacting one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

If you are a member of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you may need to make changes to your contact details:

• Name.
• Postal Address.
• Phone Number.
• Email Address.

You can tell us about your new postal address using this form: Change of Postal Address

You can update your own email address using this form: Update Email Address

If there are any other changes, or if you need help, please contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

If you are a member of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can nominate your preferred means of receiving the Clan Newsletter.

You can nominate whether you wish to receive the Clan Newsletter by:

1. Email.
2. Post.

You can nominate your preferences using this form: Clan Newletter Preferences

You can change your preferences at any time.

If you have any questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, you can contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

If you have any further questions about membership of the Dysert O’Dea Clan Association, please contact one of the Membership Registrars:

• Australasia and the Far East: Contact the Membership Registrar for Australasia and the Far East
• Ireland and the rest of Europe: Contact the Membership Registrar for Ireland and the rest of Europe
• US and Canada: Contact the Membership Registrar for the US and Canada

We use the payment services provided by PayPal to handle online payments.

PayPal has been chosen because it best meets our key requirements which are:

1. High level of security.
2. Cost-effective way of handling a small volume of transactions.
3. Inexpensive way of handling small amounts.
4. Provides the customer with a choice of payment methods (PayPal account, funds transfer from linked bank account, credit card, debit card).
5. Enables the Clan Association to accept credit card and debit card payments without the need to become a credit card merchant thus avoiding the costs that this entails.
6. Easy to integrate with our own web site to make it easier for the user.
7. Simple to use.
8. Ability to handle multiple currencies.

PayPal offers you 4 payment choices:

1. Payment from your PayPal account.
2. Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) from your bank account.
3. Credit Card.
4. Debit Card.

Payment from your PayPal Account

In this case, you need to have a PayPal account.  If you already have a PayPal account, you can submit your payment simply by entering your PayPal account name (email address) and PayPal password when prompted to do so.  If you wish to open a PayPal account, you can do so free of charge here: https://www.paypal.com/au/webapps/mpp/get-started

EFT from your Bank Account

In this case, you need to have a PayPal account and you need to link your bank account to your PayPal account.

Credit Card Payment

In this case, you don’t need to have a PayPal account and you can submit your payment using your credit card.  When you submit your payment, PayPal will invite you to open a PayPal account but this is optional.

Debit Card Payment

In this case, you don’t need to have a PayPal account and you can submit your payment using your debit card.  When you submit your payment, PayPal will invite you to open a PayPal account but this is optional.

If there is no currency exchange involved with your payment, e.g. the item you are purchasing is priced in US dollars and you are paying in US dollars, there is no extra cost to you, the purchaser, for using PayPal (even if you choose to pay by credit card).

However, if your payment involves a foreign currency, e.g. the item you are purchasing is priced in Euro and you are paying in US dollars, then you will be charged a foreign currency fee by PayPal.

You have the option of creating your own personal PayPal account.

You need to do this if you wish to:

• Use your PayPal account as your source of funds.
• Use your bank account as your source of funds.

You can choose not to do so if you wish to:

• Pay using your credit card.
• Pay using your debit card.

If you do decide to create your own PayPal account, there are no establishment fees or annual or monthly fees or any other fees.

Please note that although there no fees charged by PayPal, your bank or credit card provider may charge you a fee.

There is no cost to the Clan Association for the establishment of the Clan Association’s PayPal merchant account and there are no annual or monthly fees.

However, the Clan Association does have to pay a small transaction fee for each PayPal transaction.  This is similar to the merchant fee that would apply for any credit card transaction.

If the Clan Association was to become a credit card merchant, there would be many other fees in addition to a transaction fee for each transaction such as establishment fees, joining fees, annual administration fees, monthly access fees, minimum merchant service fees, credit card authorisation fees.

On the other hand, as a PayPal merchant, the Clan Association only has to pay a small transaction fee for each PayPal transaction.  This is similar to the merchant fee that would apply for any credit card transaction.

Experience shows that there are 3 drawbacks with the EFT approach:

1. It’s not user-friendly.
2. It’s easy for errors to occur.
3. It’s extremely difficult to obtain an accurate record of who has made a payment and what the payment is for.

Not User Friendly

It’s not user-friendly because you first have to access the Clan Association’s web site to submit your application and take a note of how much is owing.  You then switch across to your bank’s Internet banking web site and login to your Internet banking service.  You enter the payment details including the amount previously noted – hopefully you enter the amount owing without making a transcription error.  You enter your name in the very limited space that is available (if you have a very short name, no problem but if you have a longer name, you will have to abbreviate).  You also enter the reason for the payment.  You have a very limited amount of space for this so you will need to get creative when you try and explain what the payment is for.

However, when the payment is handled via PayPal, you only enter the data once because your order and your payment are handled together.

Error Prone

It’s easy for errors to occur because you have to make sure that you enter the Clan Association’s BSB number and bank account number correctly.  You might enter the account number incorrectly but that number may represent a valid bank account.  In this case, the money is transferred into the wrong bank account.  This causes problems where you insist you have paid but the Clan Association insists it never got the money.

However, when the payment is handled via PayPal, the payment is sent to the Clan Association’s PayPal account automatically and you do not have to enter any account identifiers.

Difficult to Work Out Who has Paid for What

When you use your Internet banking service, there is limited space available for you to enter your name.  There is also a limited amount of space for you to enter the reason for the payment.

When the Clan Association gets the bank statement, we then have to try and decipher the shorthand entries on the statement so that the payments can be properly accounted for.

However, when the payment is handled via PayPal, the Clan Association receives an email with the full details of your payment including your name, your address, your email address, the amount of the payment and the reason for the payment.  You also receive an email with this same information.

Yes, there a number of other ways of handling online payments but none of these are suitable for our needs which are:

1. High level of security.
2. Cost-effective way of handling a small volume of transactions.
3. Inexpensive way of handling small amounts.
4. Provides the customer with a choice of payment methods (PayPal account, funds transfer from linked bank account, credit card, debit card).
5. Enables the Society to accept credit card and debit card payments without the need to become a credit card merchant thus avoiding the costs that this entails.
6. Easy to integrate with our own web site to make it easier for the user.
7. Simple to use.
8. Ability to handle multiple currencies.

NOTE: Online payments are processed by PayPal.  PayPal offers you 4 payment choices:

1. Payment from your PayPal account.
2. Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) from your bank account.
3. Credit Card.
4. Debit Card.

Yes.  You can make an online payment using your credit card or your debit card.

We use the payment services provided by PayPal to handle online payments.

PayPal offers you 4 payment choices:

1. Payment from your PayPal account.
2. Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) from your bank account.
3. Credit Card.
4. Debit Card.

If you choose to use your credit card or your debit card, you don’t need to have a PayPal account and you can submit your payment using your credit card/debit card.  When you submit your payment, PayPal will invite you to open a PayPal account but this is optional.

Yes.  You can make an online payment using your PayPal account.

We use the payment services provided by PayPal to handle online payments.

PayPal offers you 4 payment choices:

1. Payment from your PayPal account.
2. Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) from your bank account.
3. Credit Card.
4. Debit Card.

If you choose to use your PayPal account as your source of funds, you will need to have a PayPal account.  If you already have a PayPal account, you can submit your payment simply by entering your PayPal account name (email address) and PayPal password when prompted to do so.  If you wish to open a PayPal account, you can do so free of charge here: https://www.paypal.com/au/webapps/mpp/get-started

Yes.  You can make an online payment using funds in your bank account.

We use the payment services provided by PayPal to handle online payments.

PayPal offers you 4 payment choices:

1. Payment from your PayPal account.
2. Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) from your bank account.
3. Credit Card.
4. Debit Card.

If you choose to use your bank account as your source of funds, you will you need to have a PayPal account and you will need to link your bank account to your PayPal account.

No.  There is no need to supply a mobile phone number when you make an online payment.  However, if you wish to pay using a credit card or debit card, there is a need to supply a phone number which could be a mobile number, a home number or a work number.

Not really.  It’s more of a small step into the 20^th century.  Although the use of online payments may be seen as a radical, new-fangled idea we need to consider this from an historical perspective:

1. The World Wide Web has been with us for 25+ years.  Sir Timothy John “Tim” Berners-Lee, OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, FRSA, DFBCS, a British engineer and computer scientist and MIT professor is credited with inventing the World Wide Web, making the first proposal for it in March 1989.
2. Electronic commerce over the Web (including online payments) has been around for over 20 years, the most famous example being amazon.com which has been in business since 1994.
3. Online auctions have been around for 20+ years, the most famous example being eBay which was founded in 1995.
4. PayPal has been in business since 1998.  As of 2014, PayPal operates in 203 markets and has 152 million active, registered accounts.  PayPal allows customers to send, receive, and hold funds in 26 currencies worldwide.

PayPal is a secure electronic payments service that makes it easy to transfer funds using the Internet.

If you are a buyer, you can:

1. Send money to anyone with an email address or mobile phone number.
2. Buy items on eBay and at millions of sites that accept PayPal.
3. Shop without sharing your financial information.
4. Select from a list of currencies when making a payment.

If you are a seller, you can:

1. Accept payments from Credit Cards, Debit Cards and Bank Accounts.
2. Accept Credit Cards and Debit Cards without the need to become a credit card merchant.
3. Integrate your web site with PayPal to provide a seamless experience for the user.
4. Allow the buyer to select from a list of currencies when making a payment but have the payment credited to your account in a currency of your choice, e.g. Euro, US dollars, Australian dollars.

If you are using your credit card or debit card you don’t need to have a PayPal account to use PayPal.

If you wish to pay by transferring funds from your PayPal account or your bank account, you will need to open a PayPal account.

To open a PayPal account you simply register with PayPal using your preferred email address — your email address is your PayPal account name: https://www.paypal.com/au/webapps/mpp/get-started

You will be asked to supply your name and address details and you will need to confirm your identity with PayPal.

• You can send money to anyone who has an email address or mobile phone.
• You can do so using your computer by logging on to your PayPal account and selecting the Send Money option or by logging on to your PayPal account using your mobile phone.
• You simply enter the recipient’s email address or mobile phone number, the amount, the currency you wish to use and press Submit.
• After you send money, the recipient receives an email notification of your payment.
• After clicking on the link included in the email, the recipient can log in to PayPal or sign up for a new account, and the money will immediately appear in his/her account balance.

• Payments are sent to you using your email address or mobile phone number.
• When a payment is sent to you, you will receive an email notification saying you received a payment.
• If you have a PayPal account, log in to your account to view the details of your payment.
• If you don’t have a PayPal account, you can quickly sign up for one and confirm your email address to receive the payment.
• As soon as you receive the payment, it goes into your PayPal balance.
• When you have a PayPal balance, you can either use those funds to send a payment or you can withdraw the funds.

Yes.  You can request a payment from anyone with an email address, even if they do not have a PayPal account.

You can do this by going to the PayPal web site and selecting “Request Money”.  You simply enter the recipient’s email address, the amount, the currency you wish to use and details of the request.

After you submit the request, the recipient will receive an email with instructions on how to pay you using PayPal.

Once you have funds in your PayPal account you can:

1. Use the funds to send money to anyone with an email address or mobile phone number.
2. Use the funds to pay for goods or services supplied by anyone who accepts PayPal.
3. Transfer some or all of the funds to your linked bank account.

Yes.  The PayPal site is highly secure.  They use industry-leading technology (such as SSL) to keep your information safe.

PayPal automatically encrypts your confidential information in transit from your computer to theirs using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption key length of 128-bits (the highest level commercially available).  Before you even register or log in to the PayPal site, their server checks that you’re using an approved browser – one that uses SSL 3.0 or higher.

Once your information reaches the PayPal site, it resides on a server that is heavily guarded both physically and electronically.  PayPal servers sit behind an electronic firewall and are not directly connected to the internet, so your private information is available only to authorised computers.

• Technology
  Their state-of-the-art fraud models and proprietary fraud engine work together to help stop fraudulent transactions before they happen.  In addition, PayPal stays at the forefront of security, developing many anti-fraud technologies every year.
• Experience
  With PayPal, you’ve got the industry’s most experienced fraud team on your side.  PayPal processes billions of dollars in payments each year, allowing us to continually perfect our anti-fraud protections.  As a result, PayPal’s loss rate is significantly lower than the industry average.  We also work with federal law enforcement to catch criminals.
• Privacy
  PayPal is committed to protecting the privacy of our users.  When you send or request money using PayPal, recipients never see your bank account numbers or credit card numbers.  They only see your email address, date of sign-up, and whether or not you have completed PayPal’s Verification process.

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The next Clan Gathering in Ireland will be held in Ennis, Co. Clare in July 2022.  Further details to be advised.

The last Clan Gathering was held in Ennis, Co. Clare in May 2018.  You can read all about it here: Clan Gathering – Ireland 2018

The last Clan Reunion in Australia was held in Adelaide, South Australia in April 2017.  You can read all about it here: Clan Reunion – Australia – 2017

The date and location for the next Clan Reunion in Australia has not been decided.

The next Clan Reunion in the USA will be held in St. Louis, Missouri in June 2019. 

The last Clan Reunion in the USA was held in Niagara Falls, NY in July 2016.  You can read all about it here: Clan Reunion – USA – 2016

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