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THE REGISTERS OF KILMORE PARISH CHURCH BAPTISMS 1886-1890, 1898-1977 MARRIAGES 1845-1952, 1973 TRANSCRIBED AND INDEXED Diocese of Elphin County of Roscommon (transferred to Diocese of Ardagh) The Anglican Record Project The Anglican Record Project - the transcription and indexing of Registers and other documents/sources of genealogical interest of Anglican Parishes in the British Isles. Thirty-ninth in the Register Series. CHURCH (County, Diocese) BAPTISMS MARRIAGES BURIALS Longcross, Christ Church 1847-1990 1847-1990 1847-1990 (Surrey, Guildford) [Aug 91] Superseded by 29th volume Kilgarvan, St Peter's Church 1811-1850 1812-1947 1819-1850 (Kerry, Ardfert & Aghadoe)[Mar 92] 1878-1960 Fermoy Garrison Church 1920-1922 (Cork, Cloyne) [Jul 93] Barragh, St Paul's Church 1799-1805 1799-1805 1799-1805 (Carlow, Ferns) [Apr 94] 1831-1879 1830-1844 1838-1878 Newtownbarry, St Mary's Church 1799-1903 1799-1903 1799-1903 (Wexford, Ferns) [Oct 97] Affpuddle, St Laurence's Church 1728-1850 1731-1850 1722-1850 (Dorset, Salisbury) [Nov 97] Barragh, St Paul's Church 1845-1903 (Carlow, Ferns) [Jul 95] Kenmare, St Patrick's Church 1819-1950 (Kerry, Ardfert & Aghadoe)[Sep 95] Clonegal, St Fiaac's Church 1792-1831 1792-1831 1792-1831 (Carlow/Wexford/Wicklow, Ferns) [May 96] Clonegal, St Fiaac's Church 1831-1903 (Carlow/Wexford/Wicklow, Ferns) [Jul 96] Kilsaran, St Mary’s Church 1818-1840 1818-1844 1818-1900 (Louth, Armagh) [Sep 96] Clonegal, St Fiaac's Church 1831-1906 (Carlow/Wexford/Wicklow, Ferns) [Feb 97] (Continued on inside back cover.) JUBILATE DEO (Psalm 100) O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. Be ye sure the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name. For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting: and his truth endureth from generation to generation. From the Order for Morning Prayer, The Book of Common Prayer (Church of Ireland) CHURCH (County, Diocese) BAPTISMS MARRIAGES BURIALS Clonegal, St Fiaac's Church 1832-1903 (Carlow/Wexford/Wicklow, Ferns) [Oct 96] Cloghran Parish Church 1782-1864 1738 1732-1864 (Dublin, Dublin) [Feb 97] 1782-1839 Kilrush, St Brigid’s Church 1878-1903 1845-1903 1878-1903 (Wexford, Ferns) [Feb 97] Templeshanbo, St Colman’s Church 1800-1814 (Wexford, Ferns) [Mar 97] Stabannon Parish Church 1688-1750 1698-1754 1698-1751 (Louth, Armagh) [Dec 97] 1765 1782-1847 1778-1844 1782-1864 Dromiskin Parish Church 1791-1839 1805-1903 1802-1907 and Manfieldstown Parish Church 1824-1856 1824-1850 1838-1884 (Louth, Armagh) [Feb 98] Stabannon Parish Church 1845-1876 1865-1907 (Louth, Armagh) [Dec 98] Buttevant Garrison Church 1917-1922 (Cork, Cloyne) [Dec 98] Delgany, Christ Church 1666-1779 1666-1777 1666-1779 (Wicklow, Glendalough) [Feb 03] Delgany, Christ Church 1777-1819 1777-1819 1777-1819 (Wicklow, Glendalough) [Dec 99] Delgany, Christ Church 1819-1840 1819-1840 1819-1840 (Wicklow, Glendalough) [Aug 00] Delgany, Christ Church 1840-1865 1840-1865 1840-1865 (Wicklow, Glendalough) [Oct 01] Delgany, Christ Church 1866-1900 1866-1900 1866-1900 (Wicklow, Glendalough) [Oct 02] Newtownbarry Union Index: Newtownbarry, St Mary’s Church 1799-1903 1799-1903 1799-1903 Barragh, St Paul’s Church 1799-1805 1799-1805 1799-1805 1831-1879 1830-1903 1838-1878 Clonegal, St Fiaac’s Church 1792-1903 1792-1906 1792-1903 Kilrush, St Brigid’s Church 1878-1903 1845-1903 1878-1903 [Oct 01] Delgany Index 1666-1900 1666-1900 1666-1900 [Sep 06] Delgany, Christ Church 1901-2000 1901-2000 1901-2000 (Wicklow, Glendalough) [Apr 12] Longcross, Christ Church 1847-2003 1848-2003 1848-2003 (Surrey, Guildford) [Aug 10] Derryloran Parish Church 1796-1842 (Tyrone/Londonderry, Armagh) [Mar 13] Ewshot, St Mary’s Church 1886-2013 (Hampshire, Guildford) [Aug 13] (Continued on outside back cover.) CHURCH (County, Diocese) BAPTISMS MARRIAGES BURIALS Derryloran Parish Church 1843-1896 (Tyrone/Londonderry, Armagh) [Sep 13] Kilgobbin/Kilternan Parish 1817-1900 1817-1900 1817-1900 Church (Dublin, Dublin) [Nov 14] Kilternan Parish Church 1901-2000 1901-2000 1901-2000 (Dublin, Dublin) [Sep 17] Strokestown, St John’s Church 1811-1971 1811-1919 1811-1985 (Roscommon, Elphin) [Jul 17] Kilglass Parish Church 1822-1842 1823-1880 1825-1842 (Roscommon, Elphin) [Sep 17] 1883 Derryloran Parish Church 1797-1845 1797-1879 (Tyrone/Londonderry, Armagh) [Jun 18] Aughrim Parish Church 1879-1890 1885-1910 (Roscommon, Elphin) [Sep 18] 1926-1930 Kilmore Parish Church 1886-1890 1845-1952 (Roscommon, Elphin>Ardagh)[Dec 18] 1898-1977 1973 CONTENTS Page No Introduction ii Acknowledgements iii Sources iii Distribution iii Abbreviations iii Brief History of the Parish and Church iv-vi Ministers’ Initials vii-viii Details of the Registers viii Transcript of the Registers: Baptisms 1886-1890, 1898-1977 1-4 Marriages 1845-1952 5-10 Marriages 1973 11 Alphabetical Index of Entries in the Registers 13-15 i INTRODUCTION Having recently worked on four projects in Co Roscommon, I attempted to produce a ‘family tree’ of the Anglican parishes in the county in order to understand how they had been progressively gathered into larger groups since the late nineteenth century. Using the standard reference works, I was unable to find or deduce a satisfactory answer for a number of parishes and decided to investigate further. A volunteer living locally offered to assist and drew my attention to the existence of locally held registers for Kilmore Church, which was closed in the 1990s. This transcript is the result and more projects in this part of the country will follow in due course. The following points should be borne in mind when using the transcript: Dates All dates have been standardised as follows; day in numbers, month in three letters (abbreviated as necessary), year. Legibility and Spelling Indecipherable or uncertain details, whether due to illegible handwriting or faded ink, are marked by a ? Illiteracy Those who made a mark in the registers are indicated by an ‘x’ after their name. Missing Information A dash ‘–’ is used to indicate that the expected information (name, date etc) is absent from the entry. The Index The index lists in alphabetical order all persons who were recorded as baptised and married at Kilmore over the period 1845-1977. Where circumstantial evidence points to entries for more than one event for the same person, they have been included on the same line in the index. In the absence of any such evidence they have been listed separately. London & Roscommon SMW & AMM December 2018 ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The compiler wishes to thank the following for their assistance in the production of this document: Dr Susan Hood and the staff of the Representative Church Body (RCB) Library in Dublin. The front cover photograph was taken by AMM. SOURCES A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland – Samuel Lewis (London 1837, reprinted Genealogical Publishing Company 1984 and 1985) MS 139 (four volumes of church drawings by Joseph Welland, 1798- 1860) Volume 1 page 54 (held at the Representative Church Body Library, Dublin) A Guide to Irish Parish Registers – Brian Mitchell (Genealogical Publishing Company 1988) A Guide to Irish Churches and Graveyards – Brian Mitchell (Genealogical Publishing Company 1990) A Table of Church of Ireland Parochial Records and Copies – Noel Reid (ed) (Irish Family History Society 1994) Clergy of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh – Canon J B Leslie and Canon D W T Crooks (Ulster Historical Foundation and the Diocesan Council of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh 2008) The List of Church of Ireland Parish Registers (Representative Church Body Library website 2018) DISTRIBUTION Copies of this document have been distributed to the following: Rector of the South Leitrim Group of Parishes Diocesan Secretary (Elphin and Ardagh), Derrylin, Co Fermanagh Representative Church Body Library, Dublin County Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Centre, Strokestown Roscommon County Library Society of Genealogists, London LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS B Bachelor; Banns of Marriage (d) deceased f of full age L Marriage Licence m minor P Private Baptism S Spinster W Widow/er Incumbents’ and Curates’ initials are to be found on page vii. iii BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PARISH AND CHURCH Kilmore is an ancient parish in Co Roscommon, 2½ miles S by W from Drumsna on the road to Elphin, and comprises 9316 statute acres (5883 titheable). This parish is bounded on the north and east by the river Shannon, which on the latter side expands into the picturesque Lough Bodarig; on the south it borders upon the lough of Gillstown. The living was a rectory in the diocese of Elphin. Kilmore was united with Killukin in 1884, with Annaduff (in the Diocese of Ardagh) in 1933 and with Termonbarry (also in the Diocese of Ardagh) in 1955. In 1959 it was then transferred to the Diocese of Ardagh, and united with Kiltoghart and Toomna 1959- 1996, and with also with Drumshambo and Kilronan 1962-1996. The parish is now covered by the South Leitrim Group (previously known as the Mohill Group). Kilmore Church was built about 1828 with a loan of £923 from the late Board of First Fruits (BFF). In his Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) Lewis described it as a ‘neat building in good repair’. This drawing of the ground plan dates from about 1865, when a chancel was created from the vestry at the East end. © Representative Church Body Library The glebe-house was also built in 1828 with a loan of £360 and a gift of £369 from the BFF. There was a glebe of nine acres. The church was officially closed in 1996, although services ceased about 1980.