TABLE of CHURCH of IRELAND PARISH REGISTERS THROUGHOUT IRELAND (Baptisms, Marriages, Burials & Copies) ______
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____________________________________________ TABLE OF CHURCH OF IRELAND PARISH REGISTERS THROUGHOUT IRELAND (Baptisms, Marriages, Burials & copies) ____________________________________________ · What Exists · Dates Covered · Where To Find Them Table of Parochial Registers Throughout Ireland Amended and updated by the RCB Library to July 2015 The following is an updated version of the list originally compiled in-house for the Public Record Office of Ireland (PROI) - now the National Archives of Ireland (NAI) - by Miss Margaret Griffith (1911-2001) Deputy Keeper of the PROI during the 1950s. The original list was based on inventories returned by the parochial officers about the year 1875/6, and subsequently corrected in the light of subsequent events and information. A table showing the position in July 1891 was printed as an appendix to the 23rd Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records Office of Ireland. In the light of 1922 and the loss of over 500 collections, this situation changed dramatically – indicated by the large numbers of collections underlined on this list meaning they were destroyed by fire in the PROI in 1922. Further background about salved original registers and transcripts is available in the 55th Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records Office of Ireland. The reason the list does not account for registers from the latter half of the 1870s onwards is explained by the fact that they were not covered by the Public Records (Ireland) Act, 1867, Amendment Act, 1875 (which did not extend beyond the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland) and thus they fall under the remit of the Representative Church Body, rather than the state. The list has been updated regularly since 1984, when the PROI agreed that the RCB Library should be the place of deposit for Church of Ireland registers, and in many instances, the collections transferred carry on to very recent decades. Where records remain in local custody, it may be assumed that they carry on after the cover dates given in the list. Having been amended and corrected several times since within NAI, and further cross-checked, updated and colour-coded for all original collections in NAI, PRONI and the RCB Library, by Dr Susan Hood of the RCB Library, the table may now be considered definitive list for all Church of Ireland registers available in their original format. This electronic list will now be maintained, amended and updated by the RCB Library on an ongoing basis, and is currently corrected up to July 2015. We are most grateful to Ms Aideen Ireland, Senior Archivist at the NAI, and to Ms Lorraine Bourke, PRONI, for their co-operation with this project. KEY RCB = Original records held by the Representative Church Body Library, Churchtown, Dublin 14. PRONI = Original records held by the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast [total 74]. Additionlly it can be assumed that PRONI holds while the microfilm copies of many collections for parishes in the nine counties comprising Ulster, and further information is available here… Ordinary type, underlined = e.g. Abbyefeale indicates registers of that parish were in PROI in 1922 and were thus not salved. Ordinary type, underlined = parishes the records of which were lost in 1922, but for which subsequent materials were located and lodged either in the RCB Library or PRONI. Normally this colour code is followed by an RCB library or PRONI entry. Capitals = parishes the records of which are deposited in whole or in part in PROI [total 9]. For details see NAI Reading Room catalogue. This accounts for just nine collections (all in ROI) which remained in the custody of PROI after 1922, and thereafter in the NAI since. Ordinary type (no colour/underline) = Parishes the records of which records remain in local custody. For parishes located in the nine counties of Ulster, and additionally some for county Louth, microfilm copies of most collections of surviving registers (up to the early 20th century) are available in PRONI. For details consult PRONI’s online catalogue: http://www.proni.gov.uk/ Note that local clergy in both NI and ROI are however obliged to make available original registers in their custody available under both national legislation and in accordance with the Constitution of the Church of Ireland. * = copy of some records were extant in Public Record Office (now NAI). For details see NAI Reading Room catalogue. + = copy known to be extant in local custody. For details see Appendix VIII to 56th Report of the Deputy Keeper. It is possible that further copies may exist about which no information has been received by the Public Record Office, especially in the case of Northern Ireland parishes. Where collections have been transferred to the RCB Library, these local copies have been integrated into parish collections. Transcpt = All or part of the early collection are transcript copies, rather than originals. M = Microfilm copy available in the Reading Room of the NAI only. See card index and bound diocesan lists for further details. Note the dates of registers covered by the films may not be those of the originals as recorded by Miss Griffith, nor may they be the same dates as for those registers now deposited in the RCB Library. In most instances no filming was undertaken of 20th-century registers. CE = indicates a Chapel of Ease. NOTE: With regards to dates, cover dates only of registers in the three categories of baptism, marriage or burials, are given in the table. For parishes with churches still in existence it may be assumed there are current registers, and thus the last date indicated on the table represents the last date on which material was either transferred to the RCB Library, or microfilmed either by PROI or PRONI. Some notes indicated by a footnote reference number in red, e.g. (1), provide more details such as gaps in date runs, copies available and other information for individual parishes. It has come to our attention that a number of transcripts of parish registers in the dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, and of Limerick, together with odd miscellaneous parishes from other Church of Ireland dioceses, compiled by the late Michael Leader, a former vice-President of the Irish Genealogical Research Society, are available in the library of that society in London. For a complete list see this link: http://www.irishancestors.ie/?page_id=3297 To draw specific attention to the odd items, we have footnoted those on the list below. Parish, Church, or Chapel Diocese County Baptisms Marriages Burials RCB Aasleagh Mayo - 1859-1956 - Abbey Kilfenora see Newquay and also Kilculliheen and Macully in Waterford Abbeyfeale Ardfert Limerick 1829-1875 1843 1844-1877 Abbeygormacan or Boolagh see Kiltormer Abbeyknockmoy Tuam see Killererin Abbeylara Ardagh Longford 1821-1876 - 1828-1875 RCB Abbeyleix Leighlin Queen's 1781-1877 1781-1956 1781-1911 (1) M RCB Abbeymahon Ross Cork 1827-1878 - - transcpt Abbeyshrule Ardagh see Tashinny M RCB Abbeystrewey Ross Cork 1778-2001 1785-1956 1783-2001 M RCB Abington Emly Limerick 1898-1992 - 1884-1984 M RCB Achill Tuam Mayo 1854-1978 1855-1999 1854-1994 also see Burrishoole and Dugort RCB Achonry Achonry Sligo 1909-1997 1845-1985 1911-1993 Acton Armagh Armagh 1801-1876 1812-1845 1825-1877 + M Adamstown Ferns Wexford 1802-1875 1802-1869 1814-1876 RCB Adamstown Ferns Wexford - 1851-1968 RCB Adare Limerick Limerick 1845-2001 - 1845-2001 M Addergoole Killala see Crossmolina Addergoole Tuam see Tuam Affane Lismore Waterford 1804-1876 1804-1856 1804-1878 Agha Leighlin see Dunleckney Aghaboe see Aghavoe Aghabog Clogher Monaghan 1799-1877 1806-1844 1801-1877 + x Aghabulloge Cloyne Cork 1796-1877 1808-1843 1809-1878 RCB Aghabulloge Cloyne Cork 1808-1877 1808-1843 1809-1979 transcpt Aghacross Cloyne see Clenore. (2) M Aghada Cloyne Cork 1815-1875 1815-1845 1815-1875 Aghade Leighlin Carlow 1740-1877 1740-1856 1740-1877 Aghaderg Dromore Down 1814-1868 1815-1845 1815-1980 (3) M Aghadoe Ardfert & Kerry 1842-1877 l842-1861 1845-1877 Aghadoe also see Killarney Aghadoey Derry Derry 1805-1881 1808-1840 1808-1881 Aghadown Ross Cork 1751-1765 1799-1879 1782-1856 1808-1879 Aghadrumsee Clogher Monaghan 1821-1870 1821-1851 1822-1870 Aghagallon Dromore see Aghalee Aghalee Dromore Antrim 1782-1875 1782-1845 1782-1874 (1) RCB PC 30 covers baptisms 1827-1873 ; (2) See rector’s amendments to retention order for further details; (3) Also some entries 1838-1842 Parish, Church, or Chapel Diocese County Baptisms Marriages Burials Aghaloo Armagh see Caledon Aghalurcher Clogher Tyrone 1788-1875 1788-1845 1788-1875 RCB Aghanagh Elphin Sligo 1856-2002 1857-1837 RCB Aghancon Killaloe King's 1870-1960 1846-1954 1870-1939 Aghanloo Derry Derry 1827-1881 1832-1849 1838-1881 Aghanunshin Raphoe Donegal 1817-1876 1818-1874 1821-1876 Aghare Ardagh see Kilglass Aghaslee Tuam Mayo 1857-1875 - 1858-1876 + Aghavallin and Kilconly Ardfert Kerry 1803-1878 1804-1861 1803-1878 see also Listowel Aghaveagh Clogher Fermanagh 1815-1876 1815-1857 1815-1858 Aghaviller Ossory see Kilmoganny Aghavilly Armagh Armagh 1844-1876 - 1846-1876 Aghavoe Ossory Queen's 1816-1877 1817-1844 1816-1876 RCB Aghavoe Ossory Queen's - 1845-1955 Agheart & Ballinakelly Tuam see Moylough M Agher Meath Meath 1840-1876 - 1847-1876 Aghern Cloyne Cork see Ahern Agherton Connor Derry 1830-1872 1830-1854 1830-1858 Aghmacart and Ossory Queen's 1818-1880 1819-1866 1818-1879 Bordwell Ossory Queen's 1822-1874 - 1845-1870 (Aghnameadle) Killaloe Tipperary 1834-1875 1834- 1834-1875 RCB Aghold Leighlin Carlow 1700-1995 1700-1957 1700-1994 Aghour