1800s Irish History
We've categorised links by their time period so you may search Ireland's history through the ages. This is the 1800s, almost synonymous with the 19th century. Currently available: censuses, emigration and immigration records, passenger lists, civil records, and directories.
Users can access Irish records from either the New Brunswick 1851 or 1861 census by several headings.
Out of 35 civil parishes, only the records of 16 survived the fire of 1922 at the PRO in Four Courts Building in Dublin.
This index is a listing of those people who gave Ireland, an Irish County or an Irish Town as their place of birth. It does not include other family members in the census returns who were not born in Ireland.
Includes 24 civil parishes of Co. Galway, 5 civil parishes of Co. Mayo, and 10 civil parishes of Co. Donegal.
Lists detailed descriptions of the town or city, post office information and shows the names of nobility and gentry living in or close to the town. The traders of each town are arranged according to their trade.
Pigot & Co's directory goes through the towns of Ireland alphabetically. It lists a detailed description of the town or city, post office information and shows the names of nobility and gentry living in or close to the town. Pigot & Co's Directory was first published in 1820.
An incomplete list of passengers on "City of Chester" from Liverpool to Queenston, April 27, 1891.
Passenger List(s), Ships Sailing From Ireland To Newcastle, 1830-1841. Over 60 passenger lists available.
There was no captain's sworn statement with this list, which was filed as an abstract. List of Passengers brought into the District of French's Bay from Foreign Countries in the Qr. ending December 31, 1827.
There was no captain's sworn statement with this list, which was filed as an abstract, though it appears to be a list from only one ship. The captain's name was listed as Wm. Smith. List of passengers brought into the District of Frenchman's Bay from Foreign Countries from the 1st of April to the 30th of June 1826.
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild: Passenger lists departing Irish ports.
Including ships from Liverpool, Glasgow, and Belfast to New York, Boston, and Wilmington
These are passenger lists for emigrants from Ireland to the United States and Canada, arranged in date order. Please note that this is not the complete set of sailings, and that some of the lists shown may be incomplete. Thousands of records.
Ancestry.co.uk search of over 600,000 entries.
By Henry Farrar; London, England; 1890. Follow "free pages" for more.
Searchable database by Fáilte Romhat. Selected Irish marriages shows bride and grooms name, date of birth and marriage date.
Index of miscellaneous years of civil marriages and births in Ireland. LDS Film No. 0101247 Index of Marriages 1858-1859.
Civil records of marriages and births for the years 1864-69 in Ireland. (Microfilm No. 0101455) Church of the Latter-Day Saints, Family History Center Library.
Ancestry.co.uk search. The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) was created in 1816, and initially staffed mainly by Irish-born men. However, toward the 1900s, and especially afterwards, the RIC recruited men from countries such as England, Scotland, Wales, and the United States.
Irelands Valuation office conducted it's first survey of property ownership in Ireland from 1848 to 1864.The surveyors started this enormous task in the very south of the country so the valuations for Cork or Waterford date from 1848 while the Province of Ulster was last to be valued between 1858 and 1864
Employment ads began to contain the phrase, "Irish need not apply." Boarding houses and other public establishment might display signs which read, " No dogs or Irish allowed." The Irish were blamed for outbreaks of disease. Anti-Irish and anti-Catholic riots broke out in New York and Boston. Churches, convents and orphanages were attacked and burned.
Convicts from Ireland to Australia covering the period 1788 to 1868.
This list has been compiled to assist those researching their ancestry. It is hoped that more and more names will be added over time.
Name of every land owner in Ireland 1876 who had at least one acre of land.
Ancestry.co.uk search. A history of Irish immigrants from 1600s up until the United States Census in 1850.
Irish-Born who emigrated to Prince Edward Island, Canada before 1845. Over 1,000 names included.
Some death notices of Irish immigrants to America, from various Columbia, South Carolina, and other U.S.A. newspapers.
Ancestry.co.uk search. This database contains various records and reports of Canadian emigration agents James Allison and A.J. Buchanan.
This vast database contains details of Irish convicts who were transported to New South Wales in the period 1788-1849.
Ancestry.co.uk search. This Irish genealogy database includes histories, pedigrees, parish registers, probates, and orphan's court records.
An excellent general resource site by John Hayes with many databases for Ireland and it's counties.
Searchable database. Griffith's Primary Valuation of Ireland was the first full-scale valuation of property in Ireland. It was overseen by Richard Griffith and published between 1847 and 1864
Birth registration in Ireland (including Northern Ireland) began in 1864. The indexes you find on this site are the first step of a two step process in finding a birth record registered in Ireland.
Based on the 1851 Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland.
This is an index to records at the National Archives of Ireland only. It is only concerned with those records which survive in more than index form. In other words: original documents, copies, transcripts, abstracts and extracts. Over 102,000 names. Pay only.
Irish genealogy and history through original issues of 19th to early 20th century newspapers. Features old newspaper articles from or about Ireland and Irish families.
Transcripts from "The Association for the Preservation of Memorials of the Dead, in Ireland" are available to full and premium members of IFR.
Passengers traveling on ship Mars, Portland, Eagle, Susan, Neptune, Rachel, Margaret, Pennsylvania, Edward, and/or Mohawk in 1803.
Some Irish birth records from Ballyroan and Abbeyleix, Co. Laois.
Ancestry.com search of applotment books during the early 19th century.
A free e-book. "The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847" (3rd ed.) (1902) by Rev. John O'Rourke.
Stories of coffin-ships, famine emigration experiences, and "Black '47", the worst year of the famine.
1800s reaction to the Great Famine: quotes, art, experiences, and newspaper reaction, especially the Cork Examiner and Illustrated London News.
Undertook the research for, and the publication of, a comprehensive and integrated resource guide to landed estates and historic houses in Connacht and Munster, c. 1700-1914. The aim of the guide is to assist and support researchers working on the social, economic, political and cultural history of these provinces from c.1700 to 1914.
County Mayo was one of the counties to suffer most and in commemoration the following article was included in a report from Mayo County Council. The first reports of blight appeared in September 1845. For one third of the country's population, the potato was the sole article of diet. In County Mayo it was estimated that nine tenths of the population depended on it.
The people of Ireland in 1851 proved to be 1,622,739 less numerous than in 1841, a diminution commonly attributed to the famine consequent on the potato failure in 1845 and subsequent years.
A million people are said to have died of hunger in Ireland in the late 1840s, on the doorstep of the world's richest nation. Ideology helped the ruling class avoid grappling with the problem of mass starvation. Jim Donnelly describes how.
Although workhouses had existed in Ireland before the system created by the Irish Poor Law Act of 1838, their use was on a much smaller scale than was the case in England and Wales. In 1703 an Act of the Irish Parliament provided for the setting up of a House of Industry in Dublin "for the employment and maintaining the poor thereof".
"According to 'A Complete Catholic Registry, Directory and Almanack.' (1836), there were 27 Dioceses in Ireland and approximately 3000 Priests: 960-970 Parish Priests, 1500 Curates and 500 'Regular Clergy'. These lists can be useful to those who search in a number of ways ..."
The following individuals owned one acre or more of land in Co. Westmeath, Ireland, the latter part of the 1870s. Of course, many more Irish owned less or none at all, and their names would not appear on this list. Some owned property in Co. Westmeath but lived elsewhere.
Online resources include death registers (1864-1901), war and gravestone memorial databases, plus details from Griffith's Valuation (1848-1864) for County Waterford, searchable by townland or surname, Waterford trade directories (1824-1910) and more.
Microfilm copy of typewritten extracts in the Genealogical Office, Dublin. Genealogical Office no.: MS 684 [Description for FHL Catalog] #0100158. This page is the index. Just click on the words to go to the pages of census described in the table below.
Extracts from the Boston Pilot regarding the Great Irish Famine.
A census showed that the Irish population had fallen from 8,175,124 people to 6,552,385 from 1841 as a result of mortality and emigration. It was estimated that if the famine had not occurred, the number of people living in Ireland would have been more than nine million. The census takers commented that 'the results of the Irish census of 1851 are, on the whole, satisfactory, demonstrating as they do the general advancement of the country'.
Absentee landlords were common in Ireland and for many landlord's the main interest was income rather than the conditions of their tenants. Many landlords realized that they could get a higher income by turning their properties to pasture than to continue with the old practice of collecting rents from tenant farmers. Evictions was the most common way of getting rid of unwanted tenants.
Francis MacNamara was born in 1811 in Cashel, Ireland. He was transported to Botany Bay in 1832, then to Van Diemen's Land arriving 29 October 1842, by which time he was widely known as Frank the Poet. He left Launceston 23 August 1850 "Free by servitude".
"On Easter Saturday, in accordance with their sentence, the above named convicts expiated their crime, of which they were found guilty at our last Assizes, by meeting an ignominious death in front of our county gaol."
Emancipation, famine and religion: Ireland under the Union, 1815–70.
This database contains details of Irish convicts who were transported to New South Wales in the period 1788-1849. The database contains: Irish State prisoners, convicts who were tried in Ireland, convicts who were tried outside Ireland whose native place was in Ireland, Irish military men who were tried inside or outside Ireland whose native place was in Ireland, and a few non-Irish convicts arriving on Irish convict transport ships.
Note: Clicking on a highlighted ship will generate the ship's (Irish) passenger list.
339 records matching Donegal. The document reference in each entry below is the National Archives of Ireland reference to the original document in the archives. The microfilm reference number refers to the set of microfilms presented to Australia in 1988.
Courtesy of the National Archives of Ireland - and alphabetised.
Index to the records relating to transportation of convicts from Ireland to Australia covering the period 1788 to 1868.
Names of those who received sentence of transportation, as reported in Cork newspapers or were transported as confirmed by Australian sources (archived Web page - not always available).
The following records of young girls sent to Australia between October, 1848 and August, 1850, are taken from Irish Famine Orphans in Australia by Valda Strauss, published 1993 in Volume 11 of the Mallow Field Club Journal.
People arrested and imprisoned under the Coercion Act of 1881 for land league activities.
Searches can be done on surnames or place-names (etc.) using "Search,find commands".
Convict transportation to New South Wales effectively ceased in 1842. From 1846-50 exiles were transported. Exiles had served part of their sentence in a penitentiary in Britain and were granted a conditional pardon or ticket of leave on arrival in the Colony. The Index to Exiles 1846-50 includes the individual’s name, ship and year of arrival.
A list of homicides contained in a report from the Select Committee on Westmeath, &c. (Unlawful Combinations).
Penal transportation to Australia (and later to Bermuda or Gibraltar) covered the years 1791 until 1853 when the sentence of penal transportation was commuted to a prison sentence in Ireland.
The following annals of the prisons of Carrickfergus have been extracted from the records of that town, and may not be altogether uninteresting.
A searchable web database of many Irish convicts sentenced to be transported to Australia in the period 1788-1868. Compiled from transportation registers and petitions to government for pardon or commutation of sentence. A search provides references to the microfilm held within the Alexander Library Building and at other locations in Australia.
The Convert Rolls, Protestant Householders, Elphin Diocesan Census, The Religious Survey of 1766, Charlton Trust Fund Marriage Certificates, Spinning Wheel Premium Lists, Persons who suffered losses in 1798 Rebellion, Tithe applotment Books, National School Records, Griffiths Valuation, Landowners in Ireland, Lists of Freeholders, Voters Lists and Poll Books, and Electoral Records.
Convicts transported to Australia in the first half of the 19th Century numbered approximately 40,000. The documents relating to such transportation were housed in the State Paper Office. Most valuable are the Petitions submitted by many of the convicts or their families seeking to reduce or change the sentence, these contain family and other details. These documents were microfilmed as a Bicentennial gift to Australia. They are now online and can be searched through the WWW at the National Archives.
The City of New York has undertaken the responsibility of laying to rest the bodies of those in the City who died indigent or unbefriended, since the early part of the 19th century, when they were interred at Washington Square in Greenwich Village. In 1823, these remains were removed to Fifth Avenue and 40 - 42 Streets, Manhattan. When this site was selected for a reservoir, the remains were again removed to Fourth Avenue and 50th Street, this ground being later granted to the Women's Hospital. In 1857, the remains of 100,000 paupers and strangers were transferred to Ward's Island, 75 acres of which were allocated for this purpose.
We hope you will find this information on the history of photography both entertaining and informative. Whether you collect antique photographs, or just have a box of old family photos to identify, these pages will help you determine exactly what you have. We do not discuss the monetary values for old photos, but be assured, whatever you have has some economic value, in addition to whatever sentimental value it may represent. Take good care of those old photos!
Town visited by Barack Obama in the 21st Century. Format of file is PDF and size is 7.78 MB.
The following individuals owned one acre or more of land in Co. Armagh, Ireland, the latter part of the 1870s. Of course, many more Irish owned less or none at all, and their names would not appear on this list. Some owned property in Co. Armagh but lived elsewhere.
The following entries are from the 1821 Census. LDS Film number 0597155.
Griffith's Primary Valuation took place throughout Ireland during the middle of the 19th Century and the valuation of Clare was published in 1855. Those parts of Clare contained in the Union of Limerick were published in 1852. It was a survey of land occupation to determine the amount of tax a landowner or occupier should pay towards the support of the Poor Law System.
Blog mainly about one Irish convict transported to Australia but covering the United Irish rebellion of 1798, early Australian settlement, family history and genealogy. Nicholas Delaney of Ballyellis on the Wicklow/Wexford borders was accused of murder during the Rebellion, sentenced to death but transported to New South Wales where he worked as a roadbuilder, became an innkeeper and farmer and founded a large family. The blog is maintained by his great-great-great granddaughter.
Julia M. Wright provides a bibliography of Irish literature from 1789-1840.
In Britain, death by hanging was the principal form of execution from Anglo-Saxon times until capital punishment was abolished in 1964. Up to May 1868 all hangings were carried out in public and attracted large crowds who were at least supposed to be deterred by the spectacle, but who more probably went for the morbid excitement and the carnival atmosphere that usually surrounded such events.
Kilkenny Workhouse was built to house 1,200 people. It was responsible for the relief of the destitute poor of a large part of County Kilkenny. The whole family must come in to the workhouse. There were separate quarters for men, women, boys and girls.
A redemptioner is an immigrant, generally from the 18th or 19th century, that gained passage to America by selling themselves as an indentured servant. An Indentured servant is an unfree labourer under contract to work (for a specified amount of time) for another person or a company/corporation, often without any monetary pay, but in exchange for accommodation, food, other essentials, training, or passage to a new country. After working for the term of the contract (traditionally seven years) the servant was then free to farm or take up trade of his own. The term comes from the medieval English "indenture of retainer" — a contract written in duplicate on the same sheet, with the copies separated by cutting along a jagged (toothed, hence the term "indenture) line so that the teeth of the two parts could later be refitted to confirm authenticity.
Since we wrote last, we have had a more accurate and general invesigation in reference to the condition of this crop, in the gardens within a few miles round the city; and the intelligent and every way competent gentleman to whom the task has been entrusted, gives it as his opinion that there is no trace whatever of disease-- and that in no one instance has he been able to discover a symptom of the last years' blight. We have equally good accounts from Carrigaline, a great potato-growing country; also, from Whitechurch; from Fermoy, and a number of other localities.
Established on 31 August 1803, the Legion Irlandaise was originally created in anticipation of an invasion of ireland. The purpose was to establish a core of trained irish officers and ncos who could raise the population of ireland in a war of liberation against the english rulers of ireland. By using Irish soldiers, Napoleon hoped to achieve three important goals: (1) the invasion force would be viewed by the irish population as an army of liberation, rather than a foreign invader; (2) a minimum number of french troops would be required for the effort; and, (3) such an invasion, if properly carried out, would tie up a maximum number of English troops for years to come, and could result in the English suing for peace.
1849 passenger list of those who travelled from New Ross to Boston, Massachusetts, USA on the "John Bell".
The land survey was actually completed in 1876 and first published in a London book that same year. It only represents those who owned one acre or more. Some owned property in Co. Kilkenny but lived elsewhere.
The Magdalene Story is the story of thousands of Ireland's women... judged "sinners" by the cruel Church-driven society of the 1800's through present day. Their crime? Bearing children out of wedlock... leaving abusive husbands or home situations. The punishment? A lifetime of "penitence" spent in the service of the Sisters of Charity, Mercy, Good Shepherd or other orders, performing domestic chores... harsh, thankless chores such as laundering prison uniforms, cooking, cleaning and caring for elderly nuns or their aging peers, still trapped behind the walls of Ireland's numerous convent laundries, industrial schools and the like.
Links related to the Young Ireland Movement, the Rising, key Republicans, and other resources.
At first, the potato seemed heaven-sent. It thrived in the damp Irish climate, was easy to grow and produced a high yield per acre. In the period from 1780 to 1845 it helped double the Irish population from 4 to 8 million. However, with this population explosion came an increased demand for land. The only solution was to divide the available parcels into ever smaller plots for each succeeding generation. Soon, the diminished size of these plots dictated the planting of potatoes as it was the only crop that could produce a sufficient yield of food on such limited acreage. By 1840, fully 1/3 of Ireland's population was totally dependent on the potato for its nourishment. It was a dependency that teetered on the brink of starvation and created a time bomb that needed only the slightest spark to explode.
Nicholson, Asenath, 1792-1855. Annals of the famine in Ireland, in 1847, 1848, and 1849. E. French, 1851. 336 p.
In April 1861 - The Month of the Shattered Hearth - landlord John George Adair evicts over 250 tenants from Derryveagh, their ancestral homeland in Donegal, Ireland. Adair blamed the unsolved murder of his land steward on the whole community and uproots them, utterly. Some die on the Roads; others in the Workhouse. Derryveagh's young are "assisted" by ship to farthest Australia. Having swapped his Gaelic "eyesores" for imported Scottish sheep, "Black Jack" builds a castle next door at Glenveagh for his new American bride, and the region falls Silent. The scandal splits Parliament, sparking a firestorm across Ireland, England, Australia and America. But John Adair prevails, keeping his titles and dreams.
This is a list of people from the parish who died during 1847 at the height of the Famine in Ireland. It has not been edited.
Griffiths Primary Valuation of Rateable Property in Ireland is commonly known as Griffith's Valuation. The valuable sidekick to this edition is The Householder's Index to Griffith's Valuation. Between 1849 and 1850 the land in County Kilkenny was surveyed, under the direction of Richard Griffith, for the purpose of establishing the level of rates (local tax) payable by each landholder or leaseholder.
Kilmacow records transcribed by Kay Lorenzato.
Able men in the Barony of Idrone East and West for the Year 1810. Parish of Wells.
The year 1847 was a unique year for emigration. Famine in Ireland leads the list of reasons for the increase in the number of emigrants in that year. However, if one reads newspapers of the day other facts soon come to light.
National Archives for research into the transportation of Irish convicts to Australia (1791–1853).
These lists of Protestant and Roman Catholic emigrants from counties Carlow and Wexford intending to emigrate to British America (via Quebec) list only the head-of-household, with the numbers of persons within each family group. The lists were compiled at the end of November 1817 and indicated the intention of those entered, to sail in the Spring of 1818 as of that date.
Sheehan/Boyle Baptisms (1822 to 1852). Transcription contributed by Nancy Boyle Bennett.
This index extracted from microfilm no. 031-003B 0100158, filmed by the Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah.
This index extracted from microfilm no. 031-003B 0100158, filmed by the Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Irelands Valuation office conducted its first survey of property ownership in Ireland from 1848 to 1864. This survey became known as "Griffiths Valuation" after Richard Griffith who was the director of the office at that time.
There are one hundred and sixty-two boxes containing what are called Official Papers Miscellaneous Assorted (OPMA for short) files in the National Archives, Bishop St, Dublin. These OPMA boxes have some items of great genealogical interest. These schedules are lists of the names of the people who did not pay their tithes for the year 1831.
The historical treatment of Irish Catholics by the English and British governments has been the subject of much examination, but systematic research on the social, economic, and political impact of Irish refugees who sought asylum in Spain and Latin America at various times since the sixteenth century has only recently drawn the attention of scholars.
The historical treatment of Irish Catholics by the English and British governments has been the subject of much examination, but systematic research on the social, economic, and political impact of Irish refugees who sought asylum in Spain and Latin America at various times since the sixteenth century has only recently drawn the attention of scholars
This list has been compiled by Edmundo Murray from Coghlan, Eduardo, El Aporte de los Irlandeses a la Formación de la Nación Argentina (Buenos Aires, 1982), with a written authorisation from Margarita O'Farrell de Coghlan.
The people of Ireland in 1851 proved to be 1,622,739 less numerous than in 1841, a diminution commonly attributed to the famine consequent on the potato failure in 1845 and subsequent years.
Irish emigration lists, 1833-1839, lists emigrants extracted from the ordnance survey memoirs for counties Londonderry and Antrim.
Return of destitute poor removed from England to Ireland, from the 1st day of December 1860 till the 1st day of December 1862.
The exact number of Rebels sent cannot be ascertained due to the poor state of information on the Shipping Indents. Only the Minerva identifies all her Rebels on board. The highest figure can be put at nearly 800 while the lowest is conservatively placed around 325.
Irish women and children were prisoners on the convict ship the John Calvin. They had been sentenced to seven years transportation and imprisonment in Australia in 1848.
A list of all of the Workhouses in existance in Ireland during the 19th and early part of the 20th Century, together with details of who you should contact for further information as to the whereabouts of Original Workhouse Registers.
The history and genealogy of the village of Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny, and the surrounding area.
Between 50,000 and 100,000 people left Ireland as indentured servants, prisoners, rebels and felons in the 1600s.
In 1846, thousands of immigrants, mostly Irish, joined the US army and were sent with Gen. Zachary Taylor's army to invade Mexico in what some historians have called a war of Manifest Destiny.
In 1847, Gerald Keegan crossed the Atlantic in from County Sligo, Ireland to Grosse Ile, Quebec, Canada, which at that time was still part of Great Britain.
Researchers may have discovered a mass grave for nearly five dozen 19th century Irish immigrants who died of cholera weeks after coming to Pennsylvania to build a railroad.
A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, by Samuel Lewis, 1837.
his database contains details of Irish convicts who were transported to New South Wales in the period 1788-1849. Rebel remnants of the 1798 and 1803 Irish Rebellions were transported to NSW during the period 1800-06.
An online virtual archive of documents and sources relating to the history of Ireland and its migration experience from the 18th to the late 20th centuries.
This database identifies 604,596 persons who arrived in the Port of New York, from 1846-1851. Despite the name of the records, approximately 30 percent of the passengers list their native country as other than Ireland.
The oldest known reference to the use of the three colours (green, white and orange) as a nationalist emblem dates from September 1830 when tricolour cockades were worn at a meeting held to celebrate the French revolution of that year - a revolution which restored the use of the French tricolour.
As Irish emigrants have scattered across the globe, St. Patrick has been honoured in unexpected ways and places. But a Peruvian celebration of 1824 was unique.
Applicants for registry of voters, lodged with the clerk of the peace for the Division of Cootehill.
An alphabetical listing of applications for the registry of voter, December 17, 1847.
Irelands Valuation office conducted its first survey of property ownership in Ireland from 1848 to 1864. This survey became known as "Griffiths Valuation" after Richard Griffith who was the director of the office at that time.
From the 1851 Census of Devon, Norfolk and Warwick and the 1881 Census of England, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Mann and Royal Navy.
Scanned images of Pigot & Co's Provincial directory of Ireland 1824.
Scanned images of Slater's Commercial directory of Ireland 1846.
From Coote, C. Sir Statistical survey of the County of Cavan, with observations on the means of improvement drawn up in the year 1801, for the consideration, and under the direction of The Dublin Society, Dublin, Graisberry and Campbell, 1802.
A list of pupils who entered Trinity College, Dublin, from 1706 to 1909.
Including maps of Irish counties, detailed maps of Ireland, maps highlighting Poor Law Unions, Public Works, and Cholera maps of the 1800s.
These Ballymoney Parish records, Co. Cork, Ireland covering the time period of 1805-1873 are copied from the original registers about 1900.
The following list includes 7,159 passengers. It is a published version of the Irish Passengers to Argentina Database, which was compiled from diverse sources.
Emigration has been a feature of Irish life for the last two centuries. Much has been written on the topic, but until the last decade this has focused on either men, or alternatively has examined emigrant groups as one homogenous unit, regardless of the gender make up of the group.
Employment ads began to contain the phrase, "Irish need not apply." Boarding houses and other public establishment might display signs which read, " No dogs or Irish allowed." The Irish were blamed for outbreaks of disease.
Memorandum on the fate of the destroyed returns of the census of Ireland, 1861-91.
Established on 31 August 1803, the Legion Irlandaise was originally created in anticipation of an invasion of ireland.
The Irish Emigration Database is a computerised collection of primary source documents on Irish emigration to North America (USA and Canada) in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Although most of us tend to think of the famine in Ireland as occurring about 1848, contributing factors began long before that date.
Return of destitute poor removed from England to Ireland, from the 1st day of December 1860 till the 1st day of December 1862.
In his book, The Irish in the South, 1815-1877, David Gleeson, professor of history at Armstrong Atlantic State University, explores how the Irish became Southerners as well as Americans.
his site has been created to provide historical information and items of interest about Irish soldiers of the American Civil War, circa, 1861-65.
During the nineteenth century theories of race were advanced both by the scientific community and in the popular daily and periodical press.
The data includes entries that interest me from various Irish newspapers from 1720 to 1865 sorted by family name.
To search records, enter text in one or more of the boxes below and click on search . This form automatically performs a wildcard search on the text entered.
These lists of Protestant and Roman Catholic emigrants from counties Carlow and Wexford intending to emigrate to British America (via Quebec) list only the head-of-household, with the numbers of persons within each family group.
Poor Law Unions of Carrickmacross, Castleblayney, Clogher, Clones, Cootehill, Dundalk, and Monaghan, were established in the 1830s to deal with the effects of the famine.
Note: One or both parties born in and married in Kilglass Parish, Co. Roscommon, Ireland before 1850.
From MS 31883-Consists of 197 folios containing 144 original marriage license bonds, 2 marriage licenses, 3 bonds of wardship and 4 releases from excommunication.
Post office serving parts of parishes of St. Patrick's and St. Munchins in Co. Clare.
Post Office parish of Kiltenanlea on the river Shannon, 3 m. from Castleconnell. Population of parish 1,381.
A general directory of the Kingdom of Ireland, 1788, by Richard Lucus in Ennis, Co. Clare.
Post Office, Jail street, Ennis, George Crow, Post Master-Letters from Dublin, Connaught, etc, arrive every morning at five and are despatched every evening at fifteen minutes before seven.
The Internet Modern History Sourcebook now contains thousands of sources and the previous index pages were so large that they were crashing many browsers.
A newspaper exists to reflect the society which it serves. The Irish Times is no different. It has changed and reinvented itself over and over again down through the years, evolving, writing the first draft of history about the political, social, economic and cultural landmarks on the island of Ireland.
Rental of the estates of the Hon. L.H. King Harman in the counties of Longford an Westmeath for, 1855.
Griffith's Primary Valuation of Co. Longford took place in 1854. In the books the tax collectors showed changes as people came and went by scratching through the names and adding new names above the previous occupier or landholder.
LDS Film No 856057 Service Numbers 0001 - 4000. Covering Years 1816-40.
Directory of Towns: access or photocopies are available from The National Library in Dublin for 1846, 56, 70, 81 and 94 and other dates for Longford and other counties.
Is situated in a valley, 59 miles north west of Dublin, 12 west of Granard, 7 north west of Edgeworth's town, and 10 north of Ballymahon.
Every attempt was made to transcribe the names and dates in the order in which they appeared, as accurately as possible, and as they appeared in the register.
The Dublin directory for 1842 containing a general alphabetical list of the inhabitants of the city and suburbs; a street directory; a classification of professions and trades and an explanatory list of streets. Documents are in Adobe PDF format.
Until the late nineteenth century, the townlands in the Bready area, with the exception of Grange Foyle, formed part of the Abercorn estate.
Names of pupils from the schools at Bready, Sandville, Glenagoorland and Ballyneaner, all in the parish of Donagheady, have been digitised.
The data includes entries from various Irish newspapers from 1720 to 1865 sorted by family name.
Thomas Francis Meagher was born in Waterford City in 1823. In his relatively short life Meagher conceived and first flew the Irish tricolour in 1848 and was exiled to Tasmania for sedition during the same year.
This map of Dundalk in 1864 is taken from: The History of Dundalk and its Environs by John D'Alton Esq., Dundalk 1864.
Out of 35 civil parishes, only the records of 16 survived the fire of 1922 at the PRO in Four Courts Building in Dublin.
If you would like to check the 1901 Census for Beagh Parish you may do so with LDS film #0837765. If you would like to check parish records for Beagh Parish you may do so with LDS film #0979692.
Griffith's Primary Valuation took place throughout Ireland during the middle of the 19th Century and the valuation of Clare was published in 1855.
Sourced from manuscripts in the Genealogical Office of Ireland. Ms. no. 685. FHL# 0100158.
A manual and directory for manufacturers, merchants, traders, professional men, land-owners, farmers, tourists, anglers and sportsmen generally.
A unique source for over 15,000 birth, marriage and death announcements appearing in a leading Irish newspaper during the years 1817-23.
The Devon Estate in Newcastle West was granted to Sir William Courtenay, Knight of Powerham in Devonshire, on 23 September 1591. The family held the title Earls of Devon and the land in Limerick eventually comprised 85,000 acres.
A treasure chest of records and articles relating to Co. Mayo genealogy.
The ship Medemseh, from Liverpool, and bound to New York, which lately put into this port for repairs, now lies at Cove, having on board a large number of emigrants chiefly of the lowest order, in the most destitute and debilitated condition. They are almost totally unprovided with clothing, without sufficient provisions, having consumed a great part of their scanty store while out, and scarcely with strength remaining to leave the hold.
These abstracts are taken from The Freeman's Journal, copies of which were researched on microfilm in the National Library of Ireland, on microfilm in the Library of University College Dublin.
The Clare GMaps are based on the Google Map system, allowing Google Maps and satellite views to be overlaid with historical maps of Clare from 1842.
They are arranged alphabetically and list name, place and date of probate.
Though in area, including the County of the town of Drogheda, only 201,618 statute acres, and the smallest county in Ireland, Louth deserves to rank among the most prosperous.
During the summer of 1856 there was great controversy surrounding the emigration of these young Louth women, mainly to Canada West, via Drogheda, Liverpool and New York.
An alphabetical list of tithe defaulters.
The persons recorded found in the parish register of Portpatrick Wigtownshire Scotland.
A list of mayors of Waterford City from the Year 1377 To 1891 inclusive.
The following database contains deaths registered in the district of Ballyneen in the Union of Dunmanway of Co. Cork from January 1864 through December 1870. This district contains townlands from the parishes of Ballymoney, Kinneigh and Fanlobbus.
Beagh Parish Catholic Baptisms for County Galway, 1855-1856.
Beagh Parish Catholic Baptisms for County Galway, 1860-1861.
The Emigrant Savings Bank was established in 1850 by members of the Irish Emigrant Society. The bank ended up serving thousands of Irish immigrants who fled to America following the infamous Potato Famine.
Includes date, name, age, condition, occupation, residence, father's name, profession, minister, and 1st witness.
Published in Limerick in 1875, this edition of Bassett's Directory of Limerick City and County and Principal Towns of Clare, Tipperary and Kerry contains the names of members of the clergy, gentry, public officials and trades and business people. The County Clare section, reproduced here, covers the towns of Ennis, Killaloe, Ballina, Bird-Hill and Kilrush.
Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1846 is arranged by province and county and its section on County Clare covers the towns of Ennis, Clare (now Clarecastle), Kilrush, Tulla, Killaloe and Kilkee. It had been previously published in 1824 as Pigot's City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial Directory.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more.
In the county of Limerick, is a market, post and fair town, agreeably situated on the river Deel, 108 miles south west of Dublin, 14 south west of Limerick, and 42 north north west of Cork.
A Market and parish, in the barony of Lower Connello, county of Limerick, is 120 miles s.w. from Dublin, 53 n.n.w. from Cork, and 17 s.w. by w. from Limerick; situated between the last named town and Newcastle, on the banks of the river Deel.
Abbreviated name suggestions for Roman Catholic Parishes, 1836.
Aghaboe Parish registers were transcribed from the LDS Family History Library film #0979700.
The town was formerly called Protector, and the county of Leix.
Fiddown, as the word is usually pronounced, means "The Wood of the Moat or Fortress." The moat from which the name is derived is still to be seen to the north-west of the site where an old monastery stood.
On Saturday, August the 7th, 1852, we landed at Kingstown Harbour, and about 11pm, found ourselves on Irish ground for the first time.
The following exerpt is very descriptive, it contains names, and more importantly - it tells about life. It shows us how one travelled from the USA to Cork, then to Liverpool in England and then on to Belfast in Northern Ireland.
The Fair towns were very important towns and people walked for miles on a fair day to go to sell their produce. Until the Fair Day people would have no money and so once the produce or the animals were sold then the bills would be paid.
During my visit to Dublin, last autumn, I was greatly grieved to learn that many of the curious inscribed and carved stones of Clonmacnoise, Glendalough, and other localities, of which descriptions and figures (more or less perfect) had been published, have, within the last few years, been entirely destroyed, without any further record being preserved of them whereby doubts which might arise respecting the correctness of the descriptions or figures might be solved.
On the shelves in the National Archives of Ireland are some indices - books - and these books are indexed in a number of ways - the general title is 'Index of Official Papers'. For most of the years, they have this title - but then for some of the years, there are Military or other indices with information separated from the general run of the mill official index for that year.
The founders of the Nation newspaper were three young men - two of whom were Catholics and one a Protestant, but all free from the 'slightest taint of bigotry and anxious to unite all creeds and classes for the country's welfare.'
A paper presented to the Irish Natural History Society and later published in the Journal of that Society.
Extract from a paper presented to the Irish Natural History Society and later published in the Journal of that Society, on the General use of the potato in Ireland.
Transcribed from the King's County Chronicle - Offaly, Ireland.
St. Michael’s Ballinasloe (Creagh & Kilcloony). Bapts. June 6th 1862 – Dec 31st, 1880. In Latin, no lines. Spidery handwriting.
LDS BFA British Film #0926062. Lovely writing. The pages are divided into columns - first lists childs name and surname second the parents and the sponsors. No townland names.
Population, 1821: 124,785, 1831: 141,303, Constituency: 1,318.
Baptisms Aug 4th, 1836 - May 7th, 1854. June 11th, 1854-Dec 23rd, 1880 - including workhouse baptisms 1846-1855.
In Latin, difficult film to work with because of the hand writing. This section of the film is not too faded. Placename is not given in this section of the register.
Geevagh Roman Catholic Parish, National Library of Ireland ref: Pos # 4607. The first two sets of registers on this film are for Geevagh.
This link contains a list of fifty or so names with accompanying addresses.
One scheme put forward by the Liberal administration in 1866 proposed to grant a supplemental charter to the Queen’s University, empowering it to examine and confer degrees on students other than those of the Queen’s colleges. A bill on these lines was introduced and carried by a narrow majority.
Extracts from 'Memorandums made in Ireland in the Autumn of 1852' by John Forbes, M.D., F.R.S. Vol. I, London. Publishers: Smith, Elder & Co., Cornhill, 1853.
This pages differs from my 1836 R.C. parish listing in a number of ways. I have not tried to list the counties that the closest post town is found in and I have not tried to compare this listing either with the 1836 listing or the 1931 listing.
48 parishes; 9 in city and 39 in the country. Archbishop and Primate of Ireland: His Grace the most Rev. Daniel Murray, D.D., 9, Mountjoy Square, Dublin.
Thomas Boylem (?Boylan) to Bridget Kelly. Witnesses: Pat & Mary Finnegan and Francis Beggly. Married at Quarry Lane Moores. April 14th 1804.
Representatives: Edward Ruthven, Esq., Son of the Member for Dublin City. 15, College street, London and Ballyfair House, Kilcullen Richard More O’Ferrall, Esq., 56, Jermyn street, London England, and Ballyna, Clonard.
Honourable Pierce Butler, brother of the Earl of Kilkenny, 95 Strand street, London, England and Ballyconra, County Kilkenny. William Francis Finn, Esq. Barrister at Law, brother-in-law of Daniel O’Donnell, Esq. Member for the City of Dublin, 3, Little Smith street, London, England and Kingstown, county Dublin.
Civil Parishes covered by this set of parish records are as follows: Balleen; Ballylarkin (Ballyphilip townland is mentioned); Coolcashin; Lisdowney; Rathbeagh and Sheffin.
The following is indexed according to the surname of the Child. All spellings are as on the parish register. Where a name was difficult to read, there are question marks.
Birth and marriage records for Rathdowney, Co. Laois.
Marriage records for the early 1840s in Rathdowney, Laois.
Representatives: Honorable george John (Forbes), Viscount Forbes, eldest son of the Earl of Granard, a Major-General in the army. Castle Forbes, Co. Longford. Anthony Lefroy, Esq., son of the Member for Dublin University and Son-in-Law of Viscount Lorton, 84, Eaton Square, London, England.
In a previous portion of this work, I have stated that there is no place in the County Longford possesses so much interest for the ecclesiastical student as the neighbourhood of Granard. The very same thing could be said of its historical importance. In fact, truly speaking, in the old pagan days of our country, and up to 1315, Granard was the only capital of the County Longford, if we are to understand by that the ancient kingdom of Annaly.
The following list of names and information as to occupation and their addresses were transcribed by Denis Carolan Rushe, 1852-1928 a county Monaghan historian.
Representatives: Honorable george John (Forbes), Viscount Forbes, eldest son of the Earl of Granard, a Major-General in the army. Castle Forbes, Co. Longford. Anthony Lefroy, Esq., son of the Member for Dublin University and Son-in-Law of Viscount Lorton, 84, Eaton Square, London, England.
This pages differs from my 1836 R.C. parish listing in a number of ways. I have not tried to list the counties that the closest post town is found in and I have not tried to compare this listing either with the 1836 listing or the 1931 listing.
Henry Grattan, Esq., brother to the Member for Wicklow County. 3, Manchester Buildings, London, England ; & Moyrath, County Meath. Morgan O\'Connell, Esq., second son of the Member for Dublin City. 14, Albermarle street, London, England; Merrion Square, Dublin City ; & Derrynan Abbey, County Kildare.
In Ireland, many of the towns had a square, and around the square were houses (homes) with one or two shops or business's. The streets of the town all went from that square. Most towns had a 'Main street' - some called it a High street, and it was usually on that main street that the majority of shops and businesses were located.
Select the link featured to open William West's directory for 1809-1810. The document will open in PDF format with searchable text.
Select the appropriate link on panel at left to view the full Table of Contents or to browse through the pages of the directory. The pages will open in PDF format and are text searchable.
General index of records for Laing's Mercantile Directory of Cork City in 1863.
This is a collection of abstracts from the 1851 census records of the Union of Kilworth consisting of the Parishes of Kilcrumper (KC), Kilworth (KW) and portions of Leitrim (LE) and Macroney (MA), alphabetized by townland, found on a photostatic copy of a transcription, document M4685, a working xeroxed copy of which was obtained from the National Archives, Dublin, Ireland. (750 households/4000 persons).
The following was transcribed by Lindel and forms part of the Donegal Genealogy Resources Website.
Ballybofey, Ballyshannon and Donegal Town, from Slater's Directory 1857.
Information relating to the dioceses of Co. Offaly in the early 1800s.
Records highlighting the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Co. Westmeath, 1836.
Robert Shapland Carew, Esq., brother-in-law of Sir John Newport, Bart. 118, Pall Mall, London, England and Castleboro’, Enniscorthy. Henry Lambert, Esq., 448, Strand, London ; and Carnagh, New Ross.
Wicklow, a maritime county in the province of Leinster, is bounded on the north by county Dublin, on the east by St. George’s Channel, on the south by county Wexford and on the west by counties Carlow and Kildare.
Overall, the register was easy to read and organise. The mother's name is given as the same as her husband for most of 1833, it is assumed that in the majority of entries this is not her maiden name.
Representatives: William Nugent McNamara, Esq. Major in the Clare Regiment of Militia. Father of the Member for Ennis. 2, Percy street, London (England) and Doolen, Ennistymon.
This parish register is in poor condition and can be quite difficult to read. The placenames given are extremely difficult to make out Child, father, mother, Godparents and townlands are given. The dates were also very difficult to read. Dates, Godparents and townlands are not listed on this page.
Kerry, a maritime county in the province of Munster is bounded on the north by the mouth of the river Shannon, on the south by the Kenmare River and Cork county, on the east by counties Limerick and Cork, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
he Bordwell CP Tithe Applotments were transcribed from the LDS film #0256575 by Pat Connors. The film was in fairly good condition but the handwriting was very old, plus the recorder couldn't spell some of the surnames.
Also see Newcastle West registers. Monagay or Monegea/Monagea is mentioned on the parish record film for Newcastle West:" June 15th 1845. The Right Rev. Dr. Ryan ordered the townlands of Ardnacrohy and Tierneen (or meen) in the parish of Monegea to be annexed to the parish of Newcastle."
August 17th 1833. The eight following townlands - Rathina, Kinskea (han) Cullinagh, Shanagarry, Ballinavallig, Ballynacasy, Gurteenaveen and Killane were taken from the parish of Monigea and annexed to the Parish of Newcastle by the Right Rev Doctor Ryan RC Bishop of Limerick.
The Irish Militia was set up in 1793 as an official government army, each county having its own battalions or regiments. The Proclamation calling for a militia to be set up in Louth and Drogheda was issued on the 30th April 1793 (See left, taken from Freeman's Journal, 23 April 1793).
Return of the Parish, Townland and Subdivision for which each Recruit Inlisted for the Augmentation of the Louth Regiment has been sent down.
Spellings are given as transcribed or 'best possible reading at the time'. No guarantee is given as to 100% accuracy of reading considering condition of register and script. Transcribed by Jane Lyons, PhD.
Slieverue a parish in Co. Kilkenny bordering onto Co. Wexford. You’ll see from all my question marks that the writing was difficult to work with, sorry. Question marks indicate that I had trouble with a letter or name and that the name I give you is my best guess at what it should be or how it was spelled.
The following is indexed according to the surname of the Groom. All spellings are as on the parish register. No guarantee is made as to accuracy, it is possible that some records were missed.
The following is indexed according to the surname of the Groom. All spellings are as on the parish register. This register also covers the townlands in County Laois (Queen’s county).
The names of the children baptised in Raheen Roman Catholic Parish, Co. Laois are listed alphabetically below, with the name of the father and mother. No townlands are given in this section of the register. Sponsors (Godparents) are named, but their names are not given here
"Valuation Office House Books (misc.), reference 5.3734", in the National Archives of Ireland. It includes the names of some 950 householders in Dundalk who had a property value of five pounds and over. As the purpose of the list below is genealogical, the valuations have not been included.
In the General Election of 1832 two candidates stood for the Borough of Dundalk, the Liberal, William O'Reilly and the Conservative, Hon. John Jocelyn. Voting took place over two days, on the 18th and 19th of December. O'Reilly was returned to Parliament by a majority of thirty-nine seats.
he 1822 Freeholders List is transcribed from a primary source: A List of Registered Freeholders of the County of Louth, 1822, Consisting of the Baronies of Ardee, Ferrard, Louth, Upper and Lower Dundalk printed in Dundalk by James Parks.
The following list is copied from a primary manuscript source, 'Valuation Office House Books (misc.), reference 5.3734' in the National Archives of Ireland (NAI). It includes the names of those householders in Dundalk who had a property value of five pounds and over.
The Tenants of Lord Roden list below has been transcribed from: The Roden Title. Statement of Title of The Right Hon. Robert Earl of Roden to the Manor, Town, and Lands of Dundalk and Other Lands in The County of Louth, in Ireland with The Opinion of the Right Hon. Thomas Lefroy Thereon, Hodges and Smith. Dublin. No Date.
10th Nov. Groom : James ? Kennedy from Ardenteggle son of Thos & Mary Doolan from Ardenteggle. / Bride Margaret Malone, Rossmore. Dau of Michl & Sarah Condren, Rossmore. / Witnesses:. Thos Malone, Rossmore & Sarah Kennedy, Ardenteggle / Note: This couple “ran away” and in punishment for doing it were brought to the altar in front of the congregation
In the year 1821 the times in Ireland, particularly in the county of Tipperary, were very disturbed, several murders (including landlords) having taken place.
Monaghan / Clogher Diocese / ?Muckna Parish: NLI film no. 5577 / Note – there is no Muckna parish listed in my old Grenham’s index to Irish RC parish records………There is a parish called Muckno based around the town of Castleblayney.
I have two notes about this set of parish records. The register is in English. My first notes on the actual condition of the filmed register is that it is in *terrible* condition. I have written “VERY bad nick.
We regret to say that a young man accidentally lost his life on the Railway works at Sallins, Co. Kildare on Wednesday evening last.
I have indexed the names of children and parents for the years 1823 & 1824. The film was reasonably easy to read and in English. Placenames are given for the most part. Spellings in the index below are as I read them in the register. The following list is sorted alphabetically by the surname of the child.
This list contains the names of 1,200 people entitled to vote in the County of Louth for the year 1842. Only those with a property valuation of £10 and over could vote. This list is transcribed from an original source in the National Archives of Ireland, Official Papers ref 1842/70.
The 1855/6 Ardee Convent Subscribers List was published as a result of a meeting held in the chapel of Ardee, on Sunday, 07 January 1855, for the purposes of promoting the establishment of a Convent in Ardee, Co. Louth (for which a site had been secured), on a motion of Owen Callan Esq., Cookstown, seconded by Patrick Boylan, Esq., Kilpatrick.
An Analysis of the Parliamentary Register of Voters for the County of Louth with the Names of the Landlords and their Tenants on the Register of Voters shewing the Candidate for whom they voted at the Election in April 1865, Dublin 1865
The Patriotic Fund was set up in Ireland (and Great Britain) to assist the dependants (parents, wives or children) of those soldiers who were fighting in the Crimean War and who had fallen on hard times as a result of the main provider being absent from home (or indeed dead or wounded). Around £1,140 was collected in County Louth.
The annual general meeting was held on Monday evening, March 28th, at the Fire Station. The meeting was very large and influential. The annual report read showed the club to be in a sound position, and their sports justly popular. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year.
"These records are in English and a placename is given. I have transcribed all of the names for 1800 and then I was looking for surnames Blanchfield, Shee/Shea, Trihy/Treahy and Maher or Meagher."
All baptisms recorded in this set of parish records for the year 1860 have been indexed. The townland names are included in the register but not given here but for the most part they were difficult to read. Some of the townland names as read in the register are listed below. Kilmore-Erris baptismal records only begin in June 1860.
A number beside a name means that there were that many children of that name registered in that year. Different spellings of a name (even the shortened version) are left as are.
This page features civil Marriage Records for the district of Glenties in Co. Donegal and includes full names (where possible), the year of marriage, and the quarter in which the marriage occurred.
This page features free baptism records for those born in Arles in Co. Laois between 1843 and 1855.
Baptisms are indexed at the beginning of each section of the film. names are not listed alphabetically, but boys and girls are listed in two separate groupings. The index does not include the mother’s name or that of the witnesses, just the childs name and the fathers name. That format is followed on this page.
Bride & Groom Names, plus dates are given here. This index was transcribed and created by Jane Lyons. No guarantee is given as to 100% accuracy. Witness names are also given in the register, these were not transcribed.
This page features 11 free records for people of Armagh who were married in Halifax, Nova Scotia between the years of 1818 and 1840.
Name Abbreviations found in registers: Wm = William Jas/Js. = James ; Mich/Mick. = Michael ; Margt. = Margaret ; Jn/Jno. = John or Jonathan; Ally = Anastasia (sometimes) ; Anty = Anastasia/Anastatia ; Lau. = Laurence ; pat/patt = patrick ; May = Mary ; Jos. = Joseph ; Matt. = Matthew ; Onny = Winifred ; Cath. = Catherine ; Danl., Dan = Daniel; Hanna = Hanora or Anne ; Jer. = Jeremiah ; Sally = Sarah ; Bess = Elizabeth, Eliza ; Biddy/bridgt. = bridget ; Fanton = Finton. Nics./Nich = Nicholas ; Thos. = Thomas ; Nelly = Eleanor or Ellen ; Fanny = Frances
These are a few Marriages from Galloon Parish: e.g. "ALLEN, Andrew, s/o Andrew md. Sarah GOOLD, d/o William, on 2 May 1860 Ellen ALLEN, bn. 24 Nov 1867 Sarah ALLEN, bn. 8 Jan 1870 Charlotte Elizabeth ALLEN, bn. 13 Mar 1872 Harriett ALLEN, bn. 3 Jan 1875."
This list of marriages recorded in the Civil Registration of Marriages in the Dingle Registrar's District, within the Dingle PLU (Poor Law Union), Corkaguiny Barony, is for the period 1864-1870.
This list of marriages recorded in the Civil Registration of Marriages in the Dingle Registrar's District, within the Castlegregory PLU (Poor Law Union), Corkaguiny Barony, is for the period 1864-1870.
This list of marriages recorded in the Civil Registration of Marriages in the Annascall Registrar's District, within the Dingle PLU (Poor Law Union), Corkaguiny Barony, is for the period 1864-1870.
A Kerry researcher just like yourself has shared with us her research of "extracted" marriage information on surnames she was researching, for herself and others. These come from a microfilm of the Roman Catholic parish registers from Killarney, Kerry, from 1792 to 1880.
Michael F.Cullinan shares these select marriage records from Currow Roman Catholic Parish, Killeentierna, 1803-1880, extracted from The LDS Film 0883818, item 18. The film notation indicates some years during this period are missing, and the exact year for some marriages is not given; In this extraction, stars indicate missing digits. It adds that Currow Roman Catholic Church is officially called Killeentierna Roman Catholic Church. It is within the Currans Civil Parish, Dysert (near Killeentierna), and Killeentierna.
Mr. Henry O’Shea, V.P., presided at the City Branch on Thursday night. The Chairman condemned the Coercion Bill proposed by the Government. Mr. Keating proposed and Mr. Anglim T.C., seconded – that Mr. T. Mason Stewart be elected member.
This page features civil Marriage Records for the district of Kells in Co. Meath and includes full names (where possible), the year of marriage, and the quarter in which the marriage occurred.
Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone. Roman Catholic parish record extracts. Some comments on the film with these parish records and extracts from this film.
The names of all children baptised during 1855 and 1856 have been taken. All spellings are as on original record, nothing changed. The place name was given in these records.
The names of all people married have been transcribed. All spellings remain as on original document, question marks show where I was unsure of a name. I have not in this case made an index to the shortened versions of first names but there is an index on this website. 1818 was read up to the end of November where the pages became almost illegible.
On the 2nd of November, in the year 1818, a small number of gentlemen met at the Leinster Tavern, also known as Morrison’s Hotel, in Dawson Street, to consider proposals to form a company for the better supply of the Dublin Market with fresh fish. The proposals were submitted by Captain James Steward, an official in the Civil Branch of the Ordnance Board employed as Superintendent of the Pigeon House Dock.
I’d recommend that you look to the registers of Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny and Rathdowney, Co. Laois for other possible events relating to people from this parish. I did not transcribe the actual dates for these baptisms. In some instances the townland I read as Coolnacritta/Coolnacritha may actually have been Coulaultha!
This is an index to all marriages in the Roman Catholic Parish of Durrow, Laois, Ireland, in the 1861-1862 period.
I have indexed the names of the baptised children and their parents from the Roman Catholic parish registers of Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny for the year 1847.
This in an index of all marriages which took place in the Roman Catholic Church of Durrow, Co. Laois (Queen’s Co.), Ireland between 1863 and 1867. Some of these records were listed in the lists of different years and I have noted this in the final column.
A few baptismal and marriage extracts from the Church of Ireland parish registers of Carlow town, Co. Carlow. Spellings are exactly as I read them with no changes. Question marks show where I had difficulty reading a word or a name.
I’d recommend that you look to the registers of Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny and Rathdowney, Co. Laois for other possible events relating to people from this parish. I did not transcribe the actual dates for these baptisms. In some instances the townland I read as Coolnacritta/Coolnacritha may actually have been Coulaultha!
Reasonably speaking, this is a nice ‘modern’ section of a parish register. It’s in a parish register book so the priest only had to fill in the columns. He has the majority of parents names filled in and the townland they lived in and in lots of cases this is different to where the children were living – it’s amusing really in some ways, I say where the ‘children’ were living – these children were full grown adults, but, the thing is and most of you who have children will agree with me. Our children remain our children no matter what their age.
From-Ireland.net have indexed the names of the baptised children and their parents from the Roman Catholic parish registers of Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny for the year 1847. The records are in English.
Diocese of Ossory, Freshford, Co. Kilkenny. Roman Catholic Baptisms 1825. National Library of Ireland (NLI) microfilm ref 5015. Latter Day Saints microfilm 0926192 items 1-7.
For the most part full names are given. Please remember that Sally can be Sarah. n.g. means that the name was not given. Blank spaces also mean that the name or word was not given
Diocese of Ossory. Muckalee, Kilkenny. Roman Catholic Parish Records. Baptismal Index 1871-72. National Library of Ireland (NLI) film ref: 5026. Latter Day Saints film ref 0926200 items 1-5.
These records were transcribed from National Library,Dublin microflim P4273. Catholic Parish of Keel and Kiltallagh also comprise Civil parish of Kilgarrylander and Kiltallagh. It is situated on Dingle peninsula and includes village of Castlemaine and land to it's west.
Some Marriages from Trory Parish ARMSTRONG, Andrew, s/o John md.Margaret TEEVAN, d/o Andrew, on 13 Jun 1860
An extract of kerry marriages for the barrony of Troughanacmy Place of Record Date Year Given Name Surname Age Status Spouse's Given Name Spouse's Surname Age of Spouse Status of Spouse Occupation Occupation of Spouse Address Address of Spouse Father's Given Name Father's Surname Spouse's Father Given Name Spouse's Father Surname
This page contains extracts from Griffiths Valuation of Ireland Index for civil parishes in Laois.
Most Humbly and respectfully shew that your Excellency's petitioners is not guilty of any Depradations committed in the County as will appear to your Excellency by their Committals and also by an enquiry of the County Magistrates.
Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin, Ballyfin or Cappinrush Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms, Laois or Queen’s County, IRELAND
The Roman Catholic Parish records for the parish of Antrim are listed as those of Aghagallon & Ballinderry. In theory they run from March 29th, 1828 straight through to Dec 22nd, 1880.
Woodford Roman Catholic baptismal record begins in 1821, the first section I came cross on the film I had was from Feb 20th, 1869 and there I began. This section of the register is in Latin and for once the Priest seemed to know his Latin. Where you see names spelled differently it is because the ending of the name changes if you are the ‘son of’ or the ‘father of’. I do have a page on from-ireland translating the Latin names to English names.
This page features 248 free baptism records for the “Demsey” surname at St. Michael’s church, Portarlington, Co. Laois throughout the 1800s.
The capital of Queen's county, Is forty miles west of Dublin, and on the high road to Limerick. The town was formerly called Protector, and the county of Leix.
This set of parish records are listed in the book I have as being Athleague & Fuerty. However, on the microfilm of the parish records there is no mention of Fuerty in the title.
The Roman Catholic parish records for Rathdowney in Co. Laois (Queen’s Co.) begin in July 1763. This is an index to the names of those who got married in the Rathdowney parish church from Feb 1873 to Nov 1880. This set of records extends from the end of May 1840-Nov 9th 1880. The National Library of Ireland film ref for this set of records is 5014. The LDS do not have a copy of this film according to my records.
This page features 70 marriage records from Maryboro Parish of Co. Laois in the 1850s. Maryboro Roman Catholic Parish takes in other civil parishes as listed below. The original registers have been transcribed and are indexed alphabetically in order of surname by year for marriages.
The parish records for St. Jame’s Roman Catholic parish, Dublin City begin on 25th September, 1752. There are a number of registers for this parish and many of them are poorly legible. Large numbers of entries are out of chronological order.
This is one of those ‘interesting’ Roman Catholic parish records in that the actual name on the microfilm of records is different to the one in the reference book I have.
I wanted to look at the 1840 records but, knowing family history or genealogy records the way I do I figured begin with the 1839 records. So, I did. Unfortunately parish records can be confusing when you see them on a microfilm and lots of times, regardless of your experience when you are presented with a record which has two pages beside one another instead of remembering that the page on the left is an earlier year or time of the year, you can work automatically and just go from one page to the next.
The Oughterard (Kilcummin) Roman Catholic Parish records begin on 27th June, 1809 and continue to 30th Dec, 1880. There are some death records as well from 1827. The section of the record that I looked at is listed on film as ‘parish register of Kilcummin’. My notes also tell me that this section of the register is ‘quite faded’
The parish records for this parish begin on 11th March 1833 and continue to 23rd Dec, 1880. There are death records. The National Library of Ireland reference for this set of records is 2438. The LDS have a copy of this film, ref. 0979690, item 1.
I indexed the names of children and parents from the microfilm of Fohenagh parish records for August to December 1827 today. The records are in English, the name spelling is awful e.g. Whelan spelled as Whealan ; Catherine as Cathorine. I have a good few question marks re a letter or a word. I leave the letters of every word as I read them and I am bound to have made mistakes.
Baptism records for the town of Ballygalget in Co. Down.
The parish records for this parish begin in 1827. Listed as 2nd October, 1827 to 20th December 1800 (a modern transcript). After that note, a listing of original records on the microfilm a gap is shown. For those records they show 2nd Oct, 1827 to 4th Oct, 1868, and then a gap of about 18 months. The records begin again on 2nd March 1870 and go to 5th Dec 1880.
"The parish records for Boyle begin on 13th February 1793 and continue with gaps to 29th Dec, 1880. I have indexed the baptisms for the months from 1st Jan to 22nd April 1838 using the film at the National Library of Ireland."
Ballyphillip & Portaferry Roman Catholic Parish, Diocese of Down & Connor, Co. Down, Ireland. 20th March, 1843 the parish records for this parish begin (a transcript) and they continue to 31st Dec,. 1880.
Ballyphillip & Portaferry Roman Catholic Parish, Diocese of Down & Connor, Co. Down, Ireland. 20th March, 1843 the parish records for this parish begin (a transcript) and they continue to 31st Dec,. 1880.
Name Abbreviations found in registers: Wm = William Jas. Js. = James Michl, Mick. = Michael, Margt. = Margaret, Jno. = John or Jonathan, Ally = Anastasia (sometimes), Lau. = Laurence, Pat = Patrick, May =Mary, Jos. = Joseph, Matt. = Matthew, Onny = Winifred, Cath. = Catherine, Danl., Dan = Daniel, Hanna = Hanora or Anne, Jer. = Jeremiah, Sally = Sarah, Bess = Elizabeth, Eliza, Biddy, Bridgt. = Bridget, Fanton = Finton.
Gowran & Clara, Ossory. Baptisms Jan 1st. 1809 – July 20th 1828. Rev. Robert Grace C.C. Placename only given in some instances in first page. Possible that the name I’ve read as Henerey surname is Henesy really! 2 s’s run together in old form in 1809 – first looking like an f then an s. Went to 1817/1818 placename is given at this stage. Very few records for 1821 and no actual dates!! Actual years can be difficult to make out – 1822 seems to go on a long time with a Jan 1st and an Oct 5th entry on top and bottom of one page!! It could be that 1821 & 1822 are confused with years and this might account for missing 1821 entries!
This index was transcribed and created by Jane Lyons. No guarantee is given as to 100% accuracy. Witness names are also given in the register, these were not transcribed. An attempt was made to read all records, there may have been some at the end of pages which were blocked out on the film. Over the years transcribed there were a total of 100 marriages recorded in the Roman Catholic parish of Portarlington
Toward the end of the line, Crocker was so convinced of the skill of his Irish and Chinese workers that he decided to try for a record by laying 10 miles of track in one day. April 28, 1868 was the appointed day, and Crocker had prepared well.
One of the least-known stories of the Irish who immigrated to America in the 1840s is that of the Irish battalion that fought on the Mexican side in the U.S. - Mexico War of 1846-1848. They came to Mexico and died, some gloriously in combat, others ignominiously on the gallows. United under a green banner, they participated in all the major battles of the war and were cited for bravery by General López de Santa Anna, the Mexican commander in chief and president.
Photographs of tombstones, markers and epitaphs: 210 cemeteries to date and over 150,000 names.