Churches
Locations of Churches, priest/clerk indexes, and present day foundations/societies can be found here, as well as links to records. A strong starting point for genealogists.
Diocese of Clogher takes an area comprising part of Tyrone, Fermanagh and parts of Armagh. Monaghan and Cavan Marriage Licence Bonds date from 1630-1800.
Includes references and details of Parish Clerks and holders of other official posts such as Church Wardens, Sextons, etc. It is intended mainly as a resource for Family and Local Historians.
The Presbyterian Church in Ireland serves the whole island, both North and South and, with a total membership of some 300,000 people in over 560 congregations, it is the largest protestant denomination in Northern Ireland.
A province of the Anglican Communion. This website will give you some information on the structures and ethos of the Church, up-to-date news and press releases, liturgical resources and a directory of the various dioceses and parishes.
The Association is a group of Baptist churches in Ireland working and fellowshipping together in evangelism, training and caring ministries.
A list of Jewish communities and congregations in Ireland.
Substantial site for this Christian Church working across the island, with news, events, contact details, background, mission in Ireland and beyond.
Quakers meet together in silence believing that the Holy Spirit, however perceived, will lead us to worship. Any person who feels moved to do so may speak at the meeting. We believe that God exists in everyone, so that anyone can experience divine love and guidance.
In 1995 the Thurles Church of Ireland community kindly donated one third of St Mary’s Church to create a Famine Museum to commemorate the many Irish people who lost their lives through disease and starvation during the Great Famine in Ireland of 1845-1849. The Famine and War museums are designed to be as informative and interesting as possible.
Welcome to the Website for the Parish and Pilgrimage Church of St Magnus the Martyr in the City of London. Our church is built where all people crossing the old London Bridge used to enter the City, and standing on the cross roads, it has seen many important events in its 1000 year history. The object for which the church was originally built has not changed; now as then, prayers are offered daily to God, and He is worshipped in the beauty of holiness.
Our school participates in the Green Schools Programme -an international environmental education programme and award scheme that promotes and acknowledges long-term, whole-school action for the environment.
The involvement of the Congregation of the Mission with Ireland dates back to the days of Vincent himself. The seventeenth century was a time of great trials for Catholics in Ireland. Cromwell tried every conceivable idea to wipe Ireland clean of Catholicism. Bishops and priests were persecuted with a particular vehemence. Many were martyred, some hid amongst the people, some fled to the mountainside and others still fled the country altogether.
The Parish of the Travelling People is a parish established in 1981 as part of the Dublin Archdiocese.
Reverend James Harold was transported for complicity in the Irish rebellion of 1798. Aged 55 years, he arrived at Sydney in the transport ship Minerva on 11 January 1800.
Those wishing to discover family records within the Methodist traditions in Ireland are faced with special difficulties.
Including commentary on the questionable authenticity of the papal bull.
A collection of links and addresses pertaining to Catholic parishes.
Contrary to what John Betjeman's poetry may have you believe, there is life in the dear old C of I. A look at the following parishes' websites ought to be able to convince you of that! Also included are central church organisations and non parochial ministries.
Killoughey (also spelled Killoughy) lies in the southern extremity of the diocese of Meath, south-west of Tullamore in County Offaly, Ireland.
One of Ireland's most historic churches celebrated its 300th anniversary in 1996.
All births, marriages and deaths occurring since 1864 (and Church of Ireland marriages occurring since 1 April 1845) should be on record in the General Register Office, 8-11 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2.
The object of the Society is to promote the knowledge of, and advance public education in, the history of the churches of the Presbyterian order in Ireland.
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.
Dublin Churches has been set up to make it as easy as possible to locate a church, or any other Christian organisation, within Dublin.
Baptists have been in Ireland since around 1650, in Dublin, Waterford and Cork and they exist to this day.
So, I asked trusty old Google maps on my phone to direct me and even though I was not expecting it the maps told me I had to go to Birr to get to Loughrea and that was all right except for when I got to Birr, Mr. Phone died and left me on my own and that was how I got lost!
The Franciscan Friary was founded in 1269, either by the townsmen, by Otto de Grandison, or by the Desmond Geraldines. The convent was reformed by the Observants in 1536, and surrendered by Robert Travers, the last guardian, 3rd March, 31 Hen. VIII.
The Church of St. Mary’s is a very ancient and highly picturesque structure. In its present re-edified state it is, perhaps, the most beautiful of the parochial churches of Ireland.
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.
These photographs were taken April 2014. Ballyknockan Church, Oldleighlin, Co. Carlow
Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) tells us “DUNGARVAN, a sea-port, borough, market and post-town, and a parish, in the barony of DECIES-WITHOUT-DRUM, county of WATERFORD, and province of MUNSTER, 22 miles (S. W. by W.) from Waterford".