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Freeholders Of County Laois, 1758-75 Freeholders in the Queen's County, from 1 Jan 1758 to 1 Dec 1775, with date of registration from a manuscript supplied by Col. Cosby of Queens County.Microreproduction of original published: Kildare, Ireland: The Journal of the County Kildare Archaelogical Society, v. 8, no. 4, (July, 1916). I_n_ Manuscripts in the Genealogical Office of Ireland. Ms. no. 443. [Description from FHL Catalog] FHL # 0100181. View
Aghaboe Baptisms, 1797-1880 Aghaboe Parish registers were transcribed from the LDS Family History Library film #0979700. View
Pigot's Directory Of Maryborough, 1824 The town was formerly called Protector, and the county of Leix. View
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Tithe Applotment Books, Multiple Villages, Co. Laois Tithe Applotment records for multiple villages within Co. Laois. View
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Clonaslee, County Laois, by Rev M Comerford The entire Barony of Tinnahinch, which is co-extensive with Hy Regan, (now called Dooregan,) one of the seven cantreds of the kingdom of Ophaley*, was at one time united under the spiritual care of one pastor. View
The History Ballyroan This parish is situated in the north-west border of the barony of Cullenagh, and it contains 9,682 a. 0 r. 1p of land, about 800 of which is under bog, and the rest arable or pasture. A town or village, bearing the same name, appears to have been of some antiquity. View
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Baptisms & Marriages, Rathdowney, 1840-50 Birth and marriage records for Rathdowney, Co. Laois. View
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Baptisms, Rathdowney, 1790 Baptism records for Rathdowney, Laois in the year 1790. View
Rathdowney Baptisms, 1844-45 Multiple baptismal records for Rathdowney for the years 1844 and 1845. View
Bordwell Civil Parish, 1826 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. View
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Killermogh Graveyard Records, Co. Laois This page features hundreds of free records for Killermogh Graveyard, Co. Laois, compiled and transcribed by Dr. Jane Lyons and exclusive to From-Ireland.net. Follow this link to browse through photographs of Killermogh’s graveyard. View
Baptism Records, Aghaboe, Co. Laois, 1825 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. View
Baptism Records, Durrow, Co. Laois, 1789 The names of the children baptised in the Roman Catholic parish of Durrow for the year 1789 are listed below as well as the names of their parents. It was not possible to read some pages of this section of the register, the number of question marks which I have are indicative of how hard it was to read. View
Baptism Records, Stradbally, Co. Laois, 1820 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 View
Clough, Ballacolla, Co. Laois (Queen’s Co.) Here in Clough, we have a problem, those that spell our road signs are very confused about what our name is, some call us 'Clogh' others call us 'Clough'. I did get photographs of both sets of spellings on official signposts but somehow between the jigs and the reel I have lost the 'Clough' sign and all I have is the Clogh one. As soon as I find the other I will add it. View
1538 Grave Slab, Eirke, Ossory Diocese A friend of mine told me that one of the oldest gravestones in the Diocese of Ossory was in this graveyard one day – I said to him, “Eirke? You mean that Protestant church I can see as I trip from Rathdowney to Johnstown, out there near Galmoy?” His reply was that it had once been a Protestant church but had been consecrated and that he had gone to mass there as a child. View
Baptism Records, Doonane, Co. Laois, 1843 Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin, Doonane & Mayo Roman Catholic parish, Index to ALL Baptisms recorded in the six months of 1843. View
Terms Used: “Graveyard”, “Cemetery” or “Memorial Park”? A little at a time: The two words which tend to get mis-used are those of Cemetery and Graveyard so here are a few definitions for you: View
Marriage Records, Graigue, Co. Laois, 1870s 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 View
Marriage Records, Maryborough, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, 1850-55 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. View
Accidents and Loss of Life, Co. Laois and Co. Kildare, 1845 We regret to say that a young man accidentally lost his life on the Railway works at Sallins, Co. Kildare on Wednesday evening last. View
Baptism Records, Mountrath, Co. Laois, 1823-24 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. View
Dreadful Faction Fight, Co. Laois On Sunday last, a faction fight on an extensive scale took place in Clonbrock, Queen’s Co., which happily did not terminate in any serious result owing to the timely interference of the Newtown constabulary. View
Baptism Records, Emo, Co. Laois, 1875-76 I have no extra comments as such made on this section of this film of parish records. The records are in English and the placename is given. All names have been transcribed as I read them. According to my notes, the LDS do not have a copy of this film but you should check this as it may have changed. National Library of Ireland (Dublin) film ref. Pos. 4203 View
Baptism Records, Arles, Co. Laois, 1843-55 This page features free baptism records for those born in Arles in Co. Laois between 1843 and 1855. View
Aghnacross Graveyard Records, Co. Laois This page features free records for Aghnacross Graveyard, Co. Laois, transcribed by Dr. Jane Lyons and exclusive to From-Ireland.net. View
Aughmacart Graveyard Records, Co. Laois This page features free records for Aughmacart Graveyard, Co. Laois, compiled and transcribed by Dr. Jane Lyons and exclusive to From-Ireland.net. View
Baptism Records, Portarlington, Co. Laois, 1820 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. View
Baptism Records COI, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois, 1780s This page features 93 Church of Ireland baptism records for the Laois village of Abbeyleix during the 1780s. The records are sorted alphabetically by surname. View
County Leix/Laois The County Leix/Laois home page of the Ireland Genealogical Projects. View
Abbeyleix Heritage House Housed in the Old North National School, our Heritage Centre interprets the Planned Estate Town of the de Vesci Landlords, once home to the Abbeyleix Carpet Factory. Here hand-tufted carpets were made for state rooms on the Titanic and her sister ships. View
Durrow, Co. Laois Webpage for Laois' Durrow village. View
Tithe Applotment Books, Offerlane, Co. Laois This page features 450 free records relating to Tithe Applotment Books in Offerlane, Co. Laois. The names are listed below in alphabetical order, once only regardless of how many times any name appears in the books, spellings as they are on the original (as best they can be read). View
Durrow Parish, Co. Laois (Queen’s Co.), Carrigan, 1905 This parish is a union of the two civil parishes of Durrow (except the townland Rath, and portions of the townlands of Castlewood, Grenan and Fermoyle, which belong to Ballyragget,) and Aghamacart. Its area is 15,210 statute acres. In 1901, the population was 2,195, of whom 1,889 were Catholics. View
Baptism Records, Borris, Co. Laois, 1855-56 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. View
Marriage Records, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, 1814-19 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. View
Attanagh Village, Co. Laois Photographs Collection of photographs of Attanagh village in Co. Laois. View
The Great Rush of Birds on the Night of March 29th-30th, 1911 THE GREAT RUSH OF BIRDS ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 29TH-30TH, AS OBSERVED IN IRELAND. By R. M. Barrington, M.A. Published in the Irish Naturalist Vol. XX, June 1911 On the night of March 29th, a great rush of birds was observed in several towns of S. E. Ireland, and also at some light-stations long the coast from Balbriggan to the Old Head of Kinsale. View
Marriage Records, Durrow, Co. Laois, 1861-62 This is an index to all marriages in the Roman Catholic Parish of Durrow, Laois, Ireland, in the 1861-1862 period. View
Marriage Records, Durrow, Co. Laois, 1863-67 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. View
Marriage Records, Durrow, Co. Laois, 1861-62 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. View
Griffiths Valuation Records, Co. Laois, 1851-52 This page contains extracts from Griffiths Valuation of Ireland Index for civil parishes in Laois. View
Anatrim Old Graveyard Records, Co. Laois This page features free records for Anatrim Old Graveyard, Co. Laois, compiled and transcribed by Dr. Jane Lyons and exclusive to From-Ireland.net. View
Baptism Records, Ballyfin, Co. Laois, 1824-25 Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin, Ballyfin or Cappinrush Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms, Laois or Queen’s County, IRELAND View
1901 Census, Heads of Household, Aghaboe, Co. Laois This page features the heads of household of those living in Aghaboe, Co. Laois during the recording of the 1901 Census of Ireland. View
Aghaboe or Aughavoe Parish, Co. Laois The name is generally to be found spelled as Aghaboe or Aughavoe in literature Saint Canice is the patron saint of this parish because of his connection to the Abbey in Aghaboe. During the 18th century, the festival of St. Canice was still celebrated in the area, on the V. of the Ides – corresponding with the 11th of October, believed to have been the date of the death of St. Canice. View
Baptism Records, St. Michael’s, Portarlington, Co. Laois, 1800s, Dempsey This page features 248 free baptism records for the “Demsey” surname at St. Michael’s church, Portarlington, Co. Laois throughout the 1800s. View
Tithe Applotment Books, Bordwell, Co. Laois This page features 129 free records relating to Tithe Applotment Books in Bordwell, Co. Laois. There is no townland of Barnaboye or Whitepark listed in the 1851 General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland in the Civil parish of Bordwell, whilst there is a townland called Barnaboy in the parish of Kyle. View
Tithe Applotment Books, Rearymore, Co. Laois This page features 394 free records relating to Tithe Applotment Books in Rearymore, Co. Laois. The names are listed below in alphabetical order, once only regardless of how many times any name appears in the books, spellings as they are on the original (as best they can be read). View
County Laois Cemetery Records General cemetery records relating to Co. Laois. View
County Laois Church Recordsb Various marriage records, death records, and baptism records for County Laois. View
County Laois Census Records General census records relating to Co. Laois. View
County Laois Census Substitutes Census substitutes records for County Laois. View
Oaths of Allegiance, 1775, County Laois Oaths of Allegiance 1775. QUEEN'S COUNTY. Samuel B. Anderson, Cullenaugh, Gent. John Keefe, Ballyadams, Gent. Joseph Purcell, Timogue, Gent. Bernard Anderson, Moate, Gent. Edmond Brennan, Iron Mills, Gent. William Cullen, Timahoe, Gent. James McDaniel, of Esker, Gent. William Dunn, Killine, Gent. John Anderson, Moate. Gent. Con. McDaniel, Rahinduff, gent. Wm. Kelly, Stradbally, Gent. John Lalor, Stradbally, Gent. Thomas Brennan, Drumnabeha, farmer. Pat Wallace, Stradbally. Merchant. All in Queens County. View
County Laois Emigration Records Key Timoth, Declaration of Intention, 1915. View
County Laois Land Records To be Let for three lives - the lands of Clonagown. 1801. View
County Laois Newspaper Records Miscellaneous newspaper records for County Laois. View
Photographs of County Laoise Including the Rock of Dunamaise Cemetery and Thomas Cregan, 1915. View
Research Help: Where Do Your Family Come From in Ireland? People ask me all the time where in Ireland their surname may be found. A lot of these people, their ancestor/s left Ireland pre the ‘main’ famine time so they never think to look in records that we have which are for a time later than that famine period, and they should, they should particularly look at the distribution in the Griffiths Primary Valuation as per the examples I give below. View
Marriage Records, Rathdowney, Co. Laois, 1873-80 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. View
Marriage Records, Maryboro Parish, Co. Laois, 1850s 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. View
Video Presentation at Beyond the Grave Conference Dr. Jane Lyons speaks on Surveys and Transcriptions of the Graveyards of the Dioceses of Ossory. Published by Limerick Museum Archives. View
Tithe Applotment Books, Killabban, Co. Laois This page features 527 free records relating to Tithe Applotment Books in Killabban, Co. Laois. The names are listed below in alphabetical order, once only regardless of how many times any name appears in the books and all variations are given. Some which were not possible to read fully are listed as questionable, while there are others listed on the tables that are also questionable. View
Marriage Records, Clonaslee, Co. Laois, 1860-65 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. View
Eighteenth-Century Funerals in Ireland There are, possibly, few of us who, making an early and painful acquaintance with Poetry, did not have to memorise these lines by the Rev. Charles Wolfe, descriptive of the burial of Sir John Moore after the battle of Corunna on 13th January, 1809 : View
Eighteenth-Century Midwifery in Dublin, Ireland How did the Dublin citizen of the 18th century made his or her debut in this city of ours? View
Marriage Records, Portarlington, Co. Laois, 1845-46 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 View
Volunteers North and South of Ireland 100 Years Ago Mrs Blake, nee Foley Captain. Maggie Relihan sec, Asdee Ballylongford. Mrs W Finucane, nee Coughlin, treasurer, Larha, Asdee. Mrs Moran nee Deenihan, Mary A Russel. Mrs J Walsh. Annie O Connor. View
Ireland and The Olympics Dan Ahearne won world Championship in Hop Step and Jump July 4th 1909 at Celtic Park. Edward Barrett of Rahela, Ballyduff Edward Barrett was born in Rahela, Ballyduff in 1882. father Thomas and mother Bridget Whelan. View
Irish Death Notices Webpage containing death notices within Ireland. View
Some Irish Superstitions Superstition is generally regarded as the offspring of the religious instinct in man misled by ignorance. Few other human weakness’ have been so unsparingly and so unanimously denounced, and yet, it survives: the savage carries his charm, and the modern motorist or the regiment on the battlefield has its mascot. Above or behind probably a million doors in England the horseshoe will be found nailed up, and there is a general desire to avoid association with the unlucky number thirteen. Neither of these were Irish superstitions, but we are borrowing them, for to the anglicised Irish mind even superstition is respectable when it happens to be English. Irish superstitions on the other hand are rapidly dying out, not because they are superstitious, but because they are only Irish, and have no place in English social life. View
The Townland: How To Use In Genealogy How do we deal with finding out that there are four townlands of the same name? How do we find out exactly which townland our family came from? How do we work out which records are of importance to us, actually refer to our family and not another family of the same surname? They are really the questions that have to be asked and dealt with. View
Mountmellick Town, Co. Laois (Queen's Co.) Photographs Photographs of Mountmellick town. View
Megalithic Monuments of Ireland.com This website is the result of on-going love and passion for Archaeology as well as our devotion to the wonderment of the many Megalithic monuments throughout Ireland. All counties of Ireland are covered, some more extensively than others, and include photos, information & co-ordinates of sites. Continuously being up-dated with some fantastic photos of these extraordinary monuments, which have stood proudly today as a durable testament to their ingenious builders. View
The Townland: How To Use In Genealogy How do we deal with finding out that there are four townlands of the same name? How do we find out exactly which townland our family came from? How do we work out which records are of importance to us, actually refer to our family and not another family of the same surname? They are really the questions that have to be asked and dealt with. View
Women at War: Ireland's Forgotten Heroines of the Era Tens of thousands of women across the island of Ireland threw themselves enthusiastically into the war effort, yet very little has been written about them. View