The List Of Church Of Ireland Parish Registers

THE LIST ofCHURCH OF IRELANDPARISH REGISTERSA Colour-coded Resource Accounting For What Survives; Where It Is;& With Additional Information of Copies, Transcripts and Online IndexesOCTOBER 2020

The List of Parish RegistersThe List of Church of Ireland Parish Registers was originally compiled in-house for the Public Record Office of Ireland (PROI), now the National Archives ofIreland (NAI), by Miss Margaret Griffith (1911-2001) Deputy Keeper of the PROI during the 1950s. Griffith’s original list (which was titled the Table ofParochial Records and Copies) was based on inventories returned by the parochial officers about the year 1875/6, and thereafter corrected in the light ofsubsequent events - most particularly the tragic destruction of the PROI in 1922 when over 500 collections were destroyed. A table showing the position before1922 had been published in July 1891 as an appendix to the 23rd Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records Office of Ireland. In the light of the 1922 fire,the list changed dramatically – the large numbers of collections underlined indicated that they had been destroyed by fire in 1922.The List has been updated regularly since 1984, when PROI agreed that the RCB Library should be the place of deposit for Church of Ireland registers. Under thetenure of Dr Raymond Refaussé, the Church’s first professional archivist, the work of gathering in registers and other local records from local custody was carriedout in earnest and today the RCB Library’s parish collections number 1,114.The Library is also responsible for the care of registers that remain in local custody, although until they are transferred it is difficult to ascertain exactly what datesare covered. Where register collections remain in local custody it may be assumed that they carry on after the cover dates given in the List. Efforts continue toencourage local clergy and parishes to transfer non-current registers into the permanent custody of the Library.In the light of registers being transferred and new knowledge of copies and transcripts being obtained, further extensive amendment to the List was carried out byNAI, most notably by Ms Aideen Ireland, Senior Archivist. In a project devised and undertaken by Dr Susan Hood during 2014, the List was again extensivelyupdated, and furthermore colour-coded and made available online for the first time through the Church of Ireland website. The colour-coded version of the Listwas subsequently updated in July 2015 to account for original registers for parishes in Northern Ireland held by the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland inBelfast.Re-launched on the 3 August 2016, the List of Church of Ireland Parish Registers was definitively updated and reformatted with the inclusion of live links to onlineparish register sources by Claire Santry FIGRS as an 80th Anniversary Project of the Irish Genealogical Research Society: Ireland’s oldest genealogical society. Thispainstaking effort should significantly assist researchers providing them with an online search tool that links easily to online information.The list will continue to be maintained and updated on a regular basis as more registers are transferred to the RCB Library and in anticipation of further transcribing,indexing and ultimately digitization of records.

Colour CodeSymbol KeyRCB - Original records held by the Representative Church Body Library, Churchtown, Dublin 14*Copy of some records were extant in PublicRecord Office (now NAI). For details see NAIReading Room cataloguePRONI - Original records held by the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast [total 74].Additionally it can be assumed that PRONI holds while the microfilm copies of many collections for parishesin the nine counties comprising Ulster, and further information is available here Copy known to be extant in local custody. Fordetails see Appendix VIII to 56th Report of theDeputy Keeper. It is possible that further copiesmay exist about which no information has beenreceived by the Public Record Office, especially inthe case of Northern Ireland parishes. Wherecollections have been transferred to the RCBLibrary, these local copies have been integrated intoparish collectionsTPart of the early collection are transcript copies,rather than originalsMMicrofilm copy available in the Reading Room ofthe NAI only. See card index and bound diocesanlists for further details. Note the dates of registerscovered by the films may not be those of theoriginals as recorded by Miss Griffith, nor may theybe the same dates as for those registers nowdeposited in the RCB Library. In most instances nofilming was undertaken of 20th-century registersLOST - Parishes the records of which were lost in 1922, but for which subsequent materials were located andlodged either in the RCB Library or PRONI. Normally this colour code is followed by an RCB library orPRONI entry.LOST - Registers for this parish were in PROI in 1922 and were thus not saved(No colour) Parishes the records of which records remain in local custody.For parishes located in the nine counties of Ulster, and additionally some for county Louth, microfilm copiesof most collections of surviving registers (up to the early 20th century) are available in PRONI. For detailsconsult PRONI’s online catalogue: http://www.proni.gov.uk/Note that local clergy in both NI and ROI are however obliged to make available original registers in theircustody available under both national legislation and in accordance with the Constitution of the Church ofIreland.PROI - Parishes the records of which are deposited in whole or in part in PROI [total 9]. For details see NAIReading Room catalogue. These account for those ROI collections that remained in the custody of PROI after1922, and thereafter in the NAI since.CEPIndicates a Chapel of EasePrinted version of registers availableNOTE: With regards to dates, cover dates only of registers in the three categories of baptism, marriage or burials, are given in the table. For parishes with churches still in existenceit may be assumed there are current registers, and thus the last date indicated on the table represents the last date on which material was either transferred to the RCB Library, ormicrofilmed either by PROI or PRONI.It has come to our attention that a number of transcripts of parish registers in the dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, and of Limerick, together with odd miscellaneous parishesfrom other Church of Ireland dioceses, compiled by the late Michael Leader, a former vice-President of the Irish Genealogical Research Society, are available in the library of thatsociety in London. For a complete list see IrishAncestors.ie. To draw specific attention to the odd items, we have noted them in the Comments section.

Parish, fertAbbeygormacan or -1859-19561829-18751843BurialKey-x #CommentsSome coverage at RootsIreland.ieKilfenora see Newquay. Also Kilculliheen and Macully in 8771827-18781781-1956-1828-18751781-1911-x 19931825-18771814-1876-x #1845-2001see Kiltormersee KillererinSome coverage at RootsIreland.ieM TMMMSome coverage at RootsIreland.iealso see Burrishoole and Dugor. Some coverage at RootsIreland.ieEarlier records destroyed in 1922. Some coverage at RootsIreland.ieSome coverage at RootsIreland.ieM Some coverage at RootsIreland.iesee Crossmolinasee TuamSome coverage at RootsIreland.iesee Dunleckneysee AghavoeSome coverage at 8-18451788-1875Earlier records were destroyed in 1922. Transcript RCB PC 30 coversbaptisms 1827-1873.see Tashinny TMMNAI holds copy of the some material.see ClenoreSee rector’s amendments to retention order for further details.Some coverage at RootsIreland.ieAlso some entries 1838-1842. Some coverage at IrishGenealogy.iealso see Killarneysee AghaleeSome coverage at RootsIreland.iesee Caledon

Parish, areArdaghAghasleeTuamMayo1857-1875Aghavallin & nagh Agheart & neCorkAghertonConnorDerry1830-1872Aghinagh No registers but hyperlink lists other parish recordsAghmacart ghour or ny1879-1924For names commencing with “ Agh” see also those under erary- 1875AhasleaghDioceseCountyBaptismsKeyCommentsSome coverage at RootsIreland.ieEarlier records destroyed in 1922. Some coverage at RootsIreland.ieSome coverage at RootsIreland.iesee Kilglass see also Listowelsee KilmogannySome coverage at 5xxxxxxxxx -see 561840-1871-Msee AhernSome coverage at RootsIreland.ieSome coverage at RootsIreland.ieIn addition to the earliest combined register commencing in1796, extracts for a slightly earlier period for specific families –commencing 1779, have also come to light. See the handlist.Some coverage at IrishGenealogy.ie and RootsIreland.ieSome coverage at RootsIreland.iesee ClomantaghSome coverage at IrishGenealogy.iesee Affanesee CastlebarEarlier records destroyed in 1922. Some coverage at 9 1785-18591787-1875M Some coverage at RootsIreland.ie. For other entries see Boylewith AttanaghSome coverage at RootsIreland.ie. NAI holds copy registers baptisms1885; marriages 1785-1859 and burials 1789-1895see Aghaslee

Parish, 46-19801797-1897-AhinaghCloyneAhoghillConnorAlbert Chapel, Peter StDublinAll Saints (Newtowncunningham)AlmoritiaMeathAltarAltedesert, Pomeroy Church nestown ArboeArbour Hill one of ownDown-1818-18471873-1960KeyCommentsSome coverage at RootsIreland.ie. Burials are in the Knockmourneregisters, RCB Library P 890.4.1Containing entries relating to Drumbo & Hillsboroughsee Molyneux Churchsee Newtowncunningham. Some coverage at RootsIreland.ieEarlier records destroyed in 1922. Some coverage at RootsIreland.iesee Teampol-na-mbochtsee also Pomeroysee Duncormicksee Powerscourtsee Offerlane1848-1877Some coverage at RootsIreland.ie and FindMyPast.ieSome coverage at RootsIreland.ieSome coverage at RootsIreland.ie.see Belturbet. Some coverage at RootsIreland.iesee KiltullaghSome coverage at RootsIreland.iesee Kellssee 841810-1842- #.Some coverage at RootsIreland.ieSome coverage at IrishGenealogy.iesee Kilmoremoysee 05-18451845-19331807-18681805-1894- #1807-2008M

Parish, rdangligger eath1875 mmon 1830-19631813-18551805-1844& 1850-18751830-1987Roscommon 1860-19191838-18451764-19501964-1968- #1839-18771799-1963- 9941824-2003There is a gap in the run of burials between 1833 and 1875.see ClonmoreEarlier records destroyed in 1922. Some coverage at IrishGenealogy.ieand ArdkeenArdkillArdmayleArdmayleArdmoreArdmore and nurcher or HorseleapArdnurcherArdoyneArdquinArdragh (St nCarlowDownDownClogherMonaghanKilmacduagh 1832-18791877-19371811-187618431813-18491834-1836- 741815-2001#1791-1877- 1827-18461869-19421805-19321806-1876- .1803-1876- x.1835-18771826-1885- #1805-1855Keysee GweedoreEarlier records destroyed in 1922. Some coverage at RootsIreland.ie Earlier records destroyed in 1922. Some coverage at RootsIreland.iesee WexfordSee list of MS records in NAI which holds copy registers from 1802 forArdcanny and Castlerussel. Some coverage at RootsIreland.ieSome coverage at RootsIreland.iesee Duleeksee ArdcolmEarlier records destroyed in 1922. Some coverage at RootsIreland.ie MCommentsTEarlier records destroyed in 1922.Earlier records destroyed in 1922. For subsequent dates, see Finnoe.Some coverage at RootsIreland.ie Earlier records destroyed in 1922. Some coverage at RootsIreland.ieSome coverage at RootsIreland.ieNo inventory. Chapel-of-Ease to BerehavenSome coverage at RootsIreland.iesee CarburyMSome coverage at RootsIreland.iesee MoyntaghsSome coverage at RootsIreland.iesee Painestown, MeathMFirst volume contains entries of burial in KillSome coverage at RootsIreland.ieSome coverage at RootsIreland.ie MEarlier records destroyed in 1922Some coverage at RootsIreland.iesee Athy