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RC Parish Database Updates

Posted on 22 March 2015 by Shane

A number of Civil Parishes listed on the townland Index were not matched to Catholic Parishes during the initial cross-linking process [1], usually as a result of no reference being made to these being associated in Lewis. In some cases … Continue reading →

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Map of Queenstown (Cobh) and Cork Harbour – 1906

Posted on 13 March 2015 by Shane

(from Black’s Guide to Ireland 1906 – click on the image for a larger version) updated 30th Nov 2022

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Search for Catholic Parishes and Chapels

Posted on 6 March 2015 by Shane

Four options are available on this system to search for Catholic Parishes and Chapels as they were in the years just before the Great Famine. The details were compiled using Lewis Topographical Directory of 1837, and the Catholic Directory of … Continue reading →

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Website update

Posted on 29 December 2014 by Shane

Updated a number of pages to fix a new display issue relating to the display of PDF documents – e.g. street index lists, medical directory, Thom’s 1848 County Dublin directory etc..

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Description of Bray 1869 (Thom’s)

Posted on 22 December 2014 by Shane

BRAY, a maritime town in the barony of Rathdown, twelve miles S.E. from the General Post Office, partly in county Dublin, partly in county Wicklow, the river of Bray, here crossed by a stone bridge, being the boundary between the … Continue reading →

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