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Celebrate St Patrick's Day With a Special 25% Discount on Annual Subscriptions

New Monaghan Records

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We are delighted to announce the addition of the following Monaghan records to our Roots Ireland database (2410 records altogether):
 
Marriages:
1845-1930 Tydavnet Ballinode CI marriages, 277 records.
1851-1930 Loughmourne PR marriages, 95 records.
1872-1923 Castleblayney WM marriages, 13 records.
1877-1930 Tehallan RC marriages, 221 records.
(606 Marriages)
 
Baptisms
1881-1915 Tehallen RC Baptisms, 557 records.
 
School Records 
1867-1919 register girls Drummuck NS Co. Monaghan, 620 records.
1876-1919 register boys Stonebridge NS Co. Monaghan, 325 records.
1876-1929 register girls Stonebridge NS Co. Monaghan, 302 records.
(1,247 school records)
 
For an up to date list of sources for Monaghan and to search these records, go to https://rootsireland.ie/monaghan and login or subscribe if required.

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day With a Special 25% Discount on Annual Subscriptions

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Celebrate St Patrick’s Day by taking out a 12-month subscription for RootsIreland with 25% off from 6th March to 31st March 2025!

Why take out a subscription to Roots Ireland?

  • RootsIreland have the most complete and most accurate set of Roman Catholic church records online, as well as millions of Protestant records, civil records, census records, headstone inscriptions and census substitutes. Our index is easily searchable and has features such as standardised surname and forename searches which make your searches even more user-friendly.
  • We hold over 23 million records, and our database is being added to continually. Since 2020, we have added over 1 million records to our database from Limerick, Clare, Sligo, Kerry, Wicklow, Westmeath, Kilkenny, South Dublin, South Tipperary, Monaghan, Armagh, North Mayo, Cork, Laois, Offaly and Galway. New records are continually being added to our database throughout the year, which will be announced in due course.
  • Together, our 32 genealogy centres have an unparalleled amount of local knowledge which can be invaluable to those tracing their ancestors, a service which no other website or company can provide to such a high standard. By taking out a subscription with RootsIreland, you are helping these centres to continue to provide a world-class service and securing many Irish jobs.

If you have any questions please check our Help section and if this does not provide an answer, then you may contact us or one of the county centres. You can check what is available on our site for each county here.

*Offer applies from 6 March 2025 to 12 midnight Irish time on 31 March 2025 only. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

New Cork Records

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We are delighted to announce the addition to the Roots Ireland website of 1350 baptismal records and 196 marriage records for the Cork parishes listed below, bringing them up to 1924 and 1949 respectively.  These are all additions of further years to existing parishes, and the exact details are below.

Baptisms 1924 added:
BALLYCLOUGH RC
BALLYHEA RC
BANTEER RC
BLARNEY RC
CARRIGTWOHILL RC
CASTLEMAGNER RC
CLOYNE RC
DONERAILE RC
FERMOY RC
KANTURK RC
KILDORRERY RC
MACROOM RC
MALLOW RC
MEELIN RC
MILFORD RC
MOURNEABBEY RC
NEWMARKET RC
MACLONEIGH Civil
Marriages 1949 added:
BALLYCLOUGH RC
BALLYHEA RC
BANTEER RC
BLARNEY RC
CARRIGTWOHILL RC
CONNA RC
DONERAILE RC
FERMOY RC
KILDORRERY RC
KILLAVULLEN RC
MALLOW RC
MEELIN RC
MILFORD RC
NEWMARKET RC

To access these records, go to corknortheast.rootsireland.ie and login or subscribe as required.

Special 25% Discount on Annual Subscriptions!

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Discover your Irish roots by taking out a 12-month subscription for Roots Ireland with a 25% discount from 22nd November to 11th December 2024!*

 

To avail of this offer just go to the following link and login using your existing RootsIreland login details: http://www.rootsireland.ie. If you currently have a subscription, click My Account, My Subscription and Start a New Subscription. The special deal subscription will then begin once your current subscription runs out.

Why take out a subscription with RootsIreland?

  • RootsIreland have the most complete and most accurate set of Roman Catholic church records online. Our index is easily searchable and has features such as standardised surname and forename searches which make your searches even more user-friendly.
  • We hold over 23 million records which is being added to continually. In 2024 so far, we have added over 124,000 records to our database from Kerry, Clare, Monaghan, North Mayo, Armagh and Tipperary. New records are continually being added to our database throughout the year.
  • Together, our 31 genealogy centres have an unparalleled amount of local knowledge which can be invaluable to those tracing their ancestors, a service which no other website or company can provide to such a high standard. By taking out a subscription with RootsIreland, you are helping these centres to continue to provide a world-class service and securing many Irish jobs.

If you have any questions please check our Help section and if this does not provide an answer, then you may contact us or one of the county centres. You can check what is available on our site for each county here.

*Offer applies from 22 November 2024 to 12 midnight Irish time on 11 December 2024 only. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

New Clare records added!

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We are delighted to announce the addition of the following new birth, baptism, marriage and headstone records to our Clare database on Roots Ireland:

MARRIAGES:-
Roman Catholic:-
1. Ruan-Dysart  (1846-1900)  529 entries
BAPTISMS;-
Roman Catholic
1. Flagmount (1842-1900)  3,450 entries
 
DEATHS:-
1. Kilkee Civil  (1864-1979)  6,915 entries
2. Feakle Civil (1864-1997) 3,996 entries
 
BIRTHS – CIVIL
1.  Killaloe Civil (1893-1925)   1,434 entries
GRAVE (Graveyards)
1. Quin Abbey  (579 entries)
2. Clooney (260 entries)
3. St Finghins Church (186 entries)
4. Crusheen (215 entries)
5. Kiltoola (87 entries)
6.  Inchicronan (56 entries)
Total 17,701

For an up to date list of sources for Clare and to search these records, go to https://rootsireland.ie/clare/ and login or subscribe as required.