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We are delighted to announce the addition of over 41,000 baptismal, marriage, death and headstone inscription records from County Armagh to the Roots Ireland database at www.rootsireland.ie/armagh. These records are as follows:

Church of Ireland

Parish	Births	Marriages	Deaths
Annaghmore Church of Ireland	1856-1864 (344)		1867-1871 (16)
Armagh Church of Ireland	1823-1827 (409)
Camlough Church of Ireland	1832-1872 (832)	1835-1845 (20)	1833-1871 (87)
Charlemont Church of Ireland	1828-1830 (48)
Creggan Church of Ireland	1808-1924 (1515)	1808-1839 (84)	1808-1917 (614)
Derrynoose Church of Ireland	1710-1870 (1628)	1712-1845 (177)
Drumbanagher Church of Ireland	1838-1885 (445)	1839-1844 (9)	1841-1910 (409)
Eglish Church of Ireland			1803-1865 (935)
Grange Church of Ireland	1780-1871 (1721)	1780-1845 (320)	1783-1852 (685)
Keady Church of Ireland	1780-1864 (4005)	1780-1845 (330)	1825-1872 (416)
Killylea Church of Ireland	1845-1865 (473)
Kilmore Church of Ireland		1799-1845 (487)
Knocknamuckly Church of Ireland	1854-1866 (1511)	1838-1845 (41)
Loughgall Church of Ireland	1779-1864	1779-1845	1779-1839
Milltown Church of Ireland	1840-1864 (1497)	1840-1845 (53)	1845-1889 (384)
Montiaghs (Ardmore) Church of Ireland		1823-1845 (102)
Mullaglass St Luke Church of Ireland	1852-1866 (264)		1853-1865 (46)
Portadown (St Mark’s) Church of Ireland	1858-1864	1827-1845 (304)

Presbyterian

Parish	Births	Marriages	Deaths
Ahorey Presbyterian		1834-1841 (40)
Bessbrook Presbyterian	1854-1914 (1590)
Keady 2nd Presbyterian	1855-1864 (161)
Lurgan 1st Presbyterian	1770-1866 (3255)
Markethill 2nd Presbyterian		1821-1845 (180)
Newtownhamilton 2nd Presbyterian	1823-1863 (729)	1823-1844 (151)
Poyntzpass Presbyterian	1850-1937 (281)
Tassagh Presbyterian	1843-1870 (312)
Tyrone Ditches Presbyterian		1825-1829 (24)
Vinecash Presbyterian		1838-1845 (59)
Miscellaneous Presbyterian		1819-1829 (244)

Society of Friends / Quaker

Parish	Births	Marriages	Burials
Grange/Charlemont	1868-1923 (88)		1689-1823 (140)
Lurgan		1715-1811 (178)	1671-1764 (19)

County Armagh Headstone Inscriptions

Parish	Graveyard Name	Denomination	Earliest Date	Latest Date
Armagh	Sandy Hill RC, Armagh (823)	Roman Catholic	1817	1972
Ballymore	Crewmore Presbyterian (274)	Presbyterian	1812	2002
Forkhill	Forkhill COI (104)	Church of Ireland	1787	1990
Jonesborough	Sacred Heart RC Jonesborough (176)	Roman Catholic	1921	1989
Jonesborough	Jonesborough COI (97)	Church of Ireland	1815	1988
Kildarton	Kildarton (96)	Church of Ireland	1843	1989
Kildarton	Drumminis (200)	Presbyterian	1857	1986
Killevy	Drumbanagher 1st (200)	Presbyterian	1851	2013
Killevy	Mullaghglass (Old) (141)	Church of Ireland	1754	1981
Killevy	Jerrettspass 1st (140)	Presbyterian	1812	1979
Kilmore	Monies (70)	Methodist/Presbyterian	1835	1993
Kilmore	Richhill (151)	Presbyterian	1838	1988
Kilmore	Richhill (155)	Quaker	1817	1989
Loughgall	St Patrick’s RC, Loughgall (291)	Roman Catholic	1813	1988
Loughgall	Cloveneden Presbyterian (477)	Presbyterian	1735	1990
Loughgall	St Peter’s Collegeland (203)	Roman Catholic	1863	1990
Loughgall	Loughgall COI (1084)	Interdenominational	1706	1990
Loughgilly	Belleek (72)	Church of Ireland	1824	1992
Loughgilly	Loughgilly (445)	Church of Ireland	1756	2005

St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh

For a full list of sources for County Armagh please click here

To search these records, go to armagh.rootsireland.ie. Please Login and Subscribe if required.

New records for County Westmeath

We are delighted to announce that Westmeath genealogy centre (Dún na Sí Heritage Centre) have added over 13,000 records to their database at www.rootsireland.ie/westmeath These records are as follows:

Cemetery	Parish	Number
Archerstown Churchyard	Clonmellon RC	162
Ardnurcher Churchyard	Ardnurcher COI & RC	125
Crowinstown Graveyard	Delvin RC	133
Dysart Churchyard	Dysart RC	11
Gaulstown Churchyard	Rochfortbridge RC	84
Rarhwire	Killucan RC	1682
Tubber Moate	Tubber and Rosemount RC	1200

Baptisms

• St Mary’s Athlone RC : 249 records – previously missed records

Marriages:

• Mayne RC : 249 records- previously missed records.
  NB: these records belong to Coole parish (Mayne is part of Coole parish)

Deaths:

• Mullingar RC : 190 records – previously missed records 1844-1866

Castlepollard Parish Records:

• Baptisms: 9,176 records
• Marriages: 321 records
• Deaths: 2,596 records

For a full list of sources for Co. Westmeath please click here

To search these records, go to rootsireland.ie/westmeath Please Login and Subscribe if required.

We are delighted to announce the publication of our latest issue of ‘Irish Genealogy Matters’, in which we keep our readers abreast of all of the latest developments in the Irish Family History Foundation and new records online! Click on the image above to read the newsletter in full. We hope you enjoy!

We are delighted to announce that 639 dog licence holders in North Dublin have been added to our database at www.rootsireland.ie/dublinnorth under ‘Census Substitutes’. It details includes the names and addresses of over 600 residents in the greater Swords area in the period 1923-24. It covers Swords, Malahide, Donabate and parts of rural Fingal and gives an insight into various townland names. 

For the list of records of all Dublin North records, and to search these records, go to www.rootsireland.ie/dublinnorth.

 

The Cavan Calling Diaspora Homecoming event which was due to take place in August has been postponed and will instead be held in 2021. See below for a statement on this from Tommy Ryan, CEO Cavan County Council. 

April 7^th 2020

Dear Friend of Cavan,

At this time of global crisis, our thoughts are with the Cavan Diaspora around the world. No matter where we call home, or how many miles separate us, we face this unprecedented threat together.

It is at times like this, when many of us are forced to spend time apart from our loved ones, that we realise the importance of bonds of friendship, of family, and of shared heritage and culture.

Never has a celebration of these bonds, and of our shared love of Cavan, been more warranted. However, these uncertain times call for solidarity and resolve so that we might celebrate all the more when we re-emerge from this period of necessary isolation.

As such, after careful consideration, and with the safety of our friends at home and abroad foremost in our thoughts, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone Cavan Calling until 2021.

The global effort to halt the spread of coronavirus has understandably made it difficult to plan overseas travel and so, in order to facilitate containment measures at home and abroad, we believe it is best to host our homecoming celebration at a later date, when we can safely bring the global Cavan family together in a spirit of kinship and community.

Much effort has gone into planning an unforgettable celebration of all things Cavan, and while we know that a great many of you across the globe were excited to come home this August, allow me to assure you that Cavan Calling will be back in 2021, even bigger and better than before.

For now, until Cavan Calling brings us together again, stay safe.

Tommy Ryan,

Chief Executive,

Cavan County Council

Brian Mitchell of our Derry Centre has just published a new book on genealogy. Entitled A New Pocket Guide to Irish Genealogy, it has just been published in the U.S. by Genealogical Publishing company of Baltimore. 

New Pocket Guide to Irish Genealogy

We are delighted to announce that 61,505 Roman Catholic baptism and marriage records for South-West County Cork have been uploaded to the Roots Ireland database at www.rootsireland.ie/cork. Although these parishes are in County Cork, they are actually part of the diocese of Kerry, and are located on our County Cork sub-domain. They are as follows:

Adrigole (baptisms, 1830-1910; marriages, 1831-1910);

Allihies (baptisms, 1822-1913; marriages, 1823-1872);

Ballydesmond (baptisms, 1888-1915; marriages, 1889-1915);

Boherbue (baptisms, 1864-1904; marriages, 1863-1910);

Castletownbere (baptisms, 1820-1908; marriages, 1817-1915);

Eyeries (baptisms, 1860-1915; marriages, 1823-1910);

Millstreet (baptisms, 1854-1903; marriages, 1855-1903).

For the list of records all Cork records, and to search these records, go to www.rootsireland.ie/corknortheast

NEW KERRY RECORDS ONLINE

We are delighted to announce the addition of  220,000 Roman Catholic baptismal and marriage records from County Kerry to the Roots Ireland database at www.rootsireland.ie/kerry. These records are as follows: Ardfert (marriages, 1859-1900; baptisms, 1859-1900); Ballybunion (baptisms, 1831-1901); Ballyheigue (baptisms, 1858-1900); Ballylongford (baptisms, 1823-1900); Cahirciveen (baptisms, 1845-1900; marriages, 1863-1900); Cahirdaniel (baptisms, 1893-1910; marriages, 1831-1910); Castleisland (baptisms, 1823-1900; marriages, 1822-1900); Castlemaine (baptisms, 1804-1900); Causway (marriages, 1809-1900); Dromod (baptisms, 1850-1901; marriages, 1850-1900); Duagh (marriages, 1827-1911); Fossa (baptisms, 1857-1902; marriages, 1857-1916); Glenbeigh/Glencar (baptisms, 1825-1900); Glenbeigh (marriages, 1829-1898); Glencar (marriages, 1871-1884); Glengarriffe (baptisms, 1846-1877; marriages, 1847-1875); Kenmare (baptisms, 1819-1900; marriages, 1819-1907); Killarney (baptisms, 1785-1900; marriages, 1792-1900); Spa (baptisms, 1866-1920; marriages, 1867-1915); Tarbert (baptisms, 1859-1900; marriages, 1859-1900); Tuosist (baptisms, 1844-1891; marriages, 1879-1882).  

Killarney, early twentieth century

For the list of records for Kerry, and to search these records, go to www.rootsireland.ie/kerry.