The first-ever Cavan Day – Saturday, 26^th September – is fast approaching and already messages are flooding in from all over the globe, with Cavan people and friends of the county from all corners of the globe sending well wishes to the worldwide Cavan family.

‘Cavan Day’ is an online celebration of Cavan, its people, its heritage, its friends and its global cultural imprint. Taking place in lieu of the planned ‘Cavan Calling’ festival, which will now take place in 2021, Cavan Day will see Cavan people, their descendants, and those with a fondness for the county, celebrate their connection to Cavan, maybe you can wear the Cavan colours of blue and white, fly the flag, make a short video and take to the world wide web to share messages, photos or treasured memories of what Cavan means to you.

A highlight of the day will be a special ‘Cavan Day’ live show which will broadcast live on Cavan TV and on YouTube (See bit.ly/cavanday) at 5pm Irish time; 1pm, New York; 3am on 27^th in Sydney) with interviews with some of the Breffni County’s best-known figures across the world of sport, arts, food, and business, along with messages from Cavan people around the globe. 

Stars such as actor Chris Noth (‘Mr Big’, Sex and the City), chef Neven Maguire, comedian and TV presenter Kevin McGahern, footballer Leanne Kiernan, handball world champion Paul Brady, writer Michael Harding, and actors Aaron Monaghan and Derbhle Crotty will all feature in this magazine-style show, presented by Louise O’Reilly (IrishTV) and directed by renowned filmmaker Alan Bradley, the man behind RTÉ’s Virginia Show and Seán Boylan documentaries.

The many Cavan associations and societies and friends of Cavan around the world have also been sending messages of support, with greetings from New York, London, Philadelphia, Toronto, Auckland, Sydney, Kürnach in Germany, Jaunay-Marigny in France, and Cavan-Monaghan in Canada emphasising the truly global spread of the Cavan family.

We hope that this event can give friends of Cavan at home and abroad a lift following what has been an incredibly difficult year, and help set the scene for a brighter future, where we can all meet in person at Cavan Calling 2021!

Get Involved in #CavanDay!

There are many ways to get involved:

• Watch the Cavan Day Live broadcast at ly/cavanday, or on Cavan TV. (5pm Irish time; 1pm New York, Philadelphia, Toronto; 3am Sunday 27^th in Sydney)
• Post a picture of a favourite Cavan place, memory, or connection to the #CavanDay hashtag on your preferred social network
• If you are overseas, put on the Cavan colours (blue and white) or fly the flag and post a picture of yourself at home or at a local landmark, to Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, using the #CavanDay hashtag
• Post a video greeting to family, friends, or the Cavan diaspora, and post to social media, using the #CavanDay hashtag
• Share a treasured memory of visits home, your connection to Cavan or Cavan ancestry, using the #CavanDay hashtag

To stay informed about Cavan Day, follow @cavancalling and the #CavanDay hashtag on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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!

Get a 12-month subscription to Roots Ireland at 20% off from 1st-14th July!

To obtain 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 2019, we added over 200,000 new records from Laois, Offaly, East Galway, Wexford, Armagh, Cork, Kilkenny, Clare and Waterford. 
• So far in 2020, we have added almost 500,000 records from Kerry, Cork, Armagh, Kilkenny, North Mayo, North Dublin, Westmeath and Wicklow. Further records will be uploaded as the year goes on. 
• Together, our 34 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, particularly in these difficult times.

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.

*Offer applies from 1st July to 12 midnight Irish time on 14th July 2020 only. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

We are delighted to announce the addition of over 67,000 Roman Catholic, Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Methodist burial registers and gravestone inscriptions, along with tithe applotment records to our database at www.rootsireland.ie/mayo. Please Login and Subscribe if required.

Gravestone Inscriptions

Parish Name	Graveyard Name
Achill	ACHILL RC
Achill	BUNACURRY NEW GRAVEYARD RC
Achill	BUNACURRY OLD GRAVEYARD RC
Achill	KILDOWNET NEW GRAVEYARD RC
Achill	KILDOWNET OLD GRAVEYARD RC
Achill	POLRANNY GRAVEYARD RC
Achill	SLIEVEMORE NEW GRAVEYARD RC
Achill	SLIEVEMORE OLD GRAVEYARD RC
Achill	DUGORT ST THOM GRAVEYARD CI
Achill	HOLY TRINITY CI
Addergoole	ADDERGOOLE RC
Addergoole	ADDERGOOLE GRAVEYARD RC
Addergoole	BOFEENAUN GRAVEYARD RC
Addergoole	GLENHEST GRAVEYARD RC
Ardagh	ARDAGH GRAVEYARD RC
Attymass	ATTYMASS GRAVEYARD RC
Attymass	BONNIFINGLASS GRAVEYARD RC
Attymass	KILLEEN GRAVEYARD RC
Backs/Knockmore	BALLINAHAGLISH GRAVEYARD RC
Backs/Knockmore	RATHDUFF NEW GRAVEYARD RC
Backs/Knockmore	RATHDUFF OLD GRAVEYARD RC
Ballina	Ballina Methodist ME
Ballina	ST MICHAELS GRAVEYARD CI
Ballycastle	BALLYCASTLEGRAVEYARD RC
Ballycastle	BALLINGLEN GRAVEYARD PR
Ballycastle	Ballycastle COI CI
Ballycastle	BALLYCASTLE COI GRAVEYARD CI
Ballycroy	BALLYCROY GRAVEYARD RC
Ballycroy	CLAGGAN GRAVEYARD RC
Ballycroy	FAHY GRAVEYARD RC
Ballysakeery	MULLAFARRY GRAVEYARD PR
Ballysakeery	BALLYSAKEERY COI GRAVEYARD CI
Ballysakeery/Cooneal	BALLYSAKEERY GRAVEYARD RC
Ballysakeery/Cooneal	BALLYSAKERRY/COONEAL RC
Belmullet	BELMULLET GRAVEYARD CI
Binghamstown	BINGHAMSTOWN GRAVEYARD CI
Bohola	BOHOLAGRAVEYARD RC
Burrishoole	BURRISHOOLECI
Burrishoole/Newport	BURRISHOOLE GRAVEYARD RC
Burrishoole/Newport	KILBRIDE GRAVEYARD RC
Carracastle	CARRACASTLEGRAVEYARD RC
Crossmolina	CROSSMOLINA RC
Crossmolina	CROSSMOLINA GRAVEYARD RC
Crossmolina	CROSSMOLINA BURIALS COI CI
Crossmolina	GREENWOOD GRAVEYARD CI
Crossmolina	RAPPA GRAVEYARD CI
Erris	ERRIS ME
Foxford	FOXFORD COI GRAVEYARD CI
Foxford	TOOMORE CI
Keelogues	KEELOGUES GRAVEYARD RC
Kilbeagh/Charlestown	BUSHFIELD GRAVEYARD RC
Kilbeagh/Charlestown	CHARLESTOWN GRAVEYARD RC
Kilbeagh/Charlestown	TEAMPAILL GRAVEYARD RC
Kilcommon Erris	CORNBOY GRAVEYARD RC
Kilcommon Erris	GLENAMOY GRAVEYARD, RC
Kilcommon Erris	GLENCASTLE NEW GRAVEYARD RC
Kilcommon Erris	GLENCASTLE OLD GRAVEYARD RC
Kilcommon Erris	GLENCOE GRAVEYARD RC
Kilcommon Erris	INVER GRAVEYARD RC
Kilcommon Erris	KILGALLIGAN GRAVEYARD, RC
Kilcommon Erris	POLLATHOMAS NEW GRAVEYARD RC
Kilcommon Erris	POLLATHOMAS OLD GRAVEYARD RC
Kilconduff/Swinford	KILCONDUFF/SWINFORD RC
Kilconduff/Swinford	MEELICK GRAVEYARD RC
Kilconduff/Swinford	MIDFIELD GRAVEYARD RC
Kilfian	KILFIANGRAVEYARD RC
Kilgarvin/Bonniconlon	BONNICONLON BURIALS RC
Kilgarvin/Bonniconlon	KILGARVAN GRAVEYARD RC
Killala	KILLALA GRAVEYARD RC
Killala	RATHFRAN ABBEY GRAVEYARD RC
Killala	RATHFRAN GRAVEYARD RC
Killala	KILLALA COI GRAVEYARD CI
Killasser	KILLASSER GRAVEYARD RC
Kilmore Erris	CARNE GRAVEYARD RC
Kilmore Erris	CROSS NEW GRAVEYARD RC
Kilmore Erris	CROSS OLD GRAVEYARD RC
Kilmore Erris	CROSS RUINS OLD GRAVEYARD RC
Kilmore Erris	EMLYBEG GRAVEYARD RC
Kilmore Erris	FALLMORE NEW GRAVEYARD RC
Kilmore Erris	FALLMORE OLD GRAVEYARD RC
Kilmore Erris	TERMONCARRAGH GRAVEYARD RC
Kilmoremoy/Ballina	LEIGUE GRAVEYARD RC
Kiltane	BANGOR/SHRAGRADDY GRAVEYARD RC
Kiltane	GEESALA RC
Kiltane	KILTANE RC
Kiltane	DOOHOOMA GRAVEYARD RC
Lacken	LACKEN GRAVEYARD RC
Lacken	LACKEN COI GRAVEYARD
Moygownagh	MOYGOWNAGH NEW GRAVEYARD RC
Moygownagh	MOYGOWNAGH OLD GRAVEYARD RC
Mullafarry	MULLAFARRY COI GRAVEYARD CI
Newport	NEWPORT CI
Templemore/Straide	STRAIDE GRAVEYARDS RC
Toomore/Foxford	FOXFORDGRAVEYARDS RC
Turlough	TURLOUGH PR
Turlough	TURLOUGH CI
Turlough/Parke	BALLYNEW GRAVEYARD RC
Turlough/Parke	TURLOUGH GRAVEYARD RC

Roman Catholic Burial Registers

• Ardagh: 1919-1970
• Ballycastle: 1918-31
• Crossmolina: 1918-70
• Kilcommon Erris: 1922-32
• Kilfian: 1918-70
• Kilmoremoy/Ballina: 1907-21

Church of Ireland Burial Registers

• Binghamstown: 1802-23
• Ballysakeary: 1882-92
• Crossmolina: 1769-1900
• Killala: 1758-1920
• Kilmoremoy: 1770-1920
• Mullafarry: 1849-53

Tithe Applotment Books: 1810-38

• Achill
• Addergoole
• Ardagh
• Attymas
• Ballynahaglish
• Ballysakerry
• Bohola
• Burrishoole
• Crossmolina
• Doonfeeny
• Kilbelfad
• Kilbride
• Kilcommon
• Kilconduff
• Kilfian
• Kilgarvan
• Killala
• Killasser
• Kilmore erris
• Lackem
• Meelick
• Moygownagh
• Rathreagh
• Templemore
• Templemurry
• Toomore

 

 

 

Did you know that Henry Grattan, the famous Irish parliamentarian, lived in Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow? To mark the 200th anniversary of the death of this important figure, Wicklow County Archives, Bray Cualann Historical Society and History Ireland are pleased to present the Henry Grattan Hedge School podcast available from 6th June. For more details click on the link below.

Henry Grattan Podcast

 

We are delighted to announce the uploading of over 34,000 burial records to our database at www.rootsireland.ie/wicklow. Mostly Church of Ireland parishes, but with three Roman Catholic parishes also, they are listed below. Please Login and Subscribe if required.

County Wicklow Burial Records – Church of Ireland

PARISH	DATES
AGHOLD	1700 – 1900
BALLINACLASH	1842 – 1902
BALLYMORE EUSTACE	1832 – 1879
BALLYNURE	1888 – 1899
BLESSINGTON	1813 – 1900
BRAY	1663 – 1900
CARNEW	1806 – 1900
CASTLEMACADAM	1719 – 1889
CLONMORE	1882 – 1926
CROSSPATRICK	1832 – 1900
DELGANY	1665 – 1899
DERRYLOSSARY	1878 – 1900
DONAGHMORE	1720 – 1898
DUNGANSTOWN	1783 – 1903
DUNLAVIN	1698 – 1879
GLENEALY	1825 – 1871
HACKETSTOWN	1878 – 1900
KILBRIDE-ENERILEY	1865 – 1898
KILBRIDE	1816 – 1898
KILCOMMON	1802 – 1900
KILLISKEY	1824 – 1877
KILPIPE	1833 – 1903
KILTEGAN	1879 – 1900
MOYNE	1879 – 1900
MULLINACUFFE	1836 – 1909
NEWCASTLE	1697 – 1898
POWERSCOURT	1664 – 1890
PREBAN	1828 – 1900
RATHDRUM	1702 – 1900
RATHVILLY	1700 – 1900
REDCROSS	1879 – 1900
SHILLELAGH	1835 – 1889
STRATFORD	1804 – 1898
TULLOW	1700 – 1900
WICKLOW	1713 – 1900

Roman Catholic

Baltinglass	1824 – 1830
Carnew (Tomacork)	1847 – 1911
Rathvilly	1861 – 1889

Due to essential website upgrades, www.rootsireland.ie will be offline for approximately ten minutes at 6 p.m. Irish time on  Thursday, 21st May. We apologise for any inconvenience which this may cause. 

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!