We are delighted to announce the addition to the Roots Ireland database of 26,210 Armagh records from the 17th to the 20th centuries of the following types:

 

Years	Source	Number of records
1615-1746	Archbishops of Armagh Rentals	2195
1696	Lurgan Quaker Subscribers	131
1714	Manor Court Rolls	1818
1752	Rent Rolls	573
1817-1827	Middletown Church of Ireland Poor Lists	225
1824	Eglish Church of Ireland Church Subscribers	30
1839	Armagh City Government Valuations	838
1845	Armagh City Rates & Assessments	878
1849-1924	Vinecash Presbyterian Church Notes	394
1855-1870	Land Court Records	244
		TOTAL: 7326

 

Church Records

Years	Source	Number
1821-1865	Seagoe Church of Ireland Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths	8300 approx
1824-1860	St Aidans Kilmore Church of Ireland Deaths	3344
1804-1827	Mountnorris Presbyterian Baptisms & Marriages	1921
1845-1882	Killylea Church of Ireland Burials	170
		TOTAL: 13735

 

Headstone Inscriptions
Parish	Graveyard Name	Denomination	Earliest Date	Latest Date	Number
Derrynoose	St John’s COI Madden	Church of Ireland	1731	1986	111
Derrynoose	St Joseph’s RC Madden	Roman Catholic	1826	1987	305
Derrynoose	St Mochuas RC	Roman Catholic	1839	1992	347
Keady	Ballymacnab Old RC	Roman Catholic	1795	1957	135
Killevy	Killevy Old RC	Roman Catholic	1762	1986	469
Killevy	Lissummon RC	Roman Catholic	1833	1990	239
Killevy	St Peter’s & St Paul’s RC Bessbrook	Roman Catholic	1980	1990	87
Kilmore	St Aidan’s Kilmore	Interdenominational	1707	1990	1867
Lisnadill	Redbarns Presbyterian	Presbyterian	1877	1989	852
Lisnadill	St Johns Lisnadill	Church of Ireland	1788	1989	234
Mullaghbrack	St James RC Mullabrack	Roman Catholic	1852	1993	331
Mullaghbrack	St John’s COI Markethill	Church of Ireland	1807	1990	172

TOTAL:  5149

 

We are delighted to announce the addition of 9003 new Kerry Roman Catholic baptismal and marriage records to our database at Roots Ireland. They are as follows:

• Firies RC baptisms, 1827-1894 (7963 records);
• Firies RC marriages, 1830-1893 (1310 records).

For an up to date list of sources for Kerry and to search these records, go to kerry.rootsireland.ie and login or subscribe as required.

We are delighted to announce the addition of 8388 new Monaghan/Clogher census substitute records dating from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries to our database at Roots Ireland! They are as follows:

• 361 Inquisitions for County Monaghan dating from 1591. These list the properties held by people in Monaghan upon their death.
• 1435 records from Book of Survey and Distribution for County Monaghan dating from 1641. These records list the landowners of Monaghan at the time of the outbreak of the 1641 rising.
• 833 records from Book of Survey and Distribution for County Monaghan dating from circa 1650s. These records list the landowners of Monaghan from the mid-1650s.
• 5128 records from index of wills for diocese of Clogher, dating between 1659-1857.
• 631 records from index of those who died intestate in diocese of Clogher, 1793-1821. These list people who died without leaving a will in Clogher diocese.

 

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.

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• RootsIreland holds the most complete and most accurate set of Roman Catholic church records online, as well as numerous 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. In 2022, we added over 57,000 records to our database from Monaghan, Tipperary, Westmeath, Galway and Kerry. More records will be coming soon, including further Monaghan and Kerry records.
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We are delighted to announce the addition of 12,846 new Monaghan census substitute records to our database at Roots Ireland! They are as follows:

Poor List Ellis Bequest (1803)	100 records
Poor List Currin (1811-52)	2208 records
Poor List Mrs Leslie’s (1822-36)	2269 records
Poor List Ematris (1830-50)	2828 records
Poor List Trough Relief Fund (1846)	343 records
Poor List Trough Relief Fund (1847)	3576 records
Poor List Clontibret (1847-64)	1522 records

These poor lists note those in receipt of charity at various dates in County Monaghan, including during the Great Famine.

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.

We are delighted to announce the addition of 3,600 new Westmeath burial and marriage records to our database at Roots Ireland. They are as follows:

Burials

• Clonfad & Fransciscan Abbey – 483 records
• Portshanaghan Churchyard – 23 records
• Ballyloughloe Churchyard – 40 records
• Bunowen – 7 records
• Killua – 19 records
• St Johns Churchyard Clonmellon – 32 records
• Castletown Geoghegan – 40 records
• Clonarney – 105 records
• Lacken – 97 records
• Knockmant – 12 records
• Scarden – 25 records
• Kilcolumb – 139 records
• Clonlost – 26 records
• Griffinstown – 18 records
• Miscellaneous – 1913 records

Marriages

• Mountnugent RC Marriages – 227 additional records

For the full list of burials, go to rootsireland.ie/westmeath and login or subscribe as required.

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• RootsIreland have the most complete and most accurate set of Roman Catholic church records online, as well as numerous 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 added close to 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 East Galway. New records are continually being added to our database throughout the year, which will be announced in due course.
• 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.

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.

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We are delighted to announce the uploading of 9504 new Kilkenny records to our database at Roots Ireland. They are as follows:

• Thomastown RC baptisms, 1900-1910 – 567 records;
• Slater’s Directory, 1856 – 982 records;
• Bassett’s Directory, 1884 – 7955 records.

The Slater’s and Bassett’s directories contain the names of county and public officials, clergy, professional and business people, tradesmen and craftworkers.

For an up to date list of sources for Kilkenny and to search these records, go to kilkenny.rootsireland.ie and login or subscribe as required.