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Limerick Sources

Other Online Sources

For a more detailed list including many offline sources please see Margaret Franklin’s Tracing Your Limerick Ancestors 2013 or contact Limerick Genealogy.

Property Valuation Records

  • Tithe Applotment Books 1824-1835
  • Griffith’s Primary Valuation 1850-1852 and also an index for Limerick searchable at RootsIreland
  • Rate Valuation Books for Limerick City 1893-1971

The Cancelled Books of Griffith’s Valuation for county Limerick from 1858 onwards are not available online but contact Limerick Genealogy for assistance.

Census and Census Substitutes

  • Freeman of Limerick 1719-1817
  • Freemen of Limerick 1746-1836
  • Trade Directories for Limerick City 1769-1925
  • Tholsel Court Records 1773-1795
  • Tholsel Court Records 1811-1833
  • 1817 List of Electors
  • Surviving returns for 1821 Census
  • 1829 Freeholders of Limerick city and environs
  • 1837 Electoral List for Limerick city and environs
  • Surviving returns for 1841 Census
  • Surviving returns for 1851 Census
  • 1852 Electoral List for Limerick city and environs
  • Burgess Rolls for parts of Limerick city 1869-1897
  • 1876 Landowners in county Limerick
  • Register of Electors for Limerick City and environs 1885
  • 1901 Census and also at RootsIreland
  • 1911 Census
  • 1912 Register of Voters for Limerick City
  • Register of Electors for Limerick City 1923
  • Register of Electors for Limerick City 1931-32
  • Register of Electors for Limerick City 1940
  • Register of Electors for Limerick City 1950

Gravestone Inscriptions

Additional offline transcribed gravestone inscriptions are held by Limerick Genealogy; contact us for details.

Limerick City

  • Kileely/St. Lelia’s
  • Kilquane
  • Military Cemetery, Kings Island
  • Mount Saint Lawrence Municipal Cemetery
  • Pump Lane Quaker Graveyard
  • St. Brigid’s
  • St. John’s Church of Ireland
  • St. Mary’s Church of Ireland
  • St. Michael’s
  • St. Patrick’s

Limerick County

  • Abbey
  • Abbeyfeale Church of Ireland
  • Abbeyfeale Cistercian Graveyard
  • Reilig Ide Naofa, Abbeyfeale
  • St. Mary’s Cemetery Abbeyfeale
  • Church of the Assumption, Abbeyfeale
  • Convent of Mercy, Abbeyfeale
  • Abington
  • Adamswood (Old Croagh)
  • Anhid
  • Annagh
  • Ardagh
  • St. Molua’s, Ardagh
  • Ardpatrick
  • Franciscan Friary, Askeaton
  • St. Mary’s, Askeaton
  • Athenacey
  • Ballinard
  • Ballingarry
  • Ballingirlough
  • Ballinlough
  • Ballinure
  • Ballybrood
  • Ballyfroota
  • Ballynakill
  • Ballysimon
  • St. Peter’s & Paul’s, Bruff
  • St. Peter Alexandria, Bruff
  • Caherconlish
  • Cahercorney
  • Caherelly
  • Cahernarry
  • Carrigparson
  • Castle Jane
  • St. Joseph’s, Castleconnell
  • Castletown
  • St. David’s, Churchtown
  • Cloncagh Old
  • Cloncrew
  • Clonkeen
  • Clougheen
  • Crecora Old
  • St. Mary’s, Croom
  • Darragh
  • St. Fintan’s, Doon
  • St. Patrick’s, Doon
  • Dromkeen
  • St. Molua’s, Emlygrennan
  • Glenroe
  • Grange, Bruff
  • Grange
  • Inch Saint Lawrence
  • Kilbeheny Old
  • St. Paul’s, Kilbeheny
  • Kilbreedy
  • Kilcolman
  • Kilfergus
  • Kilfinnane
  • St. Andrew’s, Kilfinnane
  • Kilflynn
  • Killagholehane
  • Killeenagarriff
  • Killonan
  • Kilmacow
  • St. Ita’s, Kilmeedy
  • Kilmoylan
  • Kilmurry
  • Kilteely
  • St. John’s, Knockainy
  • Hill of Knocklong
  • Kyle
  • Laraghlawe
  • Lough Gur/New Church/Teampaill Nua
  • Ludden
  • Mahoonagh Beg
  • Montpelier
  • Nantinan
  • Oola
  • Pallas Old
  • Patrickswell
  • St. Patrick’s, Patrickswell
  • Raheen
  • Rochestown
  • Rockstown
  • St. Anthony’s Cemetery
  • St. Colman’s Well
  • St. Mary’s Graveyard, Meanus
  • St. Molon’s, Tullabracky
  • Stradbally
  • Templain
  • Templeathea
  • Towerhill
  • Tullabracky
  • Tullylease
  • Uregare

Other Sources

Newspapers 

Death notices, obituaries, funeral notices from the Limerick Chronicle 1781-1941

Limerick Genealogy has indexes to biographical notices of births, deaths and marriages relevant to Limerick from 1758 to 1856 and crime reports from the Limerick Chronicle from 1792 to 1850.

Estate Records

With the exception of those listed below, the vast majority of surviving estate records for Limerick are not available online and are to be found in the National Library, the National Archives and Special Collections, University of Limerick.

  • Devon Estate Rentals 1774-1893
  • Coote Family Papers 1776-1844
  • Lloyd Papers 1682-1913
  • Croker Papers 1798-1858

Workhouse Records

  • Limerick Union Board of Guardians Minute Books, 1842-1922

 

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