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 Catholic Church Records
-Roman Catholic parish registers for most rural areas were not kept until the 1820s or much later. However, records for urban areas often start earlier; sometimes much earlier and as far back as the mid-eighteenth century or occasionally before. Registers in the City of Limerick for example begin in 1745, the for Cork Cathedral in the 1766. '''[[Ireland Catholic Church Records|Read more...]]'''
+Roman Catholic parish registers for most rural areas were not kept until the 1820s or much later. However, records for urban areas often start earlier; sometimes much earlier and as far back as the mid-eighteenth century or occasionally before. Registers in the City of Limerick for example begin in 1745, those for Cork Cathedral in 1766. '''[[Ireland Catholic Church Records|Read more...]]'''
-Most parishes (a church unit with geographical boundaries) kept its own records, unless it was used merely as a worshiping chapel such as two additional chapels which stood within the boundary of the Newry (Co. Armagh) Roman Catholic Parish.
+Most parishes (a church unit with geographical boundaries) kept their own records. Some parish buildings were erected and used merely for baptising and worshiping chapels.
 Catholic parish registers mainly include christening and marriage records. Few registers contain death or burial records. Occasionally a register will contain a parish census. Read more...<br>Availability of Catholic Parish Registers