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The Roman Catholic Church divided Ireland into Catholic parishes that did not usually align with Ireland's civil parishes. Searching by civil parish will not locate the Catholic record. In order to find a record or narrow results, search by the Catholic parish.   
The Roman Catholic Church divided Ireland into Catholic parishes that did not usually align with Ireland's civil parishes. Searching by civil parish will not locate the Catholic record. In order to find a record or narrow results, search by the Catholic parish.   
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:<div style="font-size:16px;>''Knowing the '''civil parish''' or '''townland''' is necessary to find the Catholic parish. Go to [[GuidedResearch:Ireland_County_of_Origin|'''Finding the Ireland County or Parish of Origin''']] to learn how to find the parish.''</div>
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Revision as of 10:55, 9 November 2018

Finding the Catholic Parish[edit | edit source]

The Roman Catholic Church divided Ireland into Catholic parishes that did not usually align with Ireland's civil parishes. Searching by civil parish will not locate the Catholic record. In order to find a record or narrow results, search by the Catholic parish.

Knowing the civil parish or townland is necessary to find the Catholic parish. Go to Finding the Ireland County or Parish of Origin to learn how to find the parish.


If civil parish or townland is known:[edit | edit source]

If only the townland is known, enter the townland into The IreAtlas Townland DataBase and it will list the civil parish


Many Catholic parishes have multiple names. Go to National Library of Ireland and enter the name of the parish or click on the parish on the map to learn its variant names.


If only the county is known:[edit | edit source]

Learn all of the Catholic parishes in the county to help narrow down results. See Catholic Parish Maps.