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|[[Image:Ireland Rebuilding of Tuam Cathedral 1865.jpg|thumb|right|370x235px|<center>Ireland Rebuilding of Tuam Cathedral 1865<center>]] | |[[Image:Ireland Rebuilding of Tuam Cathedral 1865.jpg|thumb|right|370x235px|<center>Ireland Rebuilding of Tuam Cathedral 1865<center>]] | ||
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Effective research in church records requires some understanding of your ancestor's religion and the events that led to the creation of church records. | Effective research in church records requires some understanding of your ancestor's religion and the events that led to the creation of church records. | ||
==Major Historical Events== | ==Major Historical Events== | ||
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'''1829''' Irish Catholics became free to practice Catholicism without legal persecutions. Many Catholic records were begun. | '''1829''' Irish Catholics became free to practice Catholicism without legal persecutions. Many Catholic records were begun. | ||
'''1833''' Church Temporalities Act (3 & 4 Will. IV, c. 37, amended by 4 & 5 Will. IV, c. 90)redistributed the wealth of the State Church and resulted in the reduction of the Archdioceses | '''1833''' Church Temporalities Act (3 & 4 Will. IV, c. 37, amended by 4 & 5 Will. IV, c. 90)redistributed the wealth of the State Church and resulted in the reduction of the Archdioceses from four to two and ten of the Dioceses being merged with neighboring Dioceses. The diagrams below show the structure before and after the Church Temporalities Act. The act also signaled the first movement toward land reform with the ability of tenants to purchase their rented church lands. | ||
'''1869''' The Church of Ireland ceased to be recognized as the state church. | '''1869''' The Church of Ireland ceased to be recognized as the state church. | ||
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