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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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====If civil parish or townland is known:====
====If civil parish or townland is KNOWN: ====
*[https://www.swilson.info/rcparishlink.php Catholic Parishes and Civil Parish Links] - enter the name of the civil parish to find the Catholic parish.
*[https://www.swilson.info/rcparishlink.php Catholic Parishes and Civil Parish Links] - search the civil parish to find which Catholic parish it is in.
::If only the townland is known, enter the townland into [https://thecore.com/seanruad/ The IreAtlas Townland DataBase] and it will list the civil parish.
::If only townland known, enter it into [https://thecore.com/seanruad/ The IreAtlas Townland DataBase] to find which civil parish it is in. '''Then''' search for the civil parish above.  
*Compare [https://www.johngrenham.com/places/rcmap_index.php Catholic Parish Maps] and [https://www.johngrenham.com/places/civil_index.php#maps/ Civil Parish Maps].
*Compare [https://www.johngrenham.com/places/rcmap_index.php Catholic Parish Maps] and [https://www.johngrenham.com/places/civil_index.php#maps/ Civil Parish Maps].
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:<div style="font-size:14px;">'''To find the civil parish or townland:'''</div>
====If the civil parish and townland is NOT KNOWN:====
:*Go to [[GuidedResearch:Ireland County of Origin|'''Finding the Ireland County or Parish of Origin''']] to learn how.
*Go to [[GuidedResearch:Ireland County of Origin|Finding the Ireland County or Parish of Origin]] to learn how to find the civil parish or townland.
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====If only the county is known:====
====If only county is known:====
*Learn all of the Catholic parishes in the county to help narrow down results. See [https://www.johngrenham.com/places/rcmap_index.php Catholic Parish Maps].
*Learn all of the Catholic parishes in the county to help narrow down results. See [https://www.johngrenham.com/places/rcmap_index.php Catholic Parish Maps].
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Revision as of 12:58, 26 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.

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

If only townland known, enter it into The IreAtlas Townland DataBase to find which civil parish it is in. Then search for the civil parish above.



If the civil parish and townland is NOT KNOWN:[edit | edit source]



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

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



Side note: 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.