Major news: Irish Catholic parish registers join Ancestry

Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) has added a major series of collections of Roman Catholic records from parishes across Ireland. From that I can see, these are new collections available online, the source information noting that they have been obtained from "Dublin, Ireland: E-Celtic, Limited". (UPDATE: That seems to be this firm - www.eceltic.ie).

The following are the collections now available:

1) Ireland, Select Catholic Birth and Baptism Registers, 1763-1912
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=6068

Record sourced from the following 73 parishes:

Addergoole
Allen
Annacarty
Armagh
Aughrim* (see update below)
Backs
Ballina (Ardnaree)
Ballina (Kilmoremoy)
Ballinakill
Ballon and Rathoe
Ballyadams
Ballybricken
Ballyconneely
Ballyfin
Baltinglass
Bangor Erris
Belmullet
Beragh
Caherlistrane (Donaghpatrick and Kilcooney)
Canice's (Finglas and St Margaret)
Cappawhite
Carlingford
Carlingford and Omeath
Carnaross
Castlebar
Castleconnor
Claddaghduff (Omey and Ballindoon)
Clifden
Coalisland
Cooley
Crossmolina
Darver
Donaghmore
Easkey
Emly
Golden
Golden and Kilpack
Inishboffin
Kilcloon
Kilcommon Erris
Kilcurry
Kilcurry (Bridgeacrin)
Kilcurry (Faughart)
Kilglass
Kill
Killala
Killursa
Kilmacshalgan
Knockmore and Rathduff
Lackagh
Lacken
Louisburgh
Louisburgh (Kilgeever)
Louth
Magherafelt
Malahide
Moneymore
Mountrath
Moy
Moy (Clonfeacle)
Mullingar
Naas
Portlaoise (Maryborough)
Rathangan
Rathvilly
Skreen and Dromard
Summerhill
Termonmaguirc
Tinryland
Tourlestrane
Tourlestrane (Kilmactigue)
Tullow
Westland Row

2) Ireland, Select Catholic Marriage Registers, 1775-1912
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=9054

Records sourced from 62 parishes:

Addergoole
Allen
Annacarty
Armagh
Aughrim* (see update below)
Backs
Ballina (Ardnaree)
Ballina (Kilmoremoy)
Ballinakill
Ballon and Rathoe
Ballyadams
Ballybricken
Ballycastle
Ballyconneely
Ballyfin
Baltinglass
Bangor Erris
Caherlistrane (Donaghpatrick and Kilcooney)
Canice's (Finglas and St Margaret)
Cappawhite
Carlingford
Carlingford and Omeath
Carnaross
Castleconnor
Clifden
Cooley
Crossmolina
Darver
Donaghmore
Easkey
Emly
Golden and Kilpack
Inishboffin
Kilcommon Erris
Kilcurry (Faughart)
Kilglass
Kill
Killala
Killursa
Knockbridge
Knockmore and Rathduff
Lackagh
Lacken
Louisburgh
Louisburgh (Kilgeever)
Louth
Magherafelt
Malahide
Mountrath
Moy
Moy (Clonfeacle)
Naas
Portlaoise (Maryborough)
Rathvilly
Skreen and Dromard
Solohead
Summerhill
Termonmaguirc
Tinryland
Tourlestrane
Tourlestrane (Kilmactigue)
Tullow


3) Ireland, Select Catholic Death and Burial Registers, 1767-1912
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=9055

Records sourced from 19 parishes:

Armagh
Ballina (Kilmoremoy)
Ballinakill
Baltinglass
Canice's (Finglas and St Margaret)
Carlingford
Carlingford and Omeath
Castleconnor
Cooley
Darver
Kilglass
Kill
Magherafelt
Mountrath
Portlaoise (Maryborough)
Rathvilly
Skreen and Dromard
Summerhill
Tinryland


4) Ireland, Select Catholic Confirmation Registers, 1775-1912
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=9053

Records sourced from 12 parishes:

Ballina (Kilmoremoy)
Ballinakill
Ballon and Rathoe
Baltinglass
Canice's (Finglas and St Margaret)
Castleconnor
Easkey
Killala
Moneymore
Mountrath
Rathvilly
Tourlestrane (Kilmactigue)


* UPDATE: Thanks to Stuart McGee for the following correction re: Ancestry's text - "Just a small point but could be important to users of Ancestry; the list of parishes includes ‘Aughrim’ and they (Ancestry) say it is in Co Galway... However this parish is Church of the Holy Family, Aughrim Street which is in Dublin"

Chris

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