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COUNTY Laois, (Queen's county, Leix) Ireland
Parish of Bordwell
This parish belongs in the Barony of Clarmallagh. It is surrounded by the civil parishes of Aghaboe, Kilermogh, Donaghmore, Coolkerry, Rathdowney and Kildellig. It's townlands are divided between the Poor Law Unions of Abbeyleix and Donaghmore, and those of the Donaghmore Union will have been assigned to either Roscrea or Abbeyleix when DOnaghmore was dissolved in 1887. The Poor Law Unions are also the civil registration districts for purposes of acquiring copies of birth, marriage or death information from the Irish Civil Registers.
Description - History of the Queen's County
Description - Topographical Index of Ireland, 1837 - Lewis
Tithe Applotment Books - name index
Griffiths Evaluation - index
1901 census - Heads of Households index
1911 census - Heads of Households index
Roman Catholic parish records
Townlands of this parish
Bordwell Big graveyard - Name Index
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