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ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF KILLMACDUAGH & KILFENORA, 1836

PARISH PRIESTS, CURATES, PARISHES, POST TOWNS AND COUNTIES

One thing which people do not realise is that the religious parish was not a fixed entity, that is to say that the parishes which existed in 1836 may not have existed in later years and may not be parishes today. The parish or the size of a parish all depended on a number of factors, the first being the size of the population, the second and I guess the most important being whether the Diocese had enough Priests. The size of a parish depended on the Bishop, his management of the area that he was in charge of, so, if the number of people in one parish increased and the number of people in the next door parish decreased, then the Bishop would assign townlands from the larger parish to the smaller parish. The parishes which are not listed in the 1931 directory are marked with **

In some cases Roman Catholic parish names are abbreviated in the 1836 'Complete Catholic Registry and Almanack' so I have compared the names of Roman Catholic parishes listed in 'Thom's Directory of Ireland, 1931' and made suggestions as to the probable full Roman Catholic parish name in 1836. in some cases, where no similar R.C. parish name is found in the 1931 directory I have suggested names from the 1851 Townlands Directory of Ireland.

The first table gives the name of the Parish Priest or P.P., the name of each curate (c.C.) in his parish, and the name of the Roman Catholic Parish. The second table lists the name of the Roman Catholic Parish, the name of the closest 'post town' and the name of the county that the closest 'post town' is in so long as there is not a town of that name in more than one of the counties associated with this Archdiocese

Abbreviated name suggestions

French, Edmund, Dr. - Bishop
French, Edmund, Dr. - Bishop
Fahy, Andrew
Fahy, Andrew
Burke, William
Callahan, Denis
Duffy, Michael V.Rev.V.G.
Fallon, Patrick
Forde, John
Farrelly, Michael
Geoghegan, Tim
Mullins, Patrick
Nelly, Michael
Nolan, John
O'Brien,  Daniel
O'Shaughnessy, M.
O'Connor, Patrick
Quinn, Andrew
Quinn, John
Ryder, Patrick
Sheehan, John

Burke, Michl.
Kelly, Thos.
Acton, John
Fahy, unknown
No Curate
No Curate
Fallon, unknown
No Curate
Shannon, Thos
No Curate
No Curate
No Curate
No Curate
No Curate
No Curate
No Curate
No Curate
No Curate
No Curate
No Curate
Fahy, John

Kinvara
Kinvara
Ballinderen
not named
Tuharrin
Carron
Kilmacdua.
Kiltarton
Kilbecanty
Kilshanny
Crochwell
Kilchreest
Tuhaclay
New-quay
Kilfenora
Behat
Peterswell
No named
Ardrahan
Glenaragh
Ennistymon

Kinvara
Kinvara
Ballinderen
not named
Tuharrin
Carron
Kilmacdua.
Kiltarton
Kilbecanty
Kilshanny
Crochwell
Kilchreest
Tuhaclay
New-quay
Kilfenora
Behat
Peterswell
No named
Ardrahan
Glenaragh
Ennistymon

Kinvara
Kinvara
Kinvara
Liocanner
Ennistymon
Burrin
Gort
Gort
Gort
Ennistymon
Crochwell
Loughrea
Ennistymon
Burrin
Not listed
Gort
Not listed
Kilfenora
Ardrahan
Burrin
Ennistymon

Galway
Galway
Galway
Clare
Clare
Clare
Galway
Galway
Galway
Clare
Galway
Galway
Clare
Clare
Galway
Galway
Galway
Galway
Galway
Clare
Clare

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Abbreviated Name Suggestions

PARISH NAME	SUGGESTION	SOURCE
Ballinderen Behat Crochwell Glenaragh Kilbecanty Kilmacdua. Kiltarton Tuhaclay Tuharrin	Ballindereen Not listed Craughwell Glanaragan Kilbeacanty Kilmacduagh Kiltartan Touclea Touheran	1931 Directory 1931 Directory 1931 Directory 1931 Directory 1931 Directory 1931 Directory 1931 Directory 1931 Directory 1931 Directory

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