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by Lydia Lynagh
I
don't like 'pure' genealogy per se, that is, the putting
of names on a family tree, instead I like to know
about the people, how they lived and the places they
lived in. There are lots of people who are not like
me, who do like to know just the names and where they
came from. The pages linked to below are pretty much
to do with pure genealogy (but a little bit of the
other thrown in!).
To
my mind, the Lewis Topographical Dictionary is
one of the most valuable and ignored tools for
genealogists or family historians because it gives
us alternative names and spellings of parish names,
also, most importantly it names the religious
parishes which cover any civil parish. I find
that people generally do not understand the Civil
Registration Districts and the fact that a district
can cover townlands in different counties. If
anyone (myself included before I got to know all
this) thinks of Listowel, they immediately think
of County Kerry, the same goes for Tipperary they
think County Tipperary - they'd never think of
it having anything to with County Limerick and
genealogical research in County Limerick. My version
of the Griffiths Primary Valuation differs from
that which you find in the Griffiths CD in that
I list the names of the people who were the 'Immediate
Occupiers' and how many times a persons name is
listed as having land in any townland.
There
is more to do with Limerick Genealogy on the History
& people tables
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County
Limerick, history, geography, genealogy, people
Discovery
Series Map No. 64 : Clare, Kerry, Limerick (General
areas: Kilrush, Foynes, Rathkeale, Newcastle-west.
Discovery
Series Map No 65. Clare, Limerick, Tipperary.
(Limerick areas covered: Adare - Athacca - Ballingarry
- Bohercarron - Bruff - Bruree - Caherconlish -
Cappamore - Castletown - Croagh - Croom - Elton
- Herbertstown - Hospital - Kildimo - Knocklong
- Lackelly - Limerick city (no street names) - Meanus
- Monaster - Mungret - Pallas Grean - Pallaskenry
- Patrickswell)
Discovery
Series Map No. 72. Kerry, Cork, Limerick (General
area: Dromcolliher, Abbeyfeale, Castleisland, Newmarket)
Discovery
Series Map No. 73: Cork, Limerick (General area:
Kilmallock, Charleville (Rath Luirc), Buttevant)
 
Discovery
SeriesMap No. 74: Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford-
(parts of Limerick: Anglesborough - Ardrahin
- Kilbeheny - Lyracappul)
Every
time I have seen someone ask if anyone knows anything
about education or emigration on any of the mail
lists I have been subscribed to I always think of
the 1931 descriptions of the counties in Ireland
which I have on line. At the end of every county
description there are tables listing the figures
for emigration from the county, education in the
county, whether or not the people speak Irish, and
a breakdown of the religious denominations in the
county taken from various census returns from 1821
through 1926. So, these descriptions are of historical
and genealogical importance.
The
Diocescan listings were one of the first sets
of pages I created for this web site, because
sometime way back then I had read that when a
man qualified as a priest he was usually put back
into his own parish, originally I had considered
these tables of importance because they told us
the names of the Roman Catholic parishes in a
Diocese in 1836 (which sometimes changed over
the years) and they also told us the name of the
closest post town - this never changed. So, to
me, these lists help if I am looking for a Roman
Catholic parish which no longer exists. I find
the name of the closest post town to where-ever
it is I am looking for information about and then
I find the records which co exist for that area,
regardless of the name.
Lists
such as the 1832 Military list, the Revenue Officers,
the Admiralty Examinations, the General Synod, the
Presbyterian Synod - these can apply to any county
- they are of genealogical & historical value.
 
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