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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Longford => Topic started by: aghadowey on Tuesday 16 June 09 16:55 BST (UK)
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Census Records & Census Substitutes
Church Records & Graveyards
Land Records & Maps
Directories
Places
People & Families
Libraries, Museums & History Groups
Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations
Misc. Links
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Census Records & Census Substitutes
1901 and 1911 census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie)
1901 Census Ballagh townland (extracts): www.igp-web.com/longford/census/1901census_267.htm
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Church Records & Graveyards
Co. Longford Church records on IGP Web: link (http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/longford/photos/tombstones/markers.htm)
various church records: www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/links/counties/longford.htm
At the present date the Corboy Presbyterian church (http://web.archive.org/web/20070917110558/http://www.iol.ie/~longcomm/corboy.htm) is a small community of about ten families. The church was established in the mid 1600s. It was the first congregation in the county, which in its heyday boasted three churches, Corboy, Tully and Longford Town. Today only Corboy remains and it has two distinctions: It is the oldest surviving congregation in the Irish Midlands as well as being the oldest Presbyterian church in continual use outside Ulster. The 'From Ireland' © website of Dr Jane Lyons contains an article which may interest those RootsChatters whose ancestors came from Co. Longford. It's title is "The Presbyterian Exodus from Co. Longford in 1729" (http://www.from-ireland.net/long/hist/preslong1729.htm) by Thomas J. Barron which was published in Breifne.
Longford is a Cathedral town and is the seat of the Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise. Saint Mels Cathedral (http://www.libraryireland.com/Atlas/Longford-St-Mels-Cathedral-Interior.php) and Saint Johns Church both date from the 19th century. The town is located within the Church of Ireland (Anglican/Episcopalian) Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh.
Edgesworthstown Parish St Mary's Church: http://tinyurl.com/4doqn6
Old Drumlish Cemetery: www.interment.net/data/ireland/longford/drumlish/old.htm
Saint Patrick Churchyard, Ardagh : http://www.interment.net/data/ireland/longford/stpat/index.htm
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Land Records & Maps
Townlands, Parishes, etc.
Counties are made up of parishes and parishes are made up of a group of townlands. If you are doing any research in Ireland these divisions become extremely important.
For further information:
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/records/land/townland.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townland
http://www.ancestryireland.com/database.php?filename=townlands
To find townlands + parishes: www.thecore.com/seanruad (change default setting from exact match to find part of a word)
Also: www.logainm.ie/?menuItem=about&uiLang=en
Griffith's Valuation: http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml
Griffith's Valuation, Longford: www.failteromhat.com/longford.htm
Map- Ballymacormick Parish: http://longford.ca/Ballymacmap.html
Map- Clongish Parish: http://longford.ca/clongishmap.html#Clongish%20Map
Map- Killashee Parish: http://longford.ca/kilmoff.html
Map- Kilcommock & Moydow Parish: http://longford.ca/KilcomMoymap.html
Map- Templemichael Parish: http://longford.ca/Templemichaelmap.html#Templemichael%20Map
Co. Longford land records: www.igp-web.com/longford/land.htm
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Directories
1824 Pigot's Directory, Longford Town: www.igp-web.com/longford/1824_directory.htm
1824 Pigot's Directory, Granard: www.igp-web.com/longford/1824_directory2.htm
1894 Longford Town directory: www.igp-web.com/longford/directory.htm
1846 Slater's Directory : includes Longford town, Athlone (part Longford), Ballymahon, Granard, Edgesworthtown, see : Leinster listing (http://www.failteromhat.com/slaterl.htm)
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Places
Ardagh: Link is no longer working
Ballinalea, Clonbroney Parish: http://web.archive.org/web/20090504061056/http://www.iol.ie/~longcomm/ballinalee.htm (http://web.archive.org/web/20090504061056/http://www.iol.ie/~longcomm/ballinalee.htm)
Castleforbes: http://web.archive.org/web/20110629080128/http://www.iol.ie/~newtownf/castleforbes.html (http://web.archive.org/web/20110629080128/http://www.iol.ie/~newtownf/castleforbes.html)
Columbkille: www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,296818.0.html
Edgeworthstown: www.mostrim.org
Granard: www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,205642.0.html
Moate: www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,290019.0.html
Places in Co.Longford: www.longfordtourism.ie/events.php?action=9&cid=5&scid=18
Lewis' Topgraphical Dictionary: www.from-ireland.net/long/lewis/longfordindex.htm
"The Geograph British Isles project (http://www.geograph.org.uk) aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland."
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People & Families
Moffatt Family Case Study:http://mikefamhis.tk/Longford_Voters_list_1790.php (http://mikefamhis.tk/Longford_Voters_list_1790.php)
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Libraries, Museums & History Groups
Various sites in Co. Longford listed here:
www.countylongford.com/longford_heritage_museum.htm
Co. Longford Library Service: www.longfordlibrary.ie/local_lib.html
Co. Longford Historical Society: www.longfordcic.ie/organisations.php?action=1&cat_id=2&id=49
Their journals (TEATHBHA): www.xs4all.nl/~tbreen/Journals/teathbha.htm
Co. Longford Family History website - photographs, short items of genealogical & historical interest: http://longford.ca/landscapes/index.php
Longford Westmeath Argentina Society:
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,285805.0.html
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Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations
Pigot's and Slater's Topography of the British Isles stated that in 1843, there were thirty national schools in the county. These were attended by a total of over four thousand children.
St Mel's College opened in September 1865 with forty eight boarders and twenty five dayboys www.stmelscollege.ie/history.htm
Saint Michael’s Boys National School, St. Mel’s Road, is the oldest school in the county. Its roots stretch back to 1853. http://homepage.eircom.net/~stmichaelsbns
Workshouses, Co. Longford:
Ballymahon: http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Ballymahon/
Granard: http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Granard/
Longford Town: http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Longford/
Co. Longford records- military & constabulary: www.igp-web.com/longford/military.htm
Co. Longford R.I.C. men names + details: www.igp-web.com/longford/ric1.htm
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Misc. Links
Fr. Manning Gaels (GAA), Drumlish: http://uk.geocities.com/fr_manning_gaels/clubhist.htm Broken Link
Longford Co. Council: www.longford.ie
Irish Genealogical Project- Longford (http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/longford/index.htm)- lots of links NEW