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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Kilkenny => Topic started by: aghadowey on Tuesday 04 August 09 22:22 BST (UK)
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Resources and Links in this Section organised by the following categories:
Census Records & Census Substitutes
Church Records & Graveyards
Land Records & Maps
Directories
Places
People & Families
Libraries, Museums & History Groups
Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations
Misc. Information
Co. Kilkenny Genealogy & History (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/)- excellent website with all sorts of maps and resources
Irish Genealogical Project- Kilkenny (http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/kilkenny/index.htm)- lots of links
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Census Records & Census Substitutes
Kilkenny census records & census substitutes (http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/counties/index.cfm?fuseaction=census&CityCounty=Kilkenny#Kilkenny) New
1851 census- Aglish Parish
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/IrelandGenWeb/2003-01/1043862675
1901 Civil Parishes
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/civilparish/index.cfm?fuseaction=GetMap&CityCounty=Kilkenny
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Church Records & Graveyards
Ballylarkin Parish Church (http://www.from-ireland.net/photography/ballylarkin-graveyard-photographs-co-kilkenny/) (also known as Ballylarkin Abbey)
Kilkenny Archaeological Society link which gives detailed list of gravestone inscriptions.
http://kilkennyarchaeologicalsociety.ie/library/archival-collections/detailed-list-of-gravestone-inscriptions/
Kilkenny Archaeological Society link which gives detailed list of gravestone inscriptions.
Church of Ireland
St Cancie's Catedral (http://www.stcanicescathedral.com/)
Roman Catholic
St. Mary's Cathedral (http://www.ossory.ie/diocese/st-marys-cathedral), Kilkenny
R.C. Parishes (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/caparish_kilkenny.htm)
Castlecomer R.C. Graveyard (http://www.from-ireland.net/blog/castlecomer-rc-graveyard-co-kilkenny-ireland-gravestone-photographs/)- over 600 names indexes (with over 160 photos so far)
Smithstown Old R.C. Graveyard (http://www.from-ireland.net/photography/smithstown-graveyard-photographs-co-kilkenny/)
St. John's Churchyard (http://www.interment.net/data/ireland/kilkenny/stjohn/index.htm), Kilkenny
Kilmacow Parish baptisms (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/records/kilmindx.htm) (1858-1880)
Antiquities of Thomastown R.C. Parish (http://www.from-ireland.net/photography/thomastown-graveyard-photographs-co-kilkenny/)
Church of Assumption, Owning (http://www.templeorumparish.com), Templeorum Parish
Church of Assumption, Piltown (http://www.templeorumparish.com), Templeorum Parish
Church of the Assumption, Templeorum (http://www.templeorumparish.com), Templeorum Parish
http://homepage.eircom.net/~templeorum/index.htm
History of the congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, from 1733 to 1900
http://archive.org/stream/historyofcongre02smaluoft/historyofcongre02smaluoft_djvu.txt
Methodist
Kilkenny Methodist Church (http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2881792-kilkenny_methodist_church_kilkenny-i)- photo here (http://www.kilkennymethodist.org/)
Memorial Inscriptions for Co. Kilkenny Cemeteries on IGP here (http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/kilkenny/photos/tombstones/markers.htm)
Clara and Gowran Baptism's 1809
http://www.from-ireland.net/baptism-records-clara-gowran-kilkenny-1809 (http://www.from-ireland.net/baptism-records-clara-gowran-kilkenny-1809)
Updated Feb 2015
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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/census/townland.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townland
http://www.ancestryireland.com/history-of-the-irish-parliament/constituencies/county-kilkenny
To find townlands, parishes, etc. (http://www.thecore.com/seanruad)in Ireland- (change default setting from exact match to find part of a word)
Griffith's Valuation (http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml)
Land Registry: www.landregistry.ie/eng
Kilkenny Maps (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/kmap.htm), map of Kilkenny towns (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/kbigmap.htm)
Old Maps
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/oldmaps.htm
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Directories
1824 Pigot's Directory- Leinster (http://www.failteromhat.com/pigotl.php)
1846 Slater's Directory- Leinster (http://www.failteromhat.com/slaterl.php)
1915 Kelly's Directory of the Leather Trade (http://www.failteromhat.com/kelly1915.php)
1931 Trades Directory- Callan (http://www.from-ireland.net/kilk/direct/callan1931.htm), Castlecomer (http://www.from-ireland.net/kilk/direct/ccomer1931.htm), Graiguenamanagh (http://www.from-ireland.net/kilk/direct/graiguenam1931.htm)
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Places
"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."
Clontubrid (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,206505.0.html)
Mount Juliet estate (http://www.mountjuliet.ie/estate/history.html) (Butler family)
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Libraries, Museums & History Groups
Kilkenny Library- Local Studies Dept. (http://kilkennylibrary.kilkenny.ie/eng/Local_Studies/Local_Studies_.html)
Kilkenny Archaeological Society (http://www.kilkennyarchaeologicalsociety.ie/)
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Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations
Kilkenny College (http://www.kilkennycollege.ie//?page_id=10)- founded 1538
Workhouses
Callan
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Callan
Castlecomer
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Castlecomer
Kilkenny
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Kilkenny
Thomastown
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Thomastown
Urlingford
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Urlingford
Co. Kilkenny Blacksmiths & metalworkers (http://www.kilkennyarchaeologicalsociety.ie/kilkennyblacksmiths.htm)
Coalmining in Castlecomer (http://www.sip.ie/sip019B/index1.htm) Updates Sept 2013
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Misc. Information
Civil registration districts & misc. information (http://www.from-ireland.net/kilk/civ.htm)