MEATH RESOURCES & LINKS

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Resources and Links in this Section organised by the following categories:

  Census Records
  Church Records & Graveyards
  Land Records & Maps
  Directories
  Places
  People & Families
  Libraries, Museums & History Groups
  Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations

Irish Genealogical Project- Meath- lots of links NEW

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Census Records

1901 Census
1901 English census- list of people born Co. Meath

1901 census NOW ONLINE 3/6/2010

1911 census NOW ONLINE

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Church Records & Graveyards
General history of various denominations in regard to records
Information on various denominations

Church of Ireland:
Slane Protestant clergy
Rathmolyon Church- includes graveyard map & inscriptions

Roman Catholic:
Slane R.C. clergy
Navan Parish

Gravestones
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Ashbourne
Batterstown
Duleek, Church of Ireland
Dunshaughlin
Greenogue, Donaghmore
Saint Keverne Church of Ireland, Oldcastle
Saint Bridget's, Oldcastle
Kells
Kentstown
St. Mary's, Moynalty


Headstones - Slane Historical Society- Hill of Slane, Fennor, Old Grangegeeth, Slane Church of Ireland, Dowth, Gernonstown, Rathkenny, Stackallen, Donore Hill, Monknewtown, Knockcommon

The link is from Ballinacree Historical Society , Killeagh cemetery records -
http://homepage.eircom.net/~ballinacree/killeagh_cemetry_records.htm

Memorial Inscriptions for Co. Meath on IGP-WEB - link

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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, etc. in Ireland: www.thecore.com/seanruad
(change default setting from exact match to search for part of a word)

Griffith's Valuation:
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/
www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php

1777/8 Taylor & Skinner Road Maps of Ireland- "This remarkable and exceptionally rare edition of the first road map of Ireland. The maps were commissioned by the House of Commons in Ireland, and contain 289 pages of maps. The index for these detailed maps shows distances in English and Irish miles. The maps themselves show copious topographical details, like forests, hills, farm land, mills, houses, churches, etc. The large houses also give the owners names." www.failteromhat.com/taylorskinner.php
(note: page says 1877 which is incorrect)

meaning of townlands in Slane area

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Directories

1824 Pigot's Directory
1846 Slater's Directory

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Places

"The Geograph British Isles project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland."

Ardbraccan
Slane area

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People & Families

John Cassidy (1860-1939), artist and sculptor from Co.Meath
William Reynolds (1842-1881), banner artist
Johnston family, singers
Fleming and Conyngham families

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Libraries, Museums & History Groups

Meath County Libraries new link 9/2010

Slane Historical Society

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Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations

Ashbourne National School- register of names 1870-1906
Navan Parish School (current)
Slane School
some Co. Meath schools mentioned here

Workhouses- Castletowndevlin (now Devlin), Dunshaughlin, Kells, Navan, Oldcastle, Trim
(left side of page - Workhouse Locations, Irish Poor Law Unions, Meath)