CARLOW LINKS & RESOURCES

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

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. Carlow links
Lots of Co.Carlow links here
Irish Times Co. Carlow links
Irish Genealogical Project- Carlow[/url]- lots of links
Co. Carlow Local Authorities website- official Co. Carlow government site

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Census Records & Census Substitutes

1870s Co. Carlow landowners NEW

1901 and 1911 census

1901 census- names for following parishes: Clonmore, Crecrin, Hacketstown

1911 Census - Carlow Town
(was missing from National Archives website? - these streets seem to be present on the National Archives website, as of 9/11/11)

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Church Records & Graveyards

Church of Ireland
Church of Ireland website
St. Mary's Cemetery, Rathvilly
Hackettstown Cemetery
Mullawn graveyard, Tullow

Some extracted Carlow baptisms NEW

St. Mullins Heritage Centre   Records for the area including church records from 1796 (Fees charged) NEW

Memorial Inscriptions for Cemetery at St. Patrick's Church, Rathvilly 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/counties/leinster/index_ca.htm#Carlow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townland

To find townlands, parishes, etc. in Ireland- (change default setting from exact match to find part of a word)

1837 Lewis' Topographical Dictionary

Griffith's Valuation

Land Registry

Estate records

Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Carlow
http://www.visionofireland.org/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=4007880

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Directories

Co. Carlow directories- 1788, 1824, 1837, 1839, 1842, 1846, 1852, 1862, 1870, 1881, 1884, 1894, 1931, 1972  NEW

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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."

Photos- Dublin St., Carlow
Carlow Castle

Lisnavagh House (Bunbury family)

Ballon Village
http://ballonvillage.com/index.php/local-history

History of Ballykealey
                                                                                                 Updated Sept 2014

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People & Families

"When we were girls in the Soldiers' Cottages" by Veronica Breen Hogle was published in "The Carlow Nationalist" in July last year. It also appeared in "Celtic Heritage Magazine", NS, Canada, later in the year. http://tinyurl.com/554cqc A number of men in Carlow were given a Soldiers’ Cottage because they fought in Belgium and France in World War One  NEW

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Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations

Workhouses- Carlow
left side of page - Workhouse Locations, Irish Poor Law Unions, Carlow)

Carlow Gaol
Thompson Engineering, Carlow

Carlow Men in the Royal Navy NEW

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Misc. Information

Carlow Registration Districts

Carlow & 1798 Rebellion

1870 dog licences- Bagnalstown NEW