R.C. Church, Swords

[Katharine F]

Hi,

I have an ancestor whose baptism I found but it just says Swords, Dublin, 15 Feb 1834. I thought Swords was a part of Dublin with more than one church. Does anyone have any idea which would have been the most likely church in 1834?
Some of the other children in the family were baptised in St Catharine's Dublin.

[Sinann]

These are parish records not individual church records, because the inner city parishes are smaller they usually have only one church so you can tell not only the parish but also the church.

[hallmark]

Swords in in county Dublin, not Dublin City

http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0502

[Katharine F]

Thanks Sinann.

Hallmark it was on nli that I found the record. I will have another look and see if I missed anything.

[hallmark]

It was only a village then...
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[Katharine F]

Oh thanks for that map Hallmark, really interesting 

[Sinann]

Click on each of the Civil Parishes and you can see all the townlands in the parish
https://www.johngrenham.com/places/civil_in_rc.php?churchid=0502&county=&church_name=Swords

You can than find these Civil Parishes using the search of Historic Parish and look for RCC on the map which marks the Roman Catholic Churches, the COI ones are Ch.
http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,717711,746515,7,7

[Katharine F]

Thank you for that information Sinann   

[Katharine F]

I have had a look and rechecked the baptism record I mentioned. So now I realise that the actual church isn't specified, it's the parish.