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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Monaghan => Topic started by: aghadowey on Tuesday 18 January 11 19:32 GMT (UK)
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Resources and Links in this thread organised by the following categories:
This thread now replaces the old Monaghan Resources & Links board. I have included all the information that was there and added a lots more resources for County Monaghan but if anyone can supply other links that will help other Rootschatters please let me know by PM or in a new post (a link as well as an explanation as to contents please). The contents of your topic will then be edited into to the relevant category topic and your original posting will be deleted. (This may result in you receiving a "deleted" notification e-mail but will keep this thread tidy and easy to use)
General sources for research
Census Records
Church records
Graveyards & Gravestones
Land Records & Maps
Directories
Places
People & Families
Libraries, Museums & History Groups
Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations
Books, Newspapers, Magazines
Estate Records
Misc. & General Sources
Monaghan Wills
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General sources for research
Visiting Monaghan (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,198756.0.html) might be of interest to anyone going there to research their family.
How to Trace Your Ancestors in County Monaghan(download pdf file)New link 10/2014.
http://www.monaghan.ie/en/media/monaghanie/content/files/pdf/library/TraceyourancestorsbookletFeb2014.pdf
Irish Genealogical Project- Monaghan (http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/monaghan/index.htm)- lots of links
Some Monaghan records here although not all links work: NEW 3/2013
http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/Monaghan/
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Census Records
Monaghan Census Records & Census Substitutes (http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/ulster/monaghan1.htm)
1901 census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie) NOW ONLINE 3/6/2010
1911 census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/) NOW ONLINE
NEW Details about 1766 Religious Census for Clones parish- reply #1:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,622714.0.html
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Church records
Church registers (see link on left side of page)- gives name of church (Church of Ireland, R.C., Presbyterian), date of earliest records and location of records: http://ahd.exis.net/monaghan/
Monaghan C. of I. records (http://ahd.exis.net/monaghan/churchregisters.htm)
Roman Catholic:
R.C. church records with map of parishes (http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/monaghanrc.htm)
Monaghan R.C. records (http://ahd.exis.net/monaghan/churchregisters.htm#rc)
St Macartan's Cathedral (http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/monaghan/monaghan/stmacartans.html) constructed between 1861 and 1891
Magheross Church (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/609143)
St Joseph's, (http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/monaghan/carrickmacross/stjosephs.html) Carrickmacross
Church of the Blessed Virgin & All Saints (known as "All Saints") at Doohamlet was built during the years 1857 to 1861. All Saints' Cemetery was opened in 1921. Before that the dead were buried at Annyalla or in the graveyard at Clontibret old parish church (at Gallagh). Some of them have burial space in Castleblayney or at Ballintra in Tullycorbet Parish.
Chapel built in Annyalla between the years 1796 and 1799 but the present Church of St. Michael the Archangel wasn't built until the 1920s. The Church was dedicated in 1927. There are two cemeteries around the St. Michael’s. The old cemetery dates from around 1800. There are graves for people from both the Doohamlet area and some from the St Mary's area in this cemetery. The new Cemetery to the south east of the new church was opened in 1963.
Church of the Immaculate Conception (St Mary's), Clontibret was built between the years 1846 and 1865. The Cemetery at St Mary’s dates from 1859. Prior to the dedication of St Mary's burials took place in the cemetery at the old parish church at Gallagh and at Annyalla.
Catholic Parish of Inishkeen- map (http://www.thecore.com/~efinn/gene/inishkeen.html)
Presbyterian:
Church of Ireland Monoghan Records
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01lsi (http://www.rootschat.com/links/01lsi) updated 2018
The records for the Ballybay Presbyterians date from 1752 but most of the others date from 1799. Presbyterians settled in the Ballybay area of Co. Monaghan in sizeable numbers in the 1690s and early 1700s They began to worship together at Derryvalley, near Ballybay. The first congregation was known by the parish name of Tullycorbet. Click (http://homepage.eircom.net/~denesbitt/history.html) to read more on the Cahans Project website.
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Graveyards & Gravestones
Monaghan Gravestone Inscriptions (http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/ulster/monaghan5.htm)
Clones Round Tower Graveyard, Clones (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/289630)
Donagh Cemetery inscriptions (http://www.ulsterancestry.com/ShowFreePage.php?id=224)
See also some graveyard listed under Churches
Ireland's Gravestone Index (http://www.irish-world.com/gravestones/index.cfm)- pay site but search is free and can be quite useful (although there are some errors with people being listed twice in wrong parishes)
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Land Records & Maps
Co. Monaghan road map (http://www.monaghantourism.com/html/moncountymap.html)
map of civil parishes (http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/civilparish/index.cfm?fuseaction=GetMap&CityCounty=Monaghan)
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 and parishes in Ireland: www.thecore.com/seanruad
Be sure to change default setting from 'exact match' to search for part of a word.
www.logainm.ie/?menuItem=about&uiLang=en NEW
Griffith's Valuation (http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml) (search by place or name)
Administrative Division of Ireland (http://ireland.kiwicelts.com/irishMap/ireMap.html) This site can be hard to use at first and not complete for everywhere but well worth persisting to see if the area you are interested in is included.
Maps- Civil Parishes (http://www.ancestryireland.com/database.php?filename=map_fermanagh), Civil Parishes (http://applications.proni.gov.uk/geogindx/ferm.htm), Baronies (http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/local_history/geographical_index/baronies_.htm), Some maps linked to Griffith's Valuation (http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4/gv_place_search_form.ph)
Dual Maps (http://www.mapchannels.com/DualMaps.aspx)- display two maps side-by-side for single location (Google Maps + Microsoft Virtual Earth Maps), Multimap (http://www.multimap.com/index.htm), Google Maps (http://maps.google.co.uk)
There are several different systems of land measurement in place in Ireland at various times.
Statute acre (or English acre) = 4840 square yards
Cunningham acre = 6250 square yards. A Scottish measurement. Cunningham acres need to be multiplied by 1.29 to convert them to English, statute acres. www.clancunningham.org/photos/Settlement6.html
Irish acre = 7840 square yards www.sizes.com/units/irish_acre.htm + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre_(Irish)
conversion table (http://www.convertcenter.com/convertunit.aspx/area/irish_acre/all/56/0/1)
This may explain the differences in the acreage of a farm which seems to have changed in size.
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Directories
1824 Pigot's Provincial Directory of Ireland (http://www.failteromhat.com/pigotu.php)
1846 Slater's Commercial Directory of Ireland (http://www.failteromhat.com/slateru.php)
1852 directory (http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/1852Historical.htm)
1861 directory (http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/BSDStart.htm)
1877 directory (http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/BSD1877.htm)
1880 Belfast & Province of Ulster Directory- Ballybay (http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/PT.B1880.htm#BALLYBAY), Carrickmacross (http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/PT.C1880.htm#CARRICKMACROSS), Castleblayney (http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/PT.C1880.htm#CASTLEBLAYNEY), Clones (http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/PT.C1880.htm#CLONES), Cootehill (http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/PT.C1880.htm#COOTEHILL)
1901 directory (http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/BSD1901.htm)
1907 directory (http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/BSD1907.htm)
1910 Ulster Towns directory (http://www.libraryireland.com/UlsterDirectory1910/Contents.php)
1913 telephone directory (http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/1913PhoneDirectory.htm)
1915 Kelly's directory of the leather trade (http://www.failteromhat.com/kelly1915all.php)
Resource guide to Belfast & Ulster directories- NEW 3/8/11
http://www.liscni.co.uk/docs/Belfast_and_Ulster_Street_Directories.pdf
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Places
Shadows of Monaghan (http://tinyurl.com/6ow5qn)- photographs of Monaghan's towns & villages compiled by Monaghan Photographic Society
Co. Monaghan information (http://ahd.exis.net/monaghan/)- includes lots of local history
Carrickmacross (http://carrickmacross.ie)
Rockcorry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockcorry) was built as a linen town by the Corr family.
Dartry (http://ireland.archiseek.com/buildings_ireland/monaghan/rockcorry/dartry_lge.html), or Dawson Grove, was built in 1846
"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
Monaghan Landowners (1870) (http://boards.ancestry.com.au/localities.britisles.ireland.mog.general/10.25/mb.ashx)
Lt Benjamin Watson (son of the Reverend Thomas S. and Anna C. Watson of The Rectory, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan), of the 7th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, aged 20, died of wounds on 17th June 1916. Click here (http://freespace.virgin.net/sh.k/ltwatson.html) to read the letter his company commander, Major A. D. Reid, wrote to Benjamin's parents.
A McConnon family (http://billcash.home.mindspring.com/index.html) lived in the townland of Togan, in the Threemilehouse area of the county in the 1700s.
A couple of famous sons of Inniskeen were the Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh, 1904-1967 (http://www.tcd.ie/English/patrickkavanagh/index.html) and politician Bernard O'Rourke. (http://www.ucd.ie/archives/html/collections/orourke-bernard.htm)
Pritchard family (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pritchards/ancestry.htm) website
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Libraries, Museums & History Groups
Clogher Historical Society (http://www.clogherhistory.ie)
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Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations
Workhouses: Carrickmacross (http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Carrickmacross/), Castleblayney (http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Castleblaney/), Clones (http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Clones/), Monaghan (http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Monaghan/) note: direct links added 12/11
Records of Monaghan Militia 1793-1870 (http://www.rootschat.com/links/06bj) (published 1871)
Early Life in Monaghan (http://www.from-ireland.net/history/cgdlifemonaghan.htm) by Charles Gavan Duffy- includes details of schooling, social life, etc.
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Books, Newspapers, Magazines
Local Journals (http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/ulster/monaghan3.htm)
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Estate Records
The Bath and Brownlow Estates were located in the Barony of Farney (http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction__bath_and_brownlow_estate.pdf)
Papers, which date from the 17th to the 20th century, relating to the Dawson family (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=F9433) who had estates in Counties Armagh, Louth, Monaghan and Waterford are held by PRONI.
Rent Rolls for the Glasslough and Emy Estates are held by the NLI in Dublin.
Estate Records (http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/ulster/monaghan6.htm)
Other Estates in the county (http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction__martin___brett.pdf) were those of the Kane family at Drumreaske, the Leslie family at Ballybay, the Lloyd family at Ballyleck and the Plunkett family at Rockcorry. Information about these Estates are included in the papers of Monaghan solicitors ... Martin & Brett ... which are held by the Public Record Office in Belfast.
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Misc. & General Sources
Various Co. Monaghan Links (http://www.ukisearch.com/monaghan.html) including-
Surname Index 1796 Flax Seed Premium Entitlement Lists
Principal Surnames of County Monaghan
Catholic Qualification Rolls Index: County Monaghanc 1778
General Valuations of Rateable Property in Co. Monaghan, Union of Carrickmacross
Monaghan Names In Verse- printed in Toronto newspaper 1879, refers to Monaghan as it was fifty years earlier [1849]. Over one hundred names.
County Monaghan International Genealogical Index (IGI) Batch Numbers.
IRL-MONAGHAN Mailing List at RootsWeb.
Church of Ireland Marriage Licence Bonds Diocese of Clogher (includes Monaghan, Fermanagh, parts of Cavan, Meath, Louth.)
Monaghan Births in Pettigo, County Donegal
And lots more
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1830-1850 Emigration (http://homepage.eircom.net/~emyvale/page4.html) from Monaghan to Prince Edward Island Canada
Book: Exiles and Islanders, The Irish Settlers of Prince Edward Island by Professor Brendan O'Grady, of Charlottetown University, published 2004.
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Monaghan Wills
PRONI (Public Record Office, Northern Ireland) has added extracts from Will Books in their collection as well as copies of many of the Wills from the transcriptions in Will Books. Many people from Co. Monaghan are in this database and well worth checking - value of property was not always an indication of who might have left a Will.
http://applications.proni.gov.uk/DCAL_PRONI_WillsCalendar/WillsSearch.aspx
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The Irish Family History Foundation's Online Research Service (ORS) is pleased to announce the availability of the first *32,000 baptism records for County Monaghan*. These records cover the parishes of:
Carrickmacross Donaghmoyne Drummully-Currin
Ematris Errigal Truagh Inishkeen
Magheross Monaghan Tydavnet
See our source list for more information
http://monaghan.rootsireland.ie/generic.php?filename=sources.tpl&selectedMenu=sources
Further birth, death and marriage records for Co. Monaghan will follow soon.
See also this thread-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,526740.0/topicseen.html