LEITRIM RESOURCES & LINKS

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

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

Irish Genealogical Project- Leitrim- lots of links NEW

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Census Records
1821 Census (Carrigallen Parish):
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hunter45/census/1821/1821Carrigallencensusindex.htm
1901 census: www.leitrim-roscommon.com/1901census

Population map 1841/1851 (Famine):
www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/famine/demographics_post.html


See also some links under Land Records.

1901 census NOW ONLINE 3/6/2010

1911 census NOW ONLINE

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Church Records & Graveyards

Church Records for Leitrim (all denominations): http://tinyurl.com/64qb63

CMC Project Co. Leitrim (christening, marriage, cemetery):
www.rootschat.com/links/06hc

McTiernan's buried in the Abbey of Creevelea, near Drumahaire in Killanummery civil parish, Drumahaire Barony.

Conwal Glenane graveyard
Diffreen graveyard
Killenora graveyard
Kinlough graveyard

Church of Ireland
Drumlease Parish Church (C of I) in Dromahaire
Killanummery Church of Ireland Parish Registers (extracts).
Killanummery Church, nr. Dromahair and Hamilton graves.
Lurganboy Church of Ireland church was built in 1862.
Manorhamilton Parish Church graveyard

Roman Catholic
Aughavas and Cloone Parishes 
Parish of Drumlease - Killargue, a parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore.
The Catholic Parish of Inishmagrath - St Brigid's Church, Drumkeeran, the parish church, was built in 1869. St Brigid's Church, Creevelea was built in 1871. St Patrick's Church, Tarmon was built in 1835 and the present building erected in 1904.
Parish of Murhaun - Drumshanbo.
Mohill Parish
Map of Cloonclare Catholic Parish

Costello Chapel (smallest in Ireland)

Presbyterian
Lurganboy

Carrick-on-Shannon churches

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

1796 Flax Growers, Co. Leitrim

1833 Tithe Applotments, Oughterragh Parish

Griffith's Valuation
Also this site to search by name or place, view original pages and sometimes maps:
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

Map of Kiltubbrid Parish showing locations of townlands
Map of Mohill Parish showing location of townlands
Map of Rossinver Parish showing location of townlands

1876 Landowners, Co. Leitrim

Estate Records:
1805 and 1813 The Earl of Bessborough's Estate records for the Fenagh and Kiltubbrid.
1812-28 Clements of Woodford Estate.
1833 Sir Humphrey Crofton's Estate
1845-56 William Johnson's Drumkeeran Estate.
www.blurtit.com/q892878.html
The Turner Papers held by PRONI in Belfast relate to the Lauder (Lawder) family of Bunnybeg, Drumsna.

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Directories

Current online directory: www.irelands-directory.com/Leitrim

Leitrim County Library in Ballinamore has some historical directories.

1824 Pigot's Directory (Connaught): www.failteromhat.com/pigotc.htm
1846 Slater's Directory: www.failteromhat.com/slaterc.htm

1931 Mohill Trades Directory: www.from-ireland.net/leit/direct/mohill1931.htm

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Places

Carrick-on-Shannon buildings
Carrick-on-Shannon famine
Carrick-on-Shannon houses

Glenfarne

Kinlough

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

Placenames of Leitrim added 9/10/10

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People and Families

Clements family, Lough Rynn: www.loughrynn.net/index.html
Daniel Clements- www.loughrynn.net/id18.htm
William Sydney Clements- www.loughrynn.net/id63.htm

Dr William Henry Drummond, The poet of the habitant, was born in the village of Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland, on the 13th of April, 1854.

John McGivern, a Co. Leitrim man, emigrated to America where he was able to save some money before he returned home to Glenfarne where he realised his dream by opening McGivern's Dance Hall more than seventy years ago. www.irish-showbands.com/Stories/sligo_weekender03-22-05.htm

McTiernan families: http://mctiernan.com/stephen.htm

An article from 1996 publication "Leitrim Guardian" regarding the death of the nanny of the Whyte family of Hatley Manor. http://tinyurl.com/5l3

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Libraries, Museums & History Groups

Leitrim County Library:
http://www.leitrimcoco.ie/eng/Services_A-Z/Library//
www.familia.org.uk/services/eire/leitrim.html

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Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations

The Famine and the Workhouse
Updated link to workhouses: http://www.workhouses.org.uk/

Workhouses- Carrick-on-Shannon, Manorhamilton, Mohill
(Left Side of Page - Workhouse Locations, Irish Poor Law Unions, Leitrim)

Schools- Carrick-on-Shannon

Four Masters School, Kinlough