Parish of Tralee R.C.

[Grumpyoldgit]

I have just used the excellent irishgenealogy.ie site and tracked down the date of birth and other details for my GG Grandfather Robert Hughes. The details are quite impressive but being transcribed it is not quite the same as seeing the actual page of the register. One never knows if some piece of information has been mis-transcribed or missed out completely.

The parish structure in Ireland is somewhat more complicated than I had expected so I would like some advice if possible. According to Rootsweb, the original microfilms for the Diocese of Kerry would be kept at the National Library in Dublin and that to be seen, permission of the Bishop would be required. Alternatively, the original parish records might still be held by the parish priest, which in this case, would be the Church of St. John the Baptist in Tralee.

My question is, are the original records likely to be on-line somewhere or should I start planning my trip?