St. Thomas Dublin Parish Records

[npl]

Hello Rootschatters,

I am wondering if anyone can advise me, please. My great grandfather was baptised in St. Thomas in 1870, but I cannot find any records for this parish.

Does anyone know if they still exist, and if so where would I find them?

Many thanks in advance.

Nora

[athacliath62]

The St. Thomas church of Ireland records are on IrishGenealogy, but they are badly damaged and there are lots of gaps. You can even see burn marks on some of the pages e.g. this page

[npl]

Thank you Athacliath 62 for your reply.
From the example page you sent the link to they do indeed seem it a bad state. Such a pity they were not better looked after.

Nora

[CBGenealogy]

It's not a question of them being badly looked after...they were most likely in the Four Courts when it was blown up in 1922!

[Sinann]

It's not a question of them being badly looked after...they were most likely in the Four Courts when it was blown up in 1922!

Close, 1922 but a fire in the church according to this
https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/registers/ParishRegisters/PARISHREGISTERS.pdf
Page 41.

Checked the newspapers , Thursday 6 July 1922, it was attacked by the National Army as it was occupied by Irregulars. "little remained of the building in the morning but a shell."
Depends on what paper you read, not sure the Irregulars were still in the church, another paper says embers from the fire in the Gresham Hotel was the cause.
Basically it went on fire due to the Civil War.

Think I have it now the church was damaged by bullets on Tuseday 4th while occupied by Irregulars but the fire was as a result of the embers from the Gresham on Thursday.

There was so many buildings occupied and so many on fire it gets confusing.

[npl]

Thank you Purpeller and Sinan for your replies.

It is so sad when these things happen. Valuable records are lost or in such bad condition, they are almost unusable. Family records are so important and without them we are blocked from going any further back. Frustrating to say the least.

[hallmark]

Is he not on Civil Reg??

As he wasn't R.C. you might even get parent's Marriage as non-RC Marriages start 1845.

as per https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/civil-records/help/what-civil-records-are-on-line

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Have you looked for Civil Reg Birth Reg for him or siblings on

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp  ?

..follow on-screen instructions.

Adjust Search to look for Marriage etc......

Just add his name to example posted below!!

[CBGenealogy]

The Civil War has a lot to be blamed for!

[npl]

Thank you Hallmark for your reply and suggestions.

I have searched for him in every different way I can think of with no results. Perhaps he was never registered for some reason. My father wasn't registered either. I have no way around this if that is the case.

Thank you all for your efforts.

Nora