Entries from April 2007

April 23, 2007

Dublin Cemeteries

While in the National Archives, Dublin today, I had a look at some of the books entitled “The Memorials of the Dead”. In an introduction to one of them, I saw reference to that fact that from the Reformation to 1829, Roman Catholics in Dublin City had no cemetery. They had to use Protestant Churchyards. [...]

April 16, 2007

Some Useful phone numbers for North Cork Cemeteries

 
While browsing the Cork County Council website for details of Co. Cork cemeteries, I found the following:
http://www.corkcoco.ie/co/web/DOC/1148047962906.htm?did=692779740
Link broken now.
The above is a list of older North Co.Cork cemeteries (County Council, Northern Division) and the link below is to more recent North Co.Cork cemeteries.
http://www.corkcoco.ie/co/web/DOC/1148047559281.htm?did=521285740

Link broken now.
I couldn’t find any list in the current Cork phone [...]

April 15, 2007

Recent Visit to St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork City

St. Joseph’s Cemetery is a well kept,veritable Who’s Who of Cork people (especially Catholics) in the mid- 1800s. It was opened in the early 1800s but records only exist for it from 1871. A walk around this cemetery is fascinating for the genealogist. Names which are associated with many of the merchant families of the [...]