Category Archives: Chapels and Churches

Catholic Parishes and Chapels in Dublin city – 1818

Posted on 25 July 2023 by Shane

Extract from “History of the City of Dublin from the earliest accounts to the present time” by the late J. Warburton (Deputy keeper of records in Birmingham tower)the late Rev. J. Whitelaw M.R.I.A., vicar of St. Catherine’sand the Rev. Robert … Continue reading →

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Revised notes on ITM coordinates to view old Churches etc

Posted on 20 January 2022 by Shane

Updated the instructions for locating old churches and chapels on Historic maps using ITM coordinates on OSI/GeoHive See : Using Coordinates on GeoHive/OSI

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Website Updates for Mobile

Posted on 2 October 2018 by Shane

Various updates and fixes to the mobile phone compatible section of the website and also added new pages to shows historic c1840 Catholic and Church of Ireland parish details and Church locations. Church markers show GPS & ITM coordinates, and … Continue reading →

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Further RC Parish Database Updates

Posted on 4 April 2015 by Shane

Further options added to the parish database system – the RC parish details screen now shows distance and direction for the nearest Catholic parishes, to aid further searches when the required location might close to the boundary between two parishes. … Continue reading →

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RC Parish Database Updates

Posted on 22 March 2015 by Shane

A number of Civil Parishes listed on the townland Index were not matched to Catholic Parishes during the initial cross-linking process [1], usually as a result of no reference being made to these being associated in Lewis. In some cases … Continue reading →

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