Registration Districts of Ireland


REGISTRATION DISTRICTS OF IRELAND

An Alphabetical List of the Registration District of Ireland with Details of Counties, Sub­ Districts and Adjacent Districts

Michael J. Thompson

1. Introduction

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths commenced in Ireland in 1864, though registration of marriages of non‐Roman Catholics was introduced earlier in 1845. The Births, marriages and deaths were registered by geographical areas known as Registration Districts (also known as Superintendent Registrar’s Districts). The boundaries of the registration districts followed the boundaries of the Poor Law Unions created earlier under the 1838 Poor Law Act for the a dministration of relief to the poor. Each Poor Law Union (PLU) was divided into Dispensary Districts, and again these boundaries were followed to form the sub‐districts or Registrar’s Districts into which the registration district was subdivided. The PLUs did not follow county boundaries and so registration districts and sub‐districts can lie in two or even three counties. Nor do they respect the boundaries of civil parishes.


This finding aid is intended to assist research in the civil registration records particularly in the nineteenth century. The detailed listings of registration districts and sub‐districts and the counties in which they lie are for 1871, and hence capture the early period of civil registration. There were some changes to boundaries over the years, as some of the original PLUs were subdivided to form additional PLUs, and later some were abolished as a result of dwindling populations. An attempt has been made to list significant boundary changes that took place between 1841 and 1911.


Antrim: Antrim, Ballycastle, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Belfast, Coleraine, Larne, Lisburn, Lurgan.

Armagh: Armagh, Banbridge, Castleblaney, Dundalk, Lurgan, Newry.

Carlow: Baltinglass, Carlow, Enniscorthy, New Ross, Shillelagh.

Cavan: Bailieborough, Bawnboy, Cavan, Cootehill, Enniskillen, Granard, Irvinestown, Kells, Lisnaskea, Oldcastle.

Clare: Ballyvaughan, Corrofin, Ennis, Ennistimon, Killadysert, Kilrush, Scarriff, Tulla, Limerick.

Cork: Bandon, Bantry, Castletown, Clonakilty, Cork, Dunmanway, Fermoy, Kanturk, Kilmallock, Kinsale, Macroom, Mallow, Middletown, Millstreet, Mitchelstown, Skibbereen, Skull, Youghal.

Donegal: Ballyshannon, Derry (Londonderry), Donegal, Dunfanaghy, Glenties, Inishowen, Letterkenny, Milford, Strabane, Stranolar.

Down: Banbridge, Belfast, Downpatrick, Kilkeel, Lisburn, Lurgan, Newry, Newtownards.

Dublin: Balrothery, Celbridge, Dublin North, Dublin South, Dunshaughlin, Rathdown.

Fermanagh: Ballyshannon, Clones, Enniskillen, Irvinestown, Lisnaskea.

Galway: Ballinasloe, Ballinrobe, Clifden, Galway, Glenamaddy, Gort, Loughrea, Mountbellew, Oughterard, Portunna, Roscommon, Scarriff, Tuam.

Kerry: Cahirsiveen, Dingle, Glin or Listowel and Rathkeale co. Limerick, Kenmare, Killarney, Listowel, Tralee.

Kildare: Athy, Baltinglass, Celbridge, Edenderry, Naas.

Kilkenny: Callan, Carrick-on-Suir, Castlecomer, Kilkenny, New Ross, Thomastown, Urlingford, Waterford.

Laois (Queen’s): Abbeyleix, Athy, Carlow, Donnaghmore or Roscrea and Urlingford, Mountmellick, Roscrea, Urlingford.

Leitrim: Ballyshannon, Bawnboy, Boyle, Carrick-on-Shannon, Castlerea, Manor Hamilton, Mohill, Roscommon, Strokestown.

Limerick: Croom, Glin or Listowel and Rathkeale, Kilmallock, Listowel, Mitchelstown, Newcastle, Rathkeale, Tipperary.

Londonderry: Ballymoney, Coleraine, Limavady, Londonderry, Magherafelt, Newtown.

Longford: Ballymahon, Granard, Longford.

Louth: Ardee, Drogheda, Dundalk.

Mayo: Ballina, Ballinrobe, Belmullet, Castlebar, Castlereagh, Claremorris, Killala, Newport or Westport, Swineford, Westport.

Meath: Ardee, Celbridge, Drogheda, Dunshaughlin, Edenderry, Kells, Navan, Oldcastle, Trim.

Monaghan: Carrickmacross, Castleblayney, Clogher, Clones, Cootehill, Dundalk, Monaghan.

Offaly (King’s): Edenderry, Mountmellick, Parsonstown (Birr), Roscrea, Tullamore.

Roscommon: Athlone, Ballinasloe, Boyle, Carrick-on-Shannon, Castlereagh, Roscommon, Strokestown.

Sligo: Ballina, Boyle, Dromore West, Sligo, Tobercurry.

Tipperary: Borrisokane, Callan, Carrick-on-Suir, Cashel, Clogheen, Clonmel, Nenagh, Parsonstown, Roscrea, Thurles, Tipperary, Urlingford.

Tyrone: Armagh, Castlederg, Clogher, Cookstown, Dungannon, Enniskillen, Gortin or Omagh and Strabane, Irvinestown, Omagh, Strabane.

Waterford: Carrick-on-Suir, Clonmel, Dungarvan, Kilmacthomas, Lismore, Waterford, Youghal.

Westmeath: Athlone, Ballymahon, Castletown, Delvin, Granard, Mullingar, Tullamore.

Wexford: Enniscorthy, Gorey, New Ross, Shillelagh, Wexford.

Wicklow: Baltinglass, Naas, Rathdown, Rathdrum, Shillelagh.


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AntrimAntrimCorkMallowGalwayTuamSligoBallinaTipperaryCashel
AntrimBallycastleCorkMiddletonKerryCahersiveenSligoBoyleTipperaryClogheen
AntrimBallymenaCorkMillstreetKerryDingleSligoDromore WestTipperaryClonmel
AntrimBallymoneyCorkMitchelstownKerryGlinSligoSligoTipperaryNenagh
AntrimBelfastCorkSkibbereenKerryKenmareLouthDroghedaTipperaryParsonstown
AntrimColeraineCorkSkullKerryKillarneyLouthDundalkTipperaryRoscrea
AntrimLarneCorkYoughalKerryListowelMayoBallinaTipperaryThurles
AntrimLisburnDonegalBallyshannonKerryTraleeMayoBallinrobeTipperaryTipperary
AntrimLurganDonegalDonegalKildareAthyMayoBelmulletTipperaryUrlingford
ArmaghArmaghDonegalDunfanaghyKildareBaltinglassMayoCastlebarTipperaryBirr
ArmaghBanbridgeDonegalGlentiesKildareCelbridgeMayoCastelreaghTyroneArmagh
ArmaghCastleblaneyDonegalInishowenKildareEdenderryMayoClaremorrisTyroneCastlederg
ArmaghDundalkDonegalLetterkennyKildareNaasMayoKillalaTyroneClogher
ArmaghLurganDonegalLondonderryKilkennyCallanMayoNewportTyroneCookstown
ArmaghNewryDonegalMilfordKilkennyCarrick-on-SuirMayoSwinefordTyroneDungannon
CarlowBaltinglassDonegalStrabaneKilkennyCastlecomerMayoWestportTyroneEnniskillen
CarlowCarlowDonegalStranorlarKilkennyKilkennyMeathArdeeTyroneGortin
CarlowEnniscorthyDownBanbridgeKilkennyNew RossMeathCelbridgeTyroneIrvinestown
CarlowNew RossDownBelfastKilkennyThomastownMeathDroghedaTyroneLowtherstown
CarlowShillelaghDownDownpatrickKilkennyUrlingfordMeathDunshaughlinTyroneOmagh


DownKilkeelKilkennyWaterfordMeathEdenderryTyroneStrabane
CavanBailieboroughDownLisburn

MeathKellsWaterfordCarrick-on-Suir
CavanBawnboyDownLurganLaoisAbbeyleixMeathNavanWaterfordClonmel
CavanCavanDownNewryLaoisAthyMeathOldcastleWaterfordDungarvan
CavanCootehillDownNewtownardsLaoisCarlowMeathTrimWaterfordKilmacthomas
CavanEnniskillen

LaoisDonaghmore

WaterfordLismore
CavanGranardDublinBalrotheryLaoisMountmellickMonaghanCarrickmacrossWaterfordWaterford
CavanKellsDublinCelbridgeLaoisRoscreaMonaghanCastleblaneyWaterfordYoughal
CavanOldcastleDublinDublin NorthLeitrimBallyshannonMonaghanClogherWestmeathAthlone
ClareBallyvaughanDublinDublin SouthLeitrimBawnboyMonaghanClonesWestmeathBallymahon
ClareCorrofinDublinDunshaughlinLeitrimCarrick-on-ShannonMonaghanCootehillWestmeathDelvin
ClareEnnisDublinNaasLeitrimManorhamiltonMonaghanDundalkWestmeathGranard
ClareEnnistimonDublinRathdownLeitrimMohillMonaghanMonaghanWestmeathMullingar
ClareKilladysertFermanaghBallyshannonLimerickCroomOffalyEdenderryWestmeathTullamore
ClareKilrushFermanaghClonesLimerickGlinOffalyMountmellickWexfordEnniscorthy
ClareLimerickFermanaghEnniskillenLimerickKillmallockOffalyParsonstownWexfordGorey
ClareScariffFermanaghIrvinestownLimerickLimerickOffalyRoscreaWexfordNew Ross
ClareTullaFermanaghLowtherstownLimerickMitchelstownOffalyTullamoreWexfordShillelagh


FermanaghLisnaskeaLimerickNewcastleOffalyBirrWexfordWexford
CorkBandonGalwayBallinasloeLimerickRathkealeRoscommonAthloneWicklowBaltinglass
CorkBantryGalwayBallinrobeLimerickTipperaryRoscommonBallinasloeWicklowNaas
CorkCastletownGalwayClifdenLondonderryBallymoneyRoscommonBoyleWicklowRathdown
CorkClonakiltyGalwayGalwayLondonderryColeraineRoscommonCarrick-on-ShannonWicklowRathdrum
CorkCorkGalwayGlennamaddyLondonderryLondonderryRoscommonCastlereaghWicklowShillelagh
CorkDunmanwayGalwayGortLondonderryMagherafeltRoscommonRoscommon

CorkFermoyGalwayLonghreaLondonderryLimavadyRoscommonStrokestown

CorkKanturkGalwayMountbellewLongfordBallymahonSligoTobercurry

CorkKillmallockGalwayOughterardLongfordGranardTipperaryBorrisokane

CorkKinsaleGalwayPortumnaLongfordLongfordTipperaryCallan

CorkMacroomGalwayScarriffLouthArdeeTipperaryCarrick-on-Suir

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4 Archdioceses of Ireland

Armagh, Dublin, Cashel & Emly, Tuam

Dioceses

Achonry, Ardagh & Clonmacnois, Clogher, Clonfert, Cloyne, Cork & Ross, Derry, Down & Connor, Dromore, Elphin, Ferns, Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora, Kerry, Kildare & Leighlin, Killala, Killaloe, Kilmore, Limerick, Meath, Ossory, Raphoe, Waterford & Lismore

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