County Cork (Irish: Contae Chorcaí) is a county in Ireland. It is located on the south coast of Ireland, in the province of Munster, and borders counties Kerry to the west, Limerick to the north, Tipperary to the north-east, and Waterford to the east. It was named after the city of Cork (Irish: Corcaigh). Cork is Ireland's largest county by area and third-largest by population, with 518,218 inhabitants in 2011.
This page is being used at the moment ONLY for posting messages on the Cork Message Board for people who know that there ancestors are (or were) based in Cork, but do not know what parish they came from. If you know what parish your ancestors came from, please JOIN that parish and post your message on their message board - you'll get a quicker and more informed response that way.
The more information that you have about your ancestors, the better the response you should receive. Try to post as much information as possible:
- names
- dates
- places
- if they were married (and to whom)
- children's names
- descendants' names
- any thing else you can think of
When your query has gathered enough information for you to decide what parish your ancestors came from, we can then more your query to that parish's message board.
This will be an exciting journey for (and us).
