Look for information on Doyel of Carlow

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

Bagenalstown is a town in the Civil Parish of Dunleckny. It is in the Roman Catholic parish of Bagenalstown/Dunleckny.

Unfortunately, the reality of finding documentation pertaining to births/baptisms/marriages/deaths in Ireland prior to 1800 ? particularly in rural areas ? is that they simply may not exist. Some registers for urban areas pre-dating 1800 may exist ? though often these can be fragmented- as there was an increased need in cities or larger towns to document the population. Please also note that the Church of Ireland was the official church of the country and therefore the bulk of information that does survive for earlier periods is often from these registers. 

To check the Church of Ireland registers go to http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/.

Most Catholic records are held locally. One website which may be of help to you is the irishtimes. Here they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. For Begenalstown/Dunleckny follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&churchid=703&CityCounty=Carlow&CityCounty=Carlow&parish=Dunleckney

As you can see from that page, the records for the parish don't begin until c. 1820. It may be worth your while to check the registers in the neighbouring parishes in case any earlier records are held there. Here is a link to a map that shows you the parishes in Co. Carlow. Just click on the parish name to see what records are available.

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&churchid=703&CityCounty=Carlow&CityCounty=Carlow&parish=Dunleckney

Another website which may be useful to you is Genealogy Links. here they give a list of  links to genealogy sources available for Co. Carlow.

http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/carlow/index.html

Some other websites that may help you in your search for information are:

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

Family Search: https://familysearch.org/  

Irish Genealogy: www.irishgenealogy.ie/index.html

I hope that this helps. 

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

Hi Emma,

once again thank you for your information...it's most helpful!

Cheers, Maribeth