In a follow up to the first article on Clowry parish records – Part 1 and Clowry parish records Part 2 , John Clowry(Canberra) has provided me with list of Carlow Parish records and a Map of Carlow Parishes.
Download the: List of Carlow Parish and Parish Map
Roman Catholic parish records were sometimes written in Latin (as opposed to English) . Although only the person’s first name was only translated into Latin, it can sometimes be difficult to recognise the translated version of the first name.
In a follow up to the first article on Clowry parish records, I have compiled a list of relevant Parish records. If anyone feels like assisting, they can search for Clowrys by visiting the National Library of Ireland and using the microfilms number listed below.
The genealogy task I dread the most is searching through Irish Parish Records. The Parish Records currently exist in handwritten microfilm format in the National Library of Ireland and are extremely tedious to search through. The process is manual and some records are faded, others badly documented and some completely illegible.