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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland Resources => Topic started by: audrey on Friday 20 May 05 21:20 BST (UK)
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if you are looking for a headstone check this site
http://www.historyfromheadstones.com (http://www.historyfromheadstones.com)
audrey
just an aside, this site is for headstones in ulster.
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Looking for a headstone in Ireland try this site
http://members.iinet.net.au/~sgrieves/cemetries__ireland.htm#Ballinaclough
audrey
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KABRISTAN ARCHIVES (http://www.kabristan.org.uk) is a non-profit making organisation dedicated to preserving memorial inscriptions from graveyards in the west of Ireland and the Indian sub-continent including many which no longer exist. These Archives consist of an index of Memorial Inscriptions and Photographs relating to graveyards in Ireland and the Indian sub-Continent. Kabristan Archives have thousands of memorial inscriptions catalogued and are publishing indexed details to their website on an area basis. The first online indexes are for Counties Cavan, Fermanagh and Leitrim in Ireland, and Assam and North-East India.
I've had another look at this site and see that copies of the full memorial inscriptions are available for £4.00 including postage.
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Click here (http://www.bytown.net/childbur.htm) to read an extract from an article on "Children's Burial Grounds in County Mayo" which was published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (JRSAI) in 1969. The extract was written by R. B. Aldridge and is an introduction to a survey of the Children's Burial Grounds, and other forgotten burial grounds, in the west of Ireland. They were primarily used for burying unbaptised children but a letter from a person in Co. Roscommon, which was published in the 2006 August edition of "Ireland's Eye", states that older children and adults would also have been buried in these graves which were known as "cillínigh" or babies burial grounds. The writer mentioned that a white polished stone, or a pebble, was usually placed on the grave and wondered why that was done. There's another article on the subject ... "Irish Customs ... Birth and Babies" (http://www.from-ireland.net/history/custbirthbabies.htm) on a page of the "From Ireland © Dr. Jane Lyons of Dublin website.
The Esker Riada Ridge in the New Inn area of East Galway page on William (Billy) Finnerty's website (http://homepage.eircom.net/~williamfinnerty/chaplefinnerty/esker/riada2.htm) contains a photograph of an area that used to be a Children's Burial Ground.
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if you are looking for a headstone check this site
http://www.historyfromheadstones.com/
audrey
The History from Headstones site lists inscriptions from 800+ Northern Ireland graveyards. The databases cover counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone. There is a free surname search but there is a fee to view inscriptions.
The link below shows Graveyards and Churches throughout Ireland in Brian J. Cantwell's Memorials of the Dead. I'm not certain if a book of these memorials was published but they're on a CD www.eneclann.ie/acatalog/TourENEC014.html
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my recollection is that the National Archive in Bishop St has 9-10 volumes (I think in 4 books) of Brian Cantwell's Wicklow and Wexford list of gravestones.
There may also be copies in the National Library and maybe Gilbert Library, Pearse St?
eadaoin
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As regards Brian Cantwell's Wicklow and Wexford list of gravestones.
the National Archive has them and so had Wexford Town library.
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Irish Roadside Memorials (http://www.irishroadside.com/index.htm)- indexed by location, name of victim, date. Updated constantly- over 700 at present (does not include Northern Ireland)
Find A Grave- Ireland (http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=country&FScountryid=35)
Gravestone Transcriptions (http://www.from-ireland.net/contents/graves.htm#3)- links to various sites
See also links in RESOURCES in County boards for links to particular graveyards, etc.
Funerals in Ireland (http://www.irishlinks.co.uk/funerals-burial-ireland.htm) NEW
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Brian J. Cantwell (1914-1992) - 'Memorials of the Dead'
The approximate number of graveyards surveyed in each county :
| Wicklow | ~160 |
| Wexford | ~280 |
| Dublin | ~80 (south county) |
| Clare | ~20 |
| Cork | 7 |
| Galway | 1 |
| Kildare | 5 |
| Sligo | 1 |
He also published 'A Cantwell Miscellany' in 1960, a history of the Cantwell surname.
Shane
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Hi...just to let everyone know that Brian J. Cantwell's entire 'Memorials of the Dead' is now out in CD format.
It can be purchased from:
www.archivecdbooks.ie
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Tom.
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Hi and thanks for the website. I am having trouble with my Irish sides so thought I would give it a try. I'm afraid the price is a little steep. It costs 4 pounds for four credits and to see a full inscription is 4 credits. I'm thinking the Irish will just have to stay lost for now. lol Donna
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Be careful with this service. I once did the free lookup, ordered and paid for the MI and never received anything. I contacted someone to follow up, but nothing ever happened. I never got my refund, nor the MI. It is difficult to follow up with these people and I even felt it was a scam. At the time there was no customer service. Perhaps that has improved, but I had to give up at the time.
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Tombstones in St John's Cemetery,
Worcester, Massachusetts
Listing a Birthplace in Ireland
Excellent site well worth a visit.
Very detailed information
http://tiara.ie/StJohnsCemetery.php
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Brian J. Cantwell privately published eleven volumes of memorial transcriptions (mostly to 1880) from Dublin (south), Wexford and Wicklow as well as a number of others some of which were published in various journals and the rest are unpublished. The volumes are available in all major archives and libraries in Dublin as well as the county and branch libraries of Wexford and Wicklow. A copy of the Clare memorials is held by the Clare Genealogical Centre.
County Sites Memorials Names Published
Clare 24 613 1235 None
Cork 9 91 188 None
Dublin 76 1712 4694 All
Galway 1 101 243 All
Kildare 4 189 437 Three
Sligo 1 36 57 None
Wexford 283 13280 41167 All
Wicklow 157 7482 20672 All
The complete set was republished by Eneclann (www.eneclann.ie - Ian Cantwell, editor) in 2005 and since November 2009 they have been available on line at Irish Origins (www.irishorigins.com). A website containing articles and indexes of graveyards, people, places and occupations is freely available at www.iancantwell.com.
For Counties Galway and Mayo (Western Seabord) Ian Cantwell published his transcriptions (mostly to 1901) in 2003 with Eneclann and it is also available on line at Irish Origins. Articles and indexes of graveyards, people, places and occupations is freely available at www.iancantwell.com.
County Sites Memorials Names
Galway 66 1472 2585
Mayo 64 1602 3415
Regarding children’s burial grounds there are major differences across Ireland. To my knowledge they are very common in west Mayo but there is only one in Wexford and none in Wicklow.
With apologies for the tables not being in line. They look fine in the message box but the format does not transfer properly to the board.
I hope this is of interest and covers all points brought up by previous correspondents
Ian Cantwell
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Sorry if I repeating info
There is a fairly new site for gravestones eachtra.ie they are still recording so not too many places online yet.
They have images of the headstones move you cursor over it and you can read the inscription.
Haven't fully checked it out but I know they have recorded the old graves in New Abbey Kilcullen Co. Kildare.
If you want to check all the grave in one graveyard simply tick that grave yard scroll below the map and you can work you way through each grave.
Link:
http://www.historicgraves.ie/graveyards
See update here- March 2012:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,589157.0.html
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On-going project from Irish Graveyard Surveyors
http://www.irishgraveyards.ie/
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Another good site for FREE headstone photos and transcriptions is
http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/cork/index.htm that's the Cork link
but lots of other counties covered.
Photos and transcriptions done by volunteers.
Somebody somewhere must be making lots of money on some of those paying sites.
So it is great that the igp site is free ( glad to be a contributor!!!)
Mary
Celtic Liberty