Donnybrook Catholic church records

[jean Sandra]

Could anyone possibly help?
I am wondering how to trace church records for the family of Ellen Lindsay born 14 Donnybrook Dublin 1883/84. Her parents were William and Ellen Lindsay. William was born 1853/54 in Dublin city.
Was there a church in Donnybrook? If so do they hold their records? Are there any transcripts anywhere?
I would be very grateful if someone could lead me in the right direction.
Regards
Jean Sandra

[shanew147]

Donnybrook (St. Mary's Church of the Sacred Heart,) RC church was built in the 1860s and still present :

see: http://ireland.archiseek.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/donnybrook/church.html

Records for this parish are available on microfilm at the national library on microfilm P.9309. 

 Baptisms April 1871 – Feb 1902
 Marriages  Jan. 1877 – Nov. 1905

There are no Donnybrook parish records available online at the moment that I know of.

Since the marriage of William and Ellen and  birth for Ellen is presumably after Civil registration started in 1864 they should have been included. There is an index to the Irish BMDs at this familysearch link : http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=2;t=searchable;c=1408347

Certs can be ordered from the GRO using the Index details - www.groireland.ie



Shane

[jean Sandra]

Thank you so much Shaun.
Do you know if the original records are kept at the church?
Regards
Jean Sandra

[jean Sandra]

I followed your advice and found William Lindsay married  July-Sept 1878 in Dublin South and Ellen Bryan married same quarter in same volume and on same page!
Wow!!
Regards
Jean Sandra

[shanew147]

sorry - I dont know if the church holds any historic registers or is in a position to do any research. The full address if you want to try writing to them is :

 Church of the Sacred Heart,
 Donnybrook
 Dublin 4



Shane

[jean Sandra]

Thanks again Shaun.
Is The church of the Sacred Heart and Donnybrook St Mary's the same church?
Jean Sandra

[shanew147]

St. Mary's is Church of Ireland

(just realized my typo earlier ... will edit)


Shane

[Oaks and Acorns]

Records for this parish are available on microfilm at the national library on microfilm P.9309. 

 Baptisms April 1871 – Feb 1902
 Marriages  Jan. 1877 – Nov. 1905

Hi Shane,

Just a quick clarification. Does this microfilm refer to St. Mary's CoI or to Church of the Sacred Heart RC?

One of my relatives in Donnybrook was CoI but married in the RC church so I will need to look up both sets of records. If you know both microfilm references in the National Library it would be very helpful.

Dara.

[shanew147]

hi Dara..

I've checked this again, and hope I've got this correct!

the NLI index of Catholic Microfilms includes the following listing :

St. Mary’s, Donnybrook                                film : P.9309
    Baptisms April 15, 1871 – Feb. 24, 1902
    Marriages Jan. 21, 1877 – Nov. 19, 1905

which is where my earlier 'typo' came from - most of the film captions are RC Parishes but some include an actual church ..e.g. St. Andrews, Westland row. As far as I can see most of Donnybrook is in the civil parish of St. Mary's - so presumably the RC parish covers roughly the same area..



Shane