Marriage of Malachy HEALY and Sabina DUDICAN

[shanew147]

Films of most historic records for RC parishes are available in the National Library in Dublin. The records for the parish of Ahamlish, Co. Sligo are on film reference Pos. 4602. Baptisms, marriages & death/burials are included back to about 1796. The parish is sometimes listed as Ahamlish (Cliffoney)

In the 1830s there were two RC chapels in the parish, the one at Grange and one at Cliffony.


Shane

[stethomson]

Thanks to you both for your replies.  That's great information.  I will see what I can do with it - presumably once I have the exact date of marriage (rather than just the year) I can place an order for a photocopy of the certificate/entry from GRO?  I've done this previously for a marriage in Belfast in 1872, however I understand that the 1849 marriage might be a single entry on a list of marriages rather than a certificate in its own right - am I still able to obtain a photocopy of this, do you know?

Thanks again,

Stephen

[shanew147]

Civil registration of Catholic marriages started in 1864, so no cert will be available - just the parish record.

Details from parish records are often provided as transcripts, as on the RootsIreland website. In some cases images from the registers are also available, as on some parishes on the IrishGenealogy website - this covers Co. Kerry and parts of Dublin, Cork & Carlow

The other way to access the records is to visit the National Library. Some of the film readers in the research room have a scanner and printer attached, where you print selected pages for reference.

[stethomson]

Thanks again Shane, that's very helpful.

Stephen

[shanew147]

....
 marriage register for R.C. Ahamlish 1849
....if the information is available in Dublin to simply walk in and look for free, I have a friend living there who I could ask to do that for me.
.....

I dont think the film of the register will show much more than the details I mentioned earlier (reply #5), but knowing the parish and the year means it should be quite easy to locate on the film.

[stethomson]

Ah, I see.  I think there is something reassuring about seeing the original rather than the transcript, it's also a nice addition to the family history files.  That, combined with typical Scots miserliness, has so far prevented me from parting with the 5 Euros for the transcript online - terrible!