Abbeyknockmoy Civil Parish, County Galway, Ireland Genealogy

Guide to Abbeyknockmoy Civil Parish, County Galway ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, baptism records, marriage records, and burial records.

The following information is a starting point for records about the civil parish of Abbeyknockmoy. The information is based on locations and records before 1922.

History
ABBEYKNOCKMOY, is a parish, in the barony of Tyaquin, in County Galway, and province of Connaught, 7 miles southwast from Tuam, on the road from Newtownbellew to Galway. In the Roman Catholic divisions it is the head of a union or district, comprising also the parish of Monivae, and containing a chapel in each, situated at Abbey and Rye Hill... At Briarsfield is a school, in which 70 boys and 43 girls are instructed. It contains 2,866 inhabitants. There is a constabulary police station at Moyne; and petty sessions are also held there. The parish is in the diocese of Tuam, and is a rectory and vicarage, forming part of the union of Killereran.

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Localities
Here is a list of all the townlands for Abbeyknockmoy Parish and the barony to which each belonged.

When an extensive search has been made in the church registers for this parish, to help you determine those civil parishes to search next, here is a short list of those civil parishes contiguous to and surrounding Abbeyknockmoy Parish:

'''Athenry

Kilmoylan

Killererin

Monivea

Moylough

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Cemeteries
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Census
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Catholic
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The Catholic parish of Abbeyknockmoy includes the civil parish of Abbeyknockmoy.

Church of Ireland
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Presbyterian
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Methodist
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Society of Friends
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Civil Registration
Government registration of births and deaths began in 1864. Registration of Protestant marriages began in 1845, with all marriages being registered by 1864. Go to the Ireland Civil Registration article to read more about these records.

Land records
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Probate Records
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School records
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Tax records
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