Killinagh Civil Parish, County Cavan, Ireland Genealogy

Guide to Killinagh Civil Parish, County Cavan 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 Killinagh. The information is based on locations and records before 1922.

History
Killinagh is a parish in the barony of Tullaghagh, county of Cavan, and province of Ulster. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Kilmore.

The Roman Catholic parish is co-extensive with that of the Established Church, and there was a chapel at Killinagh and another one at Doobally. There was also a place of worship for Primitive Methodists.

Localities
The parish of Killinagh is surrounded by the parish of Templeport, as well as the counties of Fermanagh and Leitrim. It is located in the poor law union of Tullyhaw.

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Cemeteries
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Census
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Catholic
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The Catholic district of Killinagh and Glangevlin includes the civil parish of Killinagh and part of Templeport. Glangevlin was a seat in Templeport. Glengelvin is a variant spelling.

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Presbyterian
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Methodist
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Society of Friends
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Others
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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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