Aghabog Civil Parish, County Monaghan, Ireland Genealogy

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

History
Aghabog is a parish, in the union of Cootehill, barony of Dartry, in the county of Monaghan, and province of Ulster. This locality is 1 mile east by south-east from Newbliss, on the road from Clones to Ballybay. Aghabog contained in 1846, 7530 inhabitants and covers 11,543 1/2 statute acres, 222 1/2 acres are covered with water, 16 to 20 acres are woodland and about 245 acres are bog, the rest is arable and pasture land.

The inhabitants are nearly all involved in the manufacture of linen. Within the limits of the parish are five lakes of which the largest is located near Leysborough demesne. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Clogher. The church is a plain ediface built in 1775. There is a glebe - house, with a glebe of 40 acres. In the Roman Catholic divisions this parish forms part of the union of Killeevan; the chapel is a neat modern building, situated on the townland of Lathnamard. At Drumkeen is a Presbyterian meeting house.

Localities
Townlands can be located at the following website: http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/

The surrounding civil parishes consist of Killeevan, Currin, Ematris, Kilmore, and Drumsnat.

Aghabog is part of the barony of Dartree and is in the Monaghan Poor Law Union.

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Census
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Catholic
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Also check Catholic parish of Kilskerry (also spelled Kilskery and Kelskerry) is co-extensive with the civil parish of Kilskerry. The Catholic parish was formerly called Trillick.

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Presbyterian
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Methodist
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Civil Registration
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Land records
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Probate records
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School records
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Tax records
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