Enniskeen Civil Parish, County Cavan, Ireland Genealogy

Guide to Enniskeen 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 Enniskeen. The information is based on locations and records before 1922.

History
Enniskeen is a parish located partly in the baronies of Lower Kells and Lower Slane in the county of Meath, and province of Leinster, but chiefly in the barony of Clonkee, county of Cavan, and province of Ulster, on the road from Carrickmacross to Bailieborough and includes the post-town of Kingscourt. This place was anciently the principal seat of the Danes and was called Dunaree; it still retains that name. It is surrounded by Danish forts, and on the summits of the neighbouring hills great quantities of money and of ancient military weapons have been dug up at various times.

The living is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Meath, and in the patronage of the Bishop. The Roman catholic parish is co-extensive with that of the Established Church, and is called Kingscourt. There is also a chapel at Muff. There is also a place of worship for Presbyterians in connection with the Synod of Ulster and one for Wesleyan Methodists.

Localities
The parish of Enniskeen is surrounded by the parishes of Bailieborough, Moybolgue, and Shercock, as well as the counties of Meath and Monaghan. It is located in the poor law union of Bailieborough.

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Census
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Catholic
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The Catholic parish of Kingscourt includes that portion of the civil parish of Enniskeen, which lies in county Cavan. There are chapels in the towns of Kingscourt and Muff. Inishkeen or Inniskeen are variant spellings of Enniskeen.

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Presbyterian
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Methodist
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Society of Friends
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Civil Registration
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Land records
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School records
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Tax records
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