Aghnamullen Civil Parish, County Monaghan, Ireland Genealogy

Ireland County Monaghan  Aghnamullen Civil Parish

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

History
Aghnamullen - also called Aughnamullen, is a parish in the unions of Castleblaney and Cootehill, in the barony of Cremorne, county of Monaghan, and province of Ulster, 3 miles from Ballibay, on the road to Dublin. The place contains 18,219 inhabitants (1847). It comprises, 30,710 acres.

The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Clogher and in the patronage of the Bishop. The church is an old plain, but neat ediface, with a tower, and occupies a picturesque situation. Near Ballytrain is a chapel of ease, a very neat structure, for the eastern division of the parish, bult in 1828. The glebe-house is handsone and commodious, and the glebe comprises 46 acres.

Townlands within the Civil parish of Aghnamullen
Aghakista Aghmakerr Aghnamullen Aghnaskew Annahaia Anny Anveyerg BELLATRAIN T. Beagh Binmore Boraghy Bowelk Brackly Cargaghbane Cargaghdoo Carnaveagh Carrickaldragh Carrickatee Carrickaveilty Clonacullion Clossagh Beg Clossagh More Cooltrim Cooltrimegish Coose Cordevlis Corfad Corgreagh Corhelshinagh Corkeeran Corlat Corlea Cormeen Cornacarrow Corracharra Corraskea Corryhagan Corryloan Corsilloga Cortaghart Cortamlet Cortober Corvackan Corwillin Creeve Crossduff Cumry Derry Derrygoony Derryroosk Dooraa Drumcanon Drumcreeghan Drumcunnion Drumfaldra Drumgor Drumhillagh Drumillard Drumlood Drumod Drumskelt Dunmakenna Edenbrone Edenforan Garrybane Garryduff Gortlanna Gragarnagh Keenogbane Keenogduff Kilkit Killyliss Lackan Lagan Laragh Lattacrom Latton Lattonfasky Leagh Lisdrumcleve Lisduff Lisgillan Lisgorran Lisinisky Lisnadarragh Lisnagalliagh Lisnalong Lurgachamlough Lurgangreen Maghon Money Monintin Mount Carmel Mountain Lodge Demesne Moyle Beg Moyle More Moylemuck Mullanagore Mullananalt Mullanary Glebe Mullanarycortannel Raw Rebane Reduff Roo Shankill Shantonagh Shantony Sra Tamlat Tattybrack Tievaleny Tooa Tossy Tullyglass Tullynamalra Tullynanegish Tullyrain Ullinagh Tullyrain Ullinagh

Parishes Surrounding Aghnamullen/Aughnamullen Parish
Ballybay, Clontibret, Donaghmoyne, Ematris, Kilmore, Magheross.

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Cemeteries
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Census
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Catholic
In the Roman Catholic divisions this parish is divided into two districts, east and west, having separate parochial clergy. There are five chapels, one of which, at Luttin was built in 1822 and another at Loughbawn, a spacious slated edifice, was built in 1833. The previous information came from Samuel Lewis' "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland". Brian Mitchell's book "A Guide to Irish Parish Registers" privides the following: Aughnamullen West 1841 and Aughnamullen East 1857 as places of worship for Roman Catholics.

The Family History Library has a microfilm copy of the parish register for Aughnamullen East for the following time span : Baptisms 1857-1876 &amp;1878-1881; Marriages 1857- 1876 &amp; 1878-1881 and Deaths 1857 - 1876. These records are on microfilm number 979707 items 1 - 3; A duplicate microfilm number is 926048 items 1-3 is also available.

Church of Ireland
Registers for the Church of Ireland for the parish of Aghnamullen are lost. The source for this is "Irish Records : Sources for Family and Local History" by James G. Ryan. Ph. D.

Presbyterian
There are two places of worship for Presbyterians; one at Ballytrain and the other at Crieve. These two are taken from Samuel Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. According to Brian Mitchell's "A Guide to Irish Parish Registers" we are given the following: Creeve-1819, Loughmourne - 1846, and Corlea - 1835. The dates are when the parish registers begin.

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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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