St. Thomas's Civil Parish, County Dublin, Ireland Genealogy

Guide to St. Thomas's Civil Parish, County Dublin ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, baptism records, marriage records, and burial records.

St. Thomas's parish was separated from St. Mary's, in 1749, by act of parliament: it contains 20,881 inhabitants, and 1373 houses valued at £5 and upwards, the total annual value being £65,537. 10. The living is a rectory, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Christ-Church; the minister's money is £684. 12. 1., and the gross income £922. 1. 10. The church, erected in 1758, presents a front to Marlborough-street, opposite to Gloucester-street. For more information, go to www.libraryireland.com.

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St. Peter's Drogheda is in the Consistory Court of Armagh together with the District of Drogheda. The indexes to Armagh are available for the years 1666-1837 for surnames (A-L) and 1677-1858 for surnames (M-Y). The indexes for the District of Drogeda are available for the years 1691-1846.

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Tax records
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