Scrabby Civil Parish, County Cavan, Ireland Genealogy

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

History
Scrabby, or Ballimackellenny, is a post-town and parish in the barony of Tulloghonoho, county of Cavan, and province of Ulster. The parish is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ardagh, forming part of the union of Granard.

Localities
The parish of Scrabby is surrounded by the parishes of Drumlumman and Killashandra, as well as the counties of Leitrim and Longford. It is located in the poor law unions of Cavan and Granard.

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Cemeteries
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Census
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Catholic
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This parish was formerly known as Scrabby and Colmcille East. It was formed about 1832 from part of Killashandra Parish, Cavan, and eleven townlands in eastern Columbkille Parish, County Longford. (Colmcille is a variant spelling). There are two chapels: Church of the Holy Family in Scrabby, and St. Columba's in the townland of Cloonagh, Columbkille Parish, County Longford. The eastern portion of Columbkille Parish is called Mullinalaghta by the residents. Lough Gowna is a village on the shores of Lough Gowna in County Cavan.

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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
The Registry of Deeds started in 1708. Land transactions were recorded, including immovable property passed on in a will and property given to a daughter at her marriage. Read more about these records in the Ireland Land and Property article.

Probate Records
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School records
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Tax records
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