Limerick's Life
History & folklore of Limerick city, Ireland
On-line Genealogy Resources
Limerick City Local Studies Archive - Contains the following:
The following links are courtesy of http://www.celticcousins.net
The Mayors of Limerick
www.irishgenealogy.ie - Index to 406,091 baptism records for Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Roman Catholic denomination. These have varying start dates from 1692 to 1745. That were held by Limerick Ancestry (before it closed), a very good starting point if you think your relative was born in Limerick.
www.failteromhat.com - The Griffith's valuation, which covers the leasers of all land in Ireland c.1850
Index to 1901 census for Limerick city & other interesting links
Limerick Mailing List - Search the Rootswebs Limerick mailing list archive.
Genuki Parishes information for Limerick.
www.cmcrp.net Some parish records that have been transcribed by the public.
www.familysearch.org Church of the Latter Day Saints
IGI Batch numbers for Limerick (Church of the Latter Day Saints sort codes)
Genforum surname and area message boards
www.countylimerickgenealogy.com - This is a great resource website for Limerick county.
Philips Website on genealogy which includes references to Limerick.
www.cyndislist.com Cyndi's great genealogy links website.
- 1911 Census - County Limerick
- 1911 Census - Limerick City
- Local Studies Books & Journals
- The Seamus O Ceallaigh GAA Collection at Limerick City Library
- Limerick City Trades Directories, 1769 to 1920
- Griffith's Valuation of Limerick City, 1850
- 1923 Register of Electors
- Who's Who of Limerick
- Newspapers Collection
- Obituaries & Funeral Notices from the Limerick Chronicle newspaper
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The following links are courtesy of http://www.celticcousins.net
- Limerick Poll Tax Collectors 1660-1661 (Partial)
- Freemen of Limerick 1746-1836
A-B | C-E | F-G | H-K | L-N | O-R | S - 1766 Religious Census
- Ferrar's Limerick Directory 1769
- Richard Lucas' Directory of Ireland - 1788
- Mayors and Sheriffs of Limerick 1197-1700
- Extracts from Freeholders of Limerick
- Extracts from Thrift's Abstracts
- Limerick
Will Abstracts
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The Mayors of Limerick
www.irishgenealogy.ie - Index to 406,091 baptism records for Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Roman Catholic denomination. These have varying start dates from 1692 to 1745. That were held by Limerick Ancestry (before it closed), a very good starting point if you think your relative was born in Limerick.
www.failteromhat.com - The Griffith's valuation, which covers the leasers of all land in Ireland c.1850
Index to 1901 census for Limerick city & other interesting links
Limerick Mailing List - Search the Rootswebs Limerick mailing list archive.
Genuki Parishes information for Limerick.
www.cmcrp.net Some parish records that have been transcribed by the public.
www.familysearch.org Church of the Latter Day Saints
IGI Batch numbers for Limerick (Church of the Latter Day Saints sort codes)
Genforum surname and area message boards
www.countylimerickgenealogy.com - This is a great resource website for Limerick county.
Philips Website on genealogy which includes references to Limerick.
www.cyndislist.com Cyndi's great genealogy links website.
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Off-Line Genealogy records
The Limerick City Library, The Granary,
Michael Street, Limerick (061) 407510, - hold the 1901 & 1911
censuses, they also hold the electoral registers lists from 1923
onwards, these lists include the name and address of all those eligible
to vote in Limerick city. They also hold a large collection of local
newspapers, which are valuable only when a specific year of an event,
such as a death is know, as researching this medium is quite an arduous
task. The library also hold the Griffith's valuation records for the
county .
The Church of the Latter Day Saints, Dooradoyle Rd, Limerick (061) 309442, - hold the indexes to all births, deaths and marriages that took place in Ireland from 1864 for Catholic records and slightly earlier for non-Catholics. The information gained from these indexes can be sent to the General Register Office, Joyce House, 8-11 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2 (01) 635 40 00 http://www.groireland.ie/ and for a fee (see website for details) a photocopy of the original register can be purchased.
As for parish records, it will depend on the church as to whether you can get access to them other wise you will have to go to the National Library to access almost all the parish records on microfiche.
The Church of the Latter Day Saints, Dooradoyle Rd, Limerick (061) 309442, - hold the indexes to all births, deaths and marriages that took place in Ireland from 1864 for Catholic records and slightly earlier for non-Catholics. The information gained from these indexes can be sent to the General Register Office, Joyce House, 8-11 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2 (01) 635 40 00 http://www.groireland.ie/ and for a fee (see website for details) a photocopy of the original register can be purchased.
As for parish records, it will depend on the church as to whether you can get access to them other wise you will have to go to the National Library to access almost all the parish records on microfiche.
Genealogy Researchers
I have been asked to point out researchers for Limerick. The following are all paid researchers who will research Limerick.
www.limerickancestry.com - Limerick Ancestry is back up and running.
Some of the county Limerick parish records can only be search through the following http://www.tfhr.org/ the Limerick parishes affected are Murroe, Cappamore, Caherconhlish, Ballybraken, Kilteely, Hospital, Knocklong, Knockainey, Galbally, Ballylanders, Kilbehenny.
I am not sure what the following contain you will have to contact them to find out.
www.genealogy.ie
www.morrigan.com
http://gofree.indigo.ie/~pmcotter/ - Carries out research thought Munster (including Limerick).
www.limerickancestry.com - Limerick Ancestry is back up and running.
Some of the county Limerick parish records can only be search through the following http://www.tfhr.org/ the Limerick parishes affected are Murroe, Cappamore, Caherconhlish, Ballybraken, Kilteely, Hospital, Knocklong, Knockainey, Galbally, Ballylanders, Kilbehenny.
I am not sure what the following contain you will have to contact them to find out.
www.genealogy.ie
www.morrigan.com
http://gofree.indigo.ie/~pmcotter/ - Carries out research thought Munster (including Limerick).