Hi, I'm trying to locate where the burial records for the Dundalk parish may be held for the period of about 1860 to 1880. I have a couple of Reilly ancestors who were baptised in the 1860s but with no death or marriages listed in the civil records. I'm therefore assuming they may have died between about 1860 and 1880 but can't find where the burial records are located. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks, Andy
Andy:
Civil death records are available from 1864-1973 on the free site irishgenealogy.ie which you have already visited. The records from 1864-1870 are only index records. I saw there were 99 Reilly death records in the Dundalk registration district from 1864-1880.
I looked on the subscription site Roots Ireland and they do not have any death records for 1860-1864 for Dundalk RC church but they do have a lot of death records for 1780-1831.
You can try the records of Find a Grave.com Here is a link to the records for Ballyscanlon cemetery which has some Reilly burials https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/859553/ballymascanlon From Ballyscanlon, you can also look at records for other nearby cemeteries. Many people in your period of interest were buried in unmarked graves.
Roger McDonnell
Hi Roger
Thank you so much for your reply and your advice, it's much appreciated. I'm afraid I made a bit of a typo in my original message and the burial records I'm searching for are actually for the period 1850 to 1870 (although obviously your reply is still relevant for that period too).
I'll have a look at the Find a Grave site as suggested and see if I have any luck there!
Thanks again for taking the time to answer my query ... the search continues!
Andy
Hi Andy and Roger, if you have a look on this site for the surnames of interest you will find a list of names and the year and the graveyard, these have all been transcribed in hard copy somewhere, I do have some but the research section of Louth County Council library in Dundalk should also have copies.
The Louth History Society has journals back to 1902 and where is says CLAHS I may have the records myself as I can access the journals online at J Stor an academic library online for which a subscription is required, I as a member of the Louth History ect have limited access to the Journals.
Regards
Pat
Hi Pat, thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I've had a quick look at the very handy website and list of burials you've pointed me to. I'm afraid I'm not very familiar with Dundalk (I live in southern England) but I gather that its local graveyard is the Castletown one plus the parish church graveyard for earlier burials? I know that their father was buried in the Old Castletown Cemetery so as a starting point assumed that his two daughters may have been buried there too? On that basis there is only one suitable candidate but she is already listed on 'Find a Grave' and the dates are wrong.
If anyone is aware of other burial sites that a Dundalk resident (living in Crowe Street in central Dundalk) could have been buried in the 1850s or 1860s, I'd be very grateful for that information?
Another cheeky question if I can? Would it be the usual custom in Ireland in the mid to late 1800s for a marriage to take place in the parish of the bride rather than the groom?
Thank you all again for your help, Andy