Are the Catholic records for Rockhill and nearby townlands in Co. Limerick available on line? If so, where do I find them. I have several ancestors for whom I would like church information.
Ancestral names include: Collopy, O'Connell, Carroll and perhaps Ryan.
Thank you!
Pat Dolan
The parish is listed on the NLI system as Bruree (aka Rockhill and Bruree)
The name Bruree is also used for the transcripts on FindMyPast and Ancestry.
Baptism records for this parish cover from January 1842, and marriages from end of July 1861, RootsIreland (pay-website) appear to have some transcripts of earlier registers..
One of the early chapels for the parish was located at Rockhill
Volunteers:
January 1st message and responses. https://irelandxo.com/ireland/limerick/bruree-limerick/message-board/bruree-rockhill-ancestors-collopy-carroll-connell-ryan
Roger
Have you tried this website? National Library of Ireland. Catholic Parish Registers. You can highlight then right click on this link, then select "Go to"
https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0871?locale=en
Thank you all! I appreciate all of your responses and helpfulness. When we visited Ireland back in 1996, I did manage to see the church records held in the parish house. But we didn't have enough time to record all of those with our family records.
My Collopy, O'Connell and Carroll families all left Ireland on either side of the 1850's. I do have all of the early church record obtained by the Limerick Regional Archives in 1997. It includes all but the 1st two of the Collopy/O'Connell children that immigrated with their mother in various years around 1850. That was extremely helpful, but the Archives late closed and I was no longer able to work with them for further information.
And no, I've not tried the National Library of Ireland. My husband (totally all Irish) certainly has. I should have asked him!
I'm also intereted in getting the school records between 1832-49 if at all possible. The family lived in Rockhill near the priest's home if the local neighbors in 1996 were correct. I'm not sure what school they would have attended. I have included their birth/baptismal information in the file below.
Pat:
As Shane indicated the subscription site Roots Ireland does have baptismal records for Bruree/Rockhill RC church for 1825-1834 When you had posted your earlier message on January 1st, I searched on Roots Ireland for baptismal records for your Collopy family using Thady as the father and found one which I believe was for Thomas Collopy in 1831.
I went back in today using Thomas as the father and found four more records:
Anst. baptised July 2 1826 (could be Anastasia) I assume the transcriber had difficulty with the name.
Michael baptized October 3 1828
Kate baptized March 20 1833
Maria baptized March 30 1833
I do not believe that school records will be available for the years prior to 1850.
Roger