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Location: Ireland
Surnames/tags: Ireland Irish

Contents 1 Ireland Research Aids 1.1 Burial Locations 1.2 Record sources 1.3 Useful information 1.3.1 Naming patterns

Ireland Research Aids

Burial Locations

• In rural areas they are called "graveyard" , "burial ground", or "churchyard" (even when church building is long gone)
• "Cemetery" is a burial ground that is independent of a parish church.

• Traditionally managed by a parish church.
• Typically non-denominational, even when managed by a parish.
  • Quakers are an exception, with burial grounds exclusive to the Society of Friends

• Location - People tend to be buried with other family for generations, even after moving out of the parish.

• Markers
  • Unusual before mid 19th century; Locations known through oral tradition.
  • Memorials often erected more recently for old burials. Errors are common in this case
  • Sometimes a cenotaph (memorial for someone actually buried elsewhere)
  • "Gravestone" – A full-length slab laid flush to the ground (to prevent the dead from rising again).
  • "Headstone" - Upright marker

Record sources

• Civil Records - Births, Marriages, Deaths at irishgenealogy.ie
  • Births:1864 to 1923
  • Marriages: 1845 (RC 1864) to 1948
  • Deaths: 1871** to 1973

• Catholic Church Records at National Library of Ireland
  • County Clare Church Indexes
  • Latinized name cross reference
  • First name alternates

• Wills at National Library of Ireland

Useful information

Naming patterns

Often but not always adhered to:

• 1st son is named after the father’s father.
• 2nd son is named after the mother’s father.
• 3rd son is named after the father.
• 4th son is named after the father’s eldest brother.
  
  

• 1st daughter is named after the mother’s mother.
• 2nd daughter is named after the father’s mother.
• 3rd daughter is named after the mother.
• 4th daughter is named after the mother’s eldest sister.