Laois or Queen's County Ireland Genealogy

"What matters not is what their religion was but that they came from Ireland"© Dr. Jane Lyons

19th Century Laois Maps at Past Homes 

 

Laois Genealogy Blog

 

Laois Genealogy Forum

 

 

Lewis Topographical Dictionary 1837

Abbeyleix
Aghaboe
Aghmacart
Aharney
Arles
Attanagh
Ballickmoyler
Ballinakill
Ballintubber or Fonstown
Ballyadams or Kilmakedy
Ballybrittas
Ballylynam
Ballyroan
Bordwell
Borris-in-Ossory
Cahir or Caher
Castlebrack
Castletown
Clonagheen
Clonaslee
Clonenagh
Cloydagh
Coolbanagher or Coolbenger
Coolkerry
Coolrain
Cullohill
Curraghclone
Donaghamore or Donoughmore
Durrow or Castledurrow
Dysartenos
Dysartgallen
Erke or Eirke
Emo
Fossy or Timahoe
Graigue
Kilclonbrok or Cremorgan
Kilcolmanbane
Killabin or Killaban
Kiledellig or Kyledellig
Killeany or Killenny
Killeen
Killermogh or Kildemoy
Killeshin
Kilmanman or Clonaslee
Kilteel or Kilteal
Kyle or Clonfertmulloe
Laois County
Maryborough or Portlaoise
Mountmellick
Mountrath
Moyanna
Offerlane
Portarlington
Rathaspeck or Rathaspick
Rathdowney
Rathsaran or Rathsarn
Rosconnell
Rosenallis or Oregon
Shruel
Skeirke
Slatey or Sletty
Straboe
Stradbally
Tankardstown
Timogue
Tullowmoy
Vicarstown

There are currently lots of gaps between things on this page because I have to leave room for all the other things I want to put on the page and am not quite sure where to place them. Gravestone photograph and parish record index are at the bottom of this page
A surnames
B Surnames
C Surnames
D Surnames
E Surnames
F Surnames
G Surnames
H Surnames
I-J Surnames
K Surnames
L Surnames
M Surnames
N Surnames
O Surnames
P Surnames
Q Surnames
S Surnames
T-V Surnames
W-Y Surnames

1901 Census Heads alphabetically with parish

This list just shows the name of the Head of Household and the parish that they lived in. I created it to give the people who visit this site some idea of how many times their surname occurred in the county in 1901 which civil parishes people of their surname lived in. Surname Distribution

A surnames
B Surnames
C Surnames
D Surnames
E Surnames
F Surnames
G Surnames
H Surnames
I-K Surnames
L Surnames
M Surnames
N-O Surnames
P Surnames
Q Surnames
R Surnames
S Surnames
T-V Surnames
W-Y Surnames

Name Index Roman Catholic Parishes

This index was created to give you some idea of how many times a particular name can occur in the same section of a parish record. Some, not all, of the parish record indexes on this site and some not on the site were used. It is being changed to show the event. As it takes about a week to create/revise an index of this size it will only be up-dated every few months. Do not assume that it contains all the information from parish records which have been transcribed and indexed on this site

Laois Placenames
So many land divisions, so many placenames - so confusing! but it's not really. This is a section I really want to develop but it's going to take so much time! For the moment, just a few links

Laois Townlands in
Athy Civil Registration District or Poor Law Union
Carlow Civil Registration District or Poor Law Union

Donaghmore Civil Registration District or Poor Law Union
(and where the townlands went to!)

 

 
  Go to British Origins - Trace your Origins online   Leaf   Discover your ancestors at Genes Reunited.co.uk  Tony Digging Your Ancestors
Links

Donaghmore Workhouse Museum

 

Genealogy of the Lalor Family, Tenakill, Co. Laois - Ballarat & District Gene. Soc.

Hyland family Killasmeestia - Olean NY. Killasmeestia gravestone

Edward Dowling & Judithh Hogan - 5 generations. Coolrain, Camross & Dysartbeagh, Mountrath. - Dowling Family History web site

Roberts Family Dossier - Stradbally. Paul Turner's web site

James Pearson, born Rathdowney Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross recipient

Descendants of George Morton Queen's Co on D. W. Martyn Bone's web site

Google Groups: Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly Ireland Genealogy A group that I set up a while back. It's only got a few members so far, but then again, once upon a time Y-IRL the Yahoo group which I created back in 2001 had only a few members

Yahoo Group : Ireland Genealogy (Y-IRL) A group set up by me in 2001 and currently with over 1900 members

Laois Bits

Extract from 'Irish Miles' : Author Frank O'Connor.

 

Researching your Ancestors

Census Returns
Census Substitutes
Church Records
Civil Records

   

 

Bordwell
Ballyroan
Borris
Castlebrack
Cloydagh
Offerlane

History

Lots more to come

County Laois, Laoise, Leix or Queen’s County, Ireland,

Laois is 34 miles long at its longest point and 30 miles wide at its greatest width. Within the county there are or were approximately 55 or 56 civil parishes (depending on which reference you use and the time frame), 28 Roman Catholic parishes, and Grenham lists seven Church of Ireland parishes. There are and were other religions in the county, but I have no figures for the number of circuits or meeting houses for any of these. Some of these civil parishes really belong to another county, but a townland or two within the parish occurs in County Laois. The same goes for religious parishes, some of them which we would associate with another county take in a few townlands in Laois, and again, with civil registration districts, some of them take in some townlands in Laois but the vast majority of the townlands lie in another county.

So, if you have ancestors supposedly from any of the areas on the County Laois borders, don’t ignore records from those counties.

The percentage of the population of various religions from 1861-1911 varied, Roman Catholics (1861, 88.3% - 1911, 88.74%) ; Church of Ireland (1861, 10.7% - 1911, 9.71%) ; Methodists (1861, 0.5% - 1911, 0.68%) ; Presbyterian (1861, 0.3% - 1911, 0.62%) with other religions combined (1861, 0.3% - 1911, 0.52%).

The total population of the county in 1821 was 134,275, in 1841 before the Great Famine it had reached 153,930 and in 1861 this had dropped to 90,650, with a further fall by 1926 to 51,540.

Books

 

John Maher is a winner of the Francis McManus Award, the P.J. O'Connor Award, the Lar Cassidy Memorial Award, a Marianne Palotti Fellowship, and an Arts Council Writer's Bursary.
 
John Grenham's Tracine Your Irish Ancestors is the one book I pick up daily and recommend to anyone who wants to research their Irish ancestry no matter where their family came from

 

Gravestone Photographs and/or transcriptions

This section is going to grow and grow. I have to revise what I already have online before I begin putting up new material

Abbeyleix Church of Ireland
Abbeyleix Roman Catholic
Abbeyleix New
Acragar
Aghmacart
Anatrim Church of Ireland
Anatrim Old
Attanagh
Ballacolla
Ballyadding
Ballybuggy
Ballyfin
Ballylynam
Ballynakill new
Ballyquaid Mass Pit
Bordwell
Camross
Castlefleming
Chapel Cross Roads
Clonenagh Church of Ireland
Clonenagh Old
Clonkeen
Coolbanagher
Coolkerry
Cromogue
Clonaslee
Cullohill

Curraclone
Durrow Roman Catholic
Durrow Church of Ireland
Dysartenos
Dysartgallen
Errill
Ironmills
Killanure
Killenard
Killermogh
Killogue
Kilmanman
Mountmellick
Pike of Rushall
Portarlington
Portlaoise
Raheen
Rosenallis
Shanahoe
Stradbally
Timahoe

Roman Catholic Parish Record Indexes

Abbeyleix, misc Baptisms 1825-1830
Aghaboe Baptisms 1797
Aghaboe Baptisms 1800
Aghaboe Baptisms 1825
Aghaboe Misc Baptisms 1849-1858
Ballyadams Baptisms 1820
Ballyfin or Cappinrush baptisms 1824-25
Ballinakill Baptisms 1830
Borris in Ossory Baptisms 1840-41
Borris in Ossory Baptisms 1855-56
Ballyragget Baptisms 1856-57
Camross Baptisms 1816-1817
Camross Marriages 1816-1822
Clonaslee Marriages 1860-65
Doonane & Mayo baptisms Jan-Jun 1843

Durrow Baptisms 1789
Emo Baptisms 1875-76
Galmoy Baptisms 1863
Galmoy Marrisges 1861-67
Killeshin & Graiguecullin Baptisms 1840
Leighlinbridge Baptisms 1827
Lisdowney Marriages 1828-32
Mountmellick Marriages 1814-1819
Offerlane or Castletown Baptisms 1833
Portarlington Marriages 1845-46
Portarlington Baptisms 1820
Raheen Baptisms 1819
Rathdowney Marriages 1840-44
Rathdowney Baptisms 1790
Stradbally Baptisms 1820

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