Laois or Queen's Co., Ireland Genealogy: Coolkerry Civil Parish 1901 Census Heads of Household Index. Surnames B-W, ©Jane Lyons

Coolkerry Civil Parish (Co. Laois) belongs to the Civil Registration District of Abbeyleix for the purpose of Birth, Marriage, Death & Census records.

The National Archives of Ireland 1901 census Film reference for Coolkerry Civil Parish is DED 22 & 24

The records for this parish are out of order on the census films. Under normal circumstances each DED is divided into a number of sub-divisions representing the townlands within that DED, e.g. 22 is the DED number, but there may be 10 townlands in that DED, each townland is given a reference number 22/1, 22/2, 22/3 and so on until all the townlands in the DED have been numbered and the next DED is reached such as 23, then the numbering of the townlands in that DED begins, 23/1, 23/2 etc. The various DED's on any film run consecutively as in 22 comes first and then all the townlands in 22 one after the other. Then, 23 and the townlands in that DED. The records for Coolkerry are not where they should be on the films and unless one goes through the whole film, one gets the impression that they are missing.

There were 22 Heads of Household or families living in the Laois section of Cloydagh civil parish in 1901

This page may undergo revision as I need to check whether a particular townland with four families which I have noted as belonging to Coolkerry parish actually belonged to Coolkerry in 1901 as it is listed as being part of Rathdowney in 1851.

Name & Surname	Townland	DED
James Bolger Catherine Bowe Edward Burnett Jeremiah campion Kieran Campion Mathew Campion Patrick Campion Martin Carroll Thomas Carroll John Costigan Anastasia Cuddihy Lambert Dacers Patrick Dunphy William Egan Thomas Grennan Patrick Kelly Michael Key Margaret Kinsella Jeremiah Lalor	Middlemount or Ballyvaughlaun Coolkerry Coolacurragh Graigueanossy Coolkerry Graigueanossy Coolkerry Coolkerry Coolkerry Coolkerry Graigueanossy Middlemount or Ballyvaughlaun Coolkerry Turfarney Middlemount or Ballyvaughlaun Middlemount or Ballyvaughlaun Middlemount or Ballyvaughlaun Turfarney Turfarney	Grantstown Grantstown Grantstown Kilnaseer Grantstown Kilnaseer Grantstown Grantstown Grantstown Grantstown Kilnaseer Grantstown Grantstown Kilnaseer Grantstown Grantstown Grantstown Kilnaseer Kilnaseer

Name & Surname	Townland	DED
Johanna Maher Joseph Maher Timothy Maher Martin Mahony Margaret McEvoy Patrick J. Murphy James Neary Alfred William Perry Michael Phelan Margaret Rafter William Rafter Robert C. Roe Mary Shortall Catherine Whelan James Whelan Mary Whelan Matthew Whelan	Middlemount or Ballyvaughlaun Coolkerry Coolkerry Graigueanossy Middlemount or Ballyvaughlaun Coolkerry Turfarney Turfarney Middlemount or Ballyvaughlaun Middlemount or Ballyvaughlaun Middlemount or Ballyvaughlaun Middlemount or Ballyvaughlaun Middlemount or Ballyvaughlaun Graigueanossy Middlemount or Ballyvaughlaun Graigueanossy Graigueanossy	Grantstown Grantstown Grantstown Kilnaseer Grantstown Grantstown Kilnaseer Kilnaseer Grantstown Grantstown Grantstown Grantstown Grantstown Kilnaseer Grantstown Kilnaseer Kilnaseer