Two kinds of Irish graveyard record exist: cemetery burial records and headstone transcripts. Burial registers are online for Glasnevin in Dublin (1.5 million records from 1828), Belfast, Cork, Clare, Galway, Kerry, Limerick and Waterford, among others.
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Which burial registers are online?
According to the Irish Genealogy graveyards page: Belfast City Council burial records from 1869, about 360,000 records from Belfast City Cemetery (from 1869), Roselawn (from 1954) and Dundonald (from 1905); Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, 1.5 million records from 1828, through the Dublin Cemeteries Trust; Fingal County Council for north County Dublin; transcriptions for graveyards in Clare; Cork City and County Archives; Galway County Council Archives; Kerry local authorities; Limerick City Archives; Skibbereen Heritage Centre for West Cork; Waterford City and County Archives, digitised burial registers for 5 burial grounds. Source: Irish Genealogy: graveyards.
What about headstones?
Headstones have been transcribed, published and digitised in many places. Irish Genealogy names the Dublin Cemeteries Trust for Dublin city and county, and History from Headstones for Northern Ireland. More than 1,800 burial grounds have been identified so far. For other areas it lists Find a Grave, historicgraves.com, interment.net, discovereverafter.com, from-Ireland.net and Irishgraveyards.ie.
What will a burial record tell me?
Roman Catholic burial registers may contain very little, often the date of burial, the name and address and possibly the age. Many parishes had no burial register before 1900. Church of Ireland registers tend to contain more burial details.
Common questions
Are Glasnevin Cemetery records online? Yes, the Dublin Cemeteries Trust has 1.5 million records from Glasnevin dating from 1828, according to the Irish Genealogy website.
How many Irish burial grounds are identified? Over 1,800 burial grounds to date, according to the Irish Genealogy website.
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