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LIMERICK LAND DIVISIONS

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There are three main land divisions of each Ireland county other than townlands: baronies, civil parishes and poor law unions.  While the townland is the smallest and most ancient of Irish land division, it is also important to identify what other land divisions the town land belongs to when doing genealogical research in Ireland since all main records are organized by at least one of these divisions.  Another division are dioceses--originating in the 10th century by three ecclesiastical synods who imposed the organization of four provinces (Armagh, Cashel, Dublin, Tuam) each headed by an archbishop.  These diocesan boundaries have remained virutally constant to the present day and are in uses by both the Catholic and Anglican Churches.  In 1834 the dioceses of the Church of Ireland were reduced to two (Armagh, Dublin). Diocese's  boundaries have little or no relationship to the boundaries of the counties.


 

BARONIES

 

Baronies and counties became established in the government land surveys of the 17th century.  There were 331 baronies in Ireland and they reflected the holdings of the Irish clans.  They are now obsolete but were used widely in the 19th century. (click on barony to find townlands, civil parishes and PLUs in barony)

 

POOR LAW UNIONS

 

Under the Poor Relief Act, 1838, Ireland was divided into districts, called unions, in which the local rateable inhabitants were to be financially responsible for the care of all paupers in their areas.  The unions, which could be in more than one county, were usually centered on a large market town.  In 1850, there were 163 unions in Ireland.  In 1898 the poor law union became the basic administrative land division replacing baronies and civil parishes.  The country was then divided into 829 registration districts and 3,751 electoral divisions.  Townlands are now arranged according to the unions.  The old civil parishes and baronies are kept only as a way to make comparisons with records from before 1898.


 

 

  • Michelstown
  • Newcastle
  • Tipperary
  • Rathkeale

CIVIL PARISHES

 

From the 17th century, the civil parishes were based on the early Christian and medieval monastic and church settlements.  They were used widely for various surveys.  By the 19th century the boundaries of the the civil parishes was well established.  As the population grew, however, new parishes were created by either subdividing larger ones or by moving townlands from nearby parishes.  The civil parish basically covered the same area as the Church of Ireland.  On the other hand, the Roman Catholic Church, due to the Reformation of the 16th century, had to adapt itself to a new structure centered on towns and villages.  There were 2,508 civil parishes in all of Ireland.  They do not respect either barony or county lines. The civil parishes are the basic geographical units used for the Griffiths Valuation (1851-52), Tithe Applotment (1823-38), tax records, censuses, etc.  They have about the same boundaries as the parishes for the Church of Ireland but different from the parishes of the Catholic Church. 

 

 

Civil ParishBaronyPLU
AbbeyfealeGlenquinNewcastle
AbingtonClanwilliamLimerick
AbingtonOwneybegLimerick
AdareConnello UpperRathkeale
AdareCoshmaCroom
AdareKenryCroom
AdareKenryRathkeale
AglishcormickClanwilliamLimerick
AglishcormickCoonaghTipperary
AnhidCoshmaCroom
ArdaghGlenquinNewcastle
ArdaghShanidNewcastle
ArdaghShanidRathkeale
ArdcannyKenryRathkeale
ArdpatrickCoshleaKilmallock
AskeatonConnello LowerRathkeale
AthlaccaCoshleaKilmallock
AthlaccaCoshmaCroom
AthlaccaCoshmaKilmallock
AthneasyCoshleaKilmallock
AthneasySmallcountyKilmallock
BallinardSmallcountyKilmallock
BallingaddyCoshleaKilmallock
BallingarryConnello UpperCroom
BallingarryConnello UpperNewcastle
BallingarryCoshleaKilmallock
BallinloughSmallcountyKilmallock
BallybroodClanwilliamLimerick
BallycahanePubblebrienCroom
BallycahaneSmallcountyCroom
BallylandersCoshleaMitchelstown
BallynacloghCoonaghTipperary
BallynamonaSmallcountyKilmallock
BallyscaddanCoshleaKilmallock
BruffCoshmaKilmallock
BrureeConnello UpperKilmallock
BrureeCoshmaKilmallock
CaheravallyClanwilliamLimerick
CaherconlishClanwilliamLimerick
CahercorneySmallcountyKilmallock
CaherellyClanwilliamLimerick
CahernarryClanwilliamLimerick
CappaghConnello LowerRathkeale
CarrigparsonClanwilliamLimerick
CastletownCoonaghTipperary
ChapelrussellKenryRathkeale
ClonaghConnello LowerGlin
ClonaghConnello LowerRathkeale
CloncaghConnello UpperNewcastle
CloncrewConnello UpperNewcastle
CloneltyGlenquinNewcastle
CloneltyGlenquinRathkeale
ClonkeenClanwilliamLimerick
ClonshireConnello LowerRathkeale
ColmanswellConnello LowerKilmallock
ColmanswellConnello UpperKilmallock
CorcomohideConnello LowerCroom
CorcomohideConnello UpperCroom
CorcomohideConnello UpperKilmallock
CrecoraPubblebrienCroom
CrecoraPubblebrienLimerick
CroaghConnello LowerRathkeale
CroomConnello UpperCroom
CroomCoshmaCroom
CroomPubblebrienCroom
CroomPubblebrienLimerick
DarraghCoshleaKilmallock
DerrygalvinClanwilliamLimerick
DonaghmoreClanwilliamLimerick
DoonCoonaghLimerick
DoonCoonaghTipperary
DoonOwneybegLimerick
DoondonnellConnello LowerRathkeale
DrehidtarsnaConnello UpperRathkeale
DrehidtarsnaCoshmaCroom
DrehidtarsnaCoshmaRathkeale
DromcolliherConnello UpperNewcastle
DrominCoshmaKilmallock
DromkeenClanwilliamLimerick
DunmoylanShanidGlin
DunmoylanShanidNewcastle
DunmoylanShanidRathkeale
DysertCoshmaCroom
EffinCoshleaKilmallock
EffinCoshmaKilmallock
EmlygrennanCoshleaKilmallock
FedamoreClanwilliamLimerick
FedamoreSmallcountyCroom
FedamoreSmallcountyLimerick
GalballyCoshleaMitchelstown
GlenograSmallcountyCroom
GrangeGlenquinNewcastle
GreanClanwilliamLimerick
GreanClanwilliamTipperary
GreanCoonaghLimerick
GreanCoonaghTipperary
HackmysCoshmaKilmallock
HospitalSmallcountyKilmallock
Inch St. LawrenceClanwilliamLimerick
IverussKenryRathkeale
KilbehenyCoshleaMitchelstown
KilbolaneConnello UpperNewcastle
KilbradranConnello LowerRathkeale
KilbradranShanidGlin
KilbradranShanidRathkeale
Kilbreedy MajorCoshleaKilmallock
Kilbreedy MajorSmallcountyKilmallock
Kilbreedy MinorCoshmaKilmallock
KilcolmanShanidGlin
KilcolmanShanidNewcastle
KilcorcoranKenryRathkeale
KilcornanKenryRathkeale
KilcullaneSmallcountyKilmallock
KildimoKenryCroom
KildimoKenryRathkeale
KilfergusShanidGlin
KilfinnaneCoshleaKilmallock
KilfinnyConnello UpperCroom
KilfinnyConnello UpperRathkeale
KilflynCoshleaKilmallock
KilfrushSmallcountyKilmallock
KilkeedyPubblebrienLimerick
KillagholehaneGlenquinNewcastle
KilleedyGlenquinKanturk
KilleedyGlenquinNewcastle
KilleedyPubblebrienLimerick
KilleelyLimerickLimerick
KilleelyPubblebrienLimerick
KilleelyPubblebrien & LimerickLimerick
KilleenagarriffClanwilliamLimerick
KilleenoghtyCoshmaCroom
KilleenoghtyPubblebrienCroom
KillonahanCoshmaCroom
KillonahanPubblebrienCroom
KillonahanPubblebrienLimerick
KilmeedyConnello UpperCroom
KilmeedyConnello UpperNewcastle
KilmoylanShanidGlin
KilmoylanShanidRathkeale
KilmurryClanwilliamLimerick
KilpeaconPubblebrienCroom
KilpeaconSmallcountyCroom
KilquaneCoshleaKilmallock
KilscannellConnello LowerRathkeale
KilteelyCoonaghKilmallock
KilteelyCoonaghTipperary
KilteelySmallcountyKilmallock
KnockainySmallcountyKilmallock
KnocklongCoshleaKilmallock
KnocknagaulPubblebrienLimerick
LismakeeryConnello LowerRathkeale
LismakeeryConnello LowerRoscrea
LoghillShanidGlin
LuddenClanwilliamLimerick
MahoonaghGlenquinNewcastle
MonagayGlenquinNewcastle
MonasteranenaghCoshmaCroom
MonasteranenaghPubblebrienCroom
MonasteranenaghSmallcountyCroom
MonasteranenaghSmallcountyKilmallock
MorgansConnello LowerRathkeale
MungretPubblebrienLimerick
NantinanConnello LowerRathkeale
NantinanConnello UpperRathkeale
NantinanShanidGlin
NewcastleGlenquinNewcastle
NewcastleShanidNewcastle
OolaCoonaghTipperary
ParticlesCoshleaKilmallock
RathjordanClanwilliamLimerick
RathkealeConnello LowerCroom
RathkealeConnello LowerRathkeale
RathkealeConnello UpperRathkeale
RathronanShanidGlin
RathronanShanidNewcastle
RathronanShanidRathkeale
RobertstownShanidGlin
RobertstownShanidRathkeale
RochestownClanwilliamLimerick
ShanagoldenShanidGlin
ShanagoldenShanidRathkeale
St. John'sClanwilliam and LimerickLimerick
St. John'sLimerick CityLimerick
St. Laurence'sClanwilliam and LimerickLimerick
St. Lawrence'sClanwilliamLimerick
St. Lawrence'sLimerick CityLimerick
St. Mary'sLimerick CityLimerick
St. Michael'sLimerick CityLimerick
St. Michael'sPubblebrienLimerick
St. Munchin'sLimerick CityLimerick
St. Munchin'sPubblebrienLimerick
St. Munchin'sPubblebrien and LimerickLimerick
St. NicholasClanwilliamLimerick
St. NicholasClanwilliam and LimerickLimerick
St. NicholasLimerick CityLimerick
St. NicholasPubblebrien and LimerickLimerick
St. Patrick'sClanwilliamLimerick
St. Patrick'sClanwilliam and LimerickLimerick
St. Patrick'sLimerick CityLimerick
St. Peter's & St. Paul'sKilmallockKilmallock
StradballyClanwilliamLimerick
TankardstownCoshmaKilmallock
TemplebredonCoonaghTipperary
TomdeelyConnello LowerRathkeale
TullabrackyCoshmaCroom
TullabrackyCoshmaKilmallock
TullabrackySmallcountyCroom
TuoghOwneybegLimerick
TuoghclugginCoonaghTipperary
UregareCoshmaKilmallock
UregareSmallcountyKilmallock

CATHOLIC DIOCESES