Abbreviations : Ireland

Ireland was partitioned in 1921. At that time, 26 counties formed Eire or the Republic of Ireland, and the remaining 6 counties remained in the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland.

Counties in the United Kingdom were reorganised in April 1974 (October 1973 in Northern Ireland and May 1975 in Scotland), resulting in the disappearance of many traditional county names and the changing of administrative boundaries. As a result, some parish records may not be kept at the County Record Office of their original county.

For example, the parish records for Garsdale and Dentdale are kept in the Cumbria County Record Office even though Garsdale and Dentdale were in the county of Yorkshire until 1974. Cumbria itself is a new county, formed from Westmorland, Cumberland and parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire.

* The six counties of Northern Ireland were superseded by 26 local government districts in 1973 although the county names are still widely used.

ANT *
Antrim
ARM *
Armagh
CAR
Carlow
CAV
Cavan
CLA
Clare
COR
Cork
DON
Donegal
DOW *
Down
DUB
Dublin
FER *
Fermanagh
GAL
Galway
KER
Kerry
KID
Kildare
KIK
Kilkenny
LDY *
Londonderry or Derry
LET
Leitrim
LEX
Laois or Laoighis or Leix (Queen's County before 1921)
LIM
Limerick
LOG
Longford
LOU
Louth
MAY
Mayo
MEA
Meath or Navan
MOV
Monaghan
OFF
Offaly (King's County before 1921)
ROS
Roscommon
SLI
Sligo
TIP
Tipperary
TYR *
Tyrone
WAT
Waterford
WEM
Westmeath
WEX
Wexford
WIC
Wicklow

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