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* The six counties of Northern Ireland were superseded by 26 local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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