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Civil parishes in Ireland are based on the medieval Christian parishes, adapted by the English administration and by the Church of Ireland. [1] The parishes, their division into townlands and their grouping into baronies, were recorded in the Down Survey undertaken in 1656–58 by surveyors under William Petty.
The civil parish was used for census and taxation purposes. [12] The civil parishes were included on the nineteenth-century maps of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland. [13] At the time of the 1861 census there were 2,428 civil parishes in Ireland (average area 34.8 square kilometres (13.4 sq mi; 8,600 acres)). [9]
In Ireland Counties are divided into Civil Parishes and Parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of parishes in County Londonderry , Northern Ireland : [ 1 ] Contents:
In Ireland Counties are divided into civil parishes and parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of civil parishes in County Antrim , Northern Ireland : [ 1 ] Contents:
This is a list of the civil parishes in the modern county of Fingal in Ireland. There are four baronies that are entirely contained in the county and one that is partly in the county and partly in the city of Dublin. Baronies and civil parishes continue to be officially defined units; they are no longer, however, used for many administrative ...
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Ireland portal; This category is for civil or geographic parishes. For ecclesiastical parishes see Category:Church parishes in Ireland. For church buildings or congregations see Category:Churches in Ireland.
In Ireland, the counties are divided into civil parishes and parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of parishes in County Armagh . [ 1 ]