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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.
Craigs Parish Church of Ireland. Craigs (Irish: Na Creaga, "The Rocks") [1] is a townland [2] in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is part of the Finvoy Civil Parish situated in the history Barony of Kilconway. It is a relatively large townland at a 4.38 square miles (2,800 acres), making it the ninth largest townland in County Antrim. [3]
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] Poor Law districts were created in 1838, each centered on a large town.
Essentially, a cathedral church is a Christian place of worship that is the chief, or 'mother' church of an episcopal see and is distinguished as such by being the location for the cathedra or bishop's seat. Strictly speaking therefore, only those Christian denominations with an Episcopal polity possess cathedrals.
Pages in category "Church of Ireland parishes in the Republic of Ireland" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Templemichael (Irish: Teampall Mhichíl) [1] is a civil parish in County Longford, Ireland. It is approximately 40 square kilometres (15.4 sq mi) in area. [2] Templemichael is also a Church of Ireland parish in the Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. [3] Churches within this Anglican parish include Saint John's Church (Templemichael) in ...
The parishes of the second largest Christian denomination in the island of Ireland - the Church of Ireland See also: Category:Anglican church buildings in Ireland Subcategories
The English-speaking minority in Ireland post-Reformation mostly adhered to the Church of Ireland or to Presbyterianism; the dioceses became integrated into this new church independent from the Catholic Church. In 1833, the two provinces of Dublin and Cashel were merged. Over the centuries, numerous dioceses were merged, in view of declining ...