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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 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.
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 .
It is a commonly held perception that the term 'cathedral' may be applied to any particularly large or grand church. Whilst many cathedrals may be such, this is due to their ecclesiastical status (such a church is grand because it is a cathedral, rather than it being a cathedral because of its grandeur).
The Church of Ireland (Irish: Eaglais na hÉireann, pronounced [ˈaɡlˠəʃ n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ]; Ulster-Scots: Kirk o Airlann, [kɪrk ə ˈerlən(d)]) [3] is a Christian church in Ireland, and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion.
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
For church buildings or congregations see Category:Churches in the Republic of Ireland. Subcategories This category has the following 27 subcategories, out of 27 total.
The Carrigrohane Union of Parishes is a Church of Ireland parish in County Cork, Ireland. [1] In 2017 the parish used profits from a land sale to acquire a former military building for conversion into a church and parish center. [2] The parish also holds an archive of military records from the Irish revolutionary period, which have been ...