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Keady Parish - Church Records

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Abbreviations used:

  • C.I. = Church of Ireland (Anglican)
  • FHL = Family History Library
  • LDS = Latter Day Saints
  • MIC. = Microfilm
  • NLI = National Library of Ireland, Dublin
  • PRONI = Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast
  • R.C. = Roman Catholic

C.I. parish of Keady [Armagh diocese]

  • C.I. Armaghbreague (partly in Keady parish and partly in Lisnadill parish) [Armagh diocese]
    • Earliest registers destroyed in Dublin.
    • Baptisms, 1877-; marriages, 1845-; burials, 1877-; vestry minutes, 1832. In local custody.
  • C.I. Keady [Armagh diocese]
    • Baptisms, 1780-1818 and 1825-71; marriages, 1780-1845; burials, 1815-18 and 1826-80; confirmations, 1828 and 1833. PRONI ref. MIC.1/51-52; T.679/8, 8A-B
    • Baptisms, 1872-; marriages, 1845-; burials, 1871-; vestry minutes, 1814-. In local custody.
    • Dobbin, Henry J., Keady: one hundred years ago: With extracts from the parish records, 1780-1..., Ulster Gazette, Armagh, 1922. QUB ref.: Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h p DA993.A8/DOBB

Methodist Church at Keady

  • Baptisms, 1815-. (At Armagh). In local custody.

Presbyterian congregations

  • Armaghbreague
    • Baptisms, 1908-84; marriages, 1848-1936. PRONI ref. MIC.1P/297
  • Keady First (The Temple)
    • See under Derrynoose parish (link pending)
  • Keady Second
    • Baptisms, 1826-(a few entries 1819); marriages, 1819-. In local custody; and PRONI ref. MIC.1P/439
  • Tassagh
    • Baptisms and marriages, 1845-. In local custody; and PRONI ref. MIC.1P/434
  • Presbyterian Historical Society
    • Room 218, Church House, Fisherwick Place, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT1 6DW

R.C. parish of Armagh [Archdiocese of Armagh]

  • Historically, the R.C. parish of Keady consists of the civil parishes of Keady and Derrynoose
    • Baptisms, 1835-1837, 1846-1880; marriages, 1846-1880; funerals, 1846-1851. The Catholic parish of Derrynoose includes the civil parishes of Derrynoose and Keady. The parish is now called Keady. There are three chapels, two in Keady and one in Derrynoose. LDS ref. FHL BRITISH Film 979710 Items 3 - 5
    • Baptisms, 1 Feb 1835 - 29 Jan 1837, Dec 1846 - 28 Jan 1866, 1 Feb 1866 - 30 Dec 1880; marriages, 17 July 1846 - 31 Jan 1875, 8 Feb 1875 - 9 Dec 1880; deaths, 22 July 1846 - April 1851. NLI ref. P.5589
    • See also under Derrynoose parish (link pending)
  • Map of RC parishes in Co Armagh from John Grenham's Irish Ancestors web site
    • Click on the parish of Derrynoose, to obtain a list of parish registers
    • Hold the mouse pointer over the parish to see variant names.

Sources, for the references given above, include: