Aghalurcher Parish

CountyFermanagh and Tyrone
Location

Baronies: Magherastephana (Fermanagh portion) and Clogher (Tyrone portion)

Diocese: Clogher

Poor law unions: Lisnaskea (Fermanagh portion) and Clogher (Tyrone portion)

Probate registry: Armagh

County district: Lisnaskea

Places: Cooneen, Lisnaskea, Maguiresbridge

Graveyards

Aghalurcher CI

Aghalurcher Old (inscriptions published in Clogher Record, vol. 2, no. 2 (1958))

Cavanaleck P

Cooneen RC

Lisnaskea CI*

Lisnaskea RC*

Maguiresbridge CI*

Maguiresbridge M

Maguiresbridge P*

Maguiresbridge RC*

Mullaghfad CI

Tullynageeran (inscriptions published in Clogher Record, vol. 2, no. 3 (1959))

*Inscriptions published by David R. Elliott, Kinfolk Finders

Churches

CI Aghalurcher, Cooneen, Kiltermon, Lisnaskea, Maguiresbridge, Mullaghfad

RC Lisnaskea, Maguiresbridge

P Cavanaleck, Maguiresbridge 

M Grogy, Lisneakea, Maguiresbridge

Church of Ireland Records

Aghalurcher: baptisms, 1788-1984; marriages, 1801­-1924; burials, 1802-1927 (MIC583/3, 7; MIC1/227) 

Cooneen: baptisms, 1872- ; marriages, 1887- (local custody)

Kiltermon: baptisms, 1861-5 (MIC1/6)

Lisnaskea: baptisms, 1804-2001; marriages, 1804­-1976; burials, 1804-2001; banns, 1807­-13; accounts, 1870-1958; Sustentation Fund accounts, 1871-1909; plan of seats, 1899 (MIC583/2; CR1/83; MIC1/73; D2896); index to baptisms, marriages and burials, 1804-15 (PRONI Search Room).

Maguiresbridge: baptisms, 1840-1921; marriages, 1842­-5, 1882; burials, 1842-95 (MIC1/60) 

Mullaghfad: baptisms, 1836- ; marriages, 1837- ; burials, 1850-78 (local custody)

Roman Catholic Records

Aghalurcher (Lisnaskea, Maguiresbridge): baptisms, 1835-83 (NLI, https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0284)

Aghavea (Brookeborough): Baptisms, 1862-82; marriages, 1866-81 and 1896-7 (NLI, https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0285)

Presbyterian Records

Cavanaleck: baptisms, 1853-1953; marriages, 1871­-1925; session minutes, 1856; marriage notices, 1858-83; list of communicants, 1862 (MIC1P/80; MIC1P/230/4) 

Maguiresbridge: baptisms, 1860-1985; marriages, 1845-1920 (MIC1P/69) 

Methodist Records

Grogey: baptisms, c.1880-1954 (MIC1E/28) 

Lisnaskea: baptisms, 1873-1942 (in Newtownbutler register); marriages, 1887-1935 (MIC1E/29-30)

Maguiresbridge: baptisms, 1865-1925; marriages, 1873­-1936 (MIC1E/9, 28) 

Other Church Records 
Vestry records

Aghalurcher CI: vestry records for Aghalurcher from 1747 onwards are in local custody

Lisnaskea: vestry minutes, 1870-93, 1922-42 (CR1/83/E)

Maguiresbridge: vestry minutes, 1870-1911 (MIC1/60) 

  
Tithe RecordsTithe applotment book for Aghalurcher parish, 1832-3 (D998/22/1, FIN/5/A/6A-B); survey of the parish of Aghalurcher (in connection with tithe applotment), 1833 (FIN/5/6)
Valuation records

Townland Valuation: VAL/1/B/428A-B (Fermanagh portion); VAL/1/B/61A-B (Tyrone portion)

Tenement Valuation: VAL/2/B/4/19A-E (Fermanagh portion); VAL/2/B/6/1 (Tyrone portion)

Landed estates

Brooke estate

Clogher bishopric estate

Erne estate

Montgomery estate

Schools

Aghavoorey

Ballindarragh

Carrickapollin

Cavanaleck

Colebrooke

Grogy

Innisrooske Island

Lisnaskea

Lisnaskea No. 2

Lisnaskea Union

Maguiresbridge

Maguiresbridge

Moat

Mullaghfad

Mullaghfad No. 2

Mulnaburtlin

Tully South

Tyreghan

School Records

Cavanaleck National/PE: male register, 1870–1940; female register, 1870–1951 (SCH/118)

Grogy National/PE/PS: male and female register, 1875–1951 (SCH/111)

The Knocks National/PE/PS (St Eugene’s): male and female registers, 1917–61 (SCH/1418)

Lisnaskea National: male and female registers, 1898–1927 (SCH/1100)

Lisnaskea No. 1 (St Ronan’s) National/PE/PS: female register, 1896–1957 (SCH/1458)

Maguiresbridge No. 2 National/PE: male registers, 1871–1959; female registers, 1871–1957 (SCH/1108)

Manorwaterhouse National: male and female registers, 1865–1901 (SCH/1460)

Moat National: male register, 1875–1927; female register, 1875–1931 (SCH/1098)

Moughley National/PE/PS: male and female registers, 1902–61 (SCH/1459)

Local government

Lisnaskea RDC (LA/49)

Rate books for electoral divisions in Lisnaskea RDC, 1899 (LA/4/5/BA/66–85)

Law and order

File of material relating to a request for the removal of the quarter sessions from Newtownbutler to Lisnaskea, including memorials for and against, each containing 250+ signatures, 1825–6 (NAI, CSO/RP/1825/1566)

Printed register of spirit licences in County Fermanagh, which includes details for the Petty Sessions District of Lisnaskea, 1892–1921 (HA/1/72/K/1)

Board of GuardiansLisnaskea Union records include: minute books, 1844–1948, and medical officer’s report book, 1912–21 (BG/20)
Famine Relief

Papers of the Brookeborough Relief Committee (covering the electoral divisions of Brookeborough, Colebrooke, Aghavoory, Derrycrum and Derrycullen), including subscription list, 1846–7 (NAI, RLFC/3/2/10/19)

Papers of the Magherastephana Relief Committee, including a subscription list from Lisnaskea, 1846–7 (NAI, RLFC/3/2/10/20)

Return of tenantry to be provided with rice in the event of famine by Major Sterne, Gola Castle, Brookeborough, Dec. 1845, which includes the name, address and religion of the head of household, along with the names of his or her children, distinguishing between boys and girls, and the rent paid for the holding (NAI, RLFC/3/1/77)

Business records 
Societies, etcMinute books, volumes naming borrowers, and other papers of Crichton Loan Fund Society, Lisnaskea, 1839–1943 (D2289, D2728)
Family papersPedigree of the Birney family, County Fermanagh, c. 1800-1982; William Birney (1868-1903), lived near Lisnaskea (D3000/76/1)
19thC Census1821 census gleanings (VRTI, CEN/1821/3/34/7/1)
Census subsHMR (incomplete), FL
Publications

Vicky Herbert, The Lisnaskea Story: People and Places (2001) 

Patrick McKay, Place-names of Northern Ireland. Vol. 8, County Fermanagh 1: Lisnaskea and District: The Parish of Aghalurcher (2004)

Frank Rogers, A History of Holy Cross Lisnaskea (2006)

Ordnance Survey MemoirsOSM, County Fermanagh I (vol. 4)
Printed sources 
Other manuscript sourcesA history, 1789–1896 of ‘that part of Broomhill farm in the townland of Mulloughmore’, Aghalurcher parish (D627/386)
Notes