Catholics in the Diocese of Connor, 1766 Religious Census
In the spring of 1766 the Irish House of Lords issued instructions to Church of Ireland clergy to prepare returns of all householders in their respective parishes, indicating the religion of each householder, and giving an account of any Roman Catholic clergy active in their area.
James O’Laverty, in his An Historical Account of the Diocese of Down and Connor, Ancient and Modern (5 vols, 1878–95), listed names, mainly of Catholics, from the 1766 religious census for a number of parishes in the diocese of Connor (mainly County Antrim and a small part of County Londonderry). In general, these parishes had low Catholic populations and so the number of names is fairly small.