I received an email this morning from Ian Cantwell. The Cantwell name rang bells with me, and checking my CD-ROM collection, I found that I have a copy of his Memorials of the Dead, Counties Galway & Mayo (Western Seaboard).
Mr Cantwell has now posted online indexes to three Eneclann CD-ROMs that were authored by himself and/or his late father, Brian J. Cantwell. The three CD-ROMs are:
- Memorials of the Dead, Counties Galway & Mayo (Western Seaboard)
- Brian J. Cantwell’s Memorials of the Dead
- 1798 Rebellion, Claimants, and Surrenders
The CDs themselves may be ordered directly from Eneclann at this link.
The following links go directly to the indexes:
Memorials of the Dead, Counties Galway & Mayo (Western Seaboard)
The CD contains transcriptions of around 8,000 people from over 120 graveyards (up to 1901) in western parts of counties of Galway and Mayo (west of Galway City, Loughs Corrib & Mask, Castlebar and the Nephin Mountains), published in 2003. It is now also available online at Irish Origins.
Brian J. Cantwell’s Memorials of the Dead
Brian J.Cantwell’s Memorials of the Dead contains transcriptions of c. 67,300 people from 24,400 memorials taken from over 540 graveyards and churches; primarily from Counties Wicklow, Wexford and South Dublin but include published and unpublished work from Counties Clare, Cork, Kildare, Galway and Sligo. The field work, conducted between 1970-91, include all visible legible memorials in graveyards up to 1880 and all interior church memorials. The website contains indices and relevant texts either taken from the CD, published in 2005, or specially written and developed for online research. There are two sections: Texts and Indexes.
1798 Rebellion, Claimants, and Surrenders
The 1798 Rebellion was one of the most traumatic periods in recent Irish history. While documentary evidence for the majority of participants and victims is patchy there are three lists of c. 8,300 people from this period, which were published between 1798-1800. These have been republished for the first time on CD (Eneclann, 2005) and are:
- Over 6,100 people who made compensation claims for property destroyed all over Ireland during the Rebellion
- Over 1,000 people who surrendered arms in Dublin City and County in 1798
- Over 1,000 people who surrendered arms in Coolock Barony, Co. Dublin, in 1798
The following is in Mr. Cantwell’s words, “Also the offer of free limited research in my father’s work and 1798 (until they go online in the next three months or so) is genuine and may interest some of your readers as might some of the introductory pieces, which I wrote to balance the sheer weight of indexes.”
