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This section contains links to documents and records from our collections that have been digitised and that are available for viewing online. All items are in adobe acrobat (PDF) format.

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St Josephs Cemetery Register 1 Jul 1904 - 11 Jul 1917

St Joseph's is a major Catholic cemetery situated at Tory Top Road, Cork City.
(Note: We also have burial voucher books for this period that often record additional information such as owner of grave, cause of death, location. These are in paper copy only.)

Cobh/Queenstown Cemetery Register 1879 - 1907

Cobh is a large town situated 25km from Cork City. From 1850 to 1920 it was named Queenstown. This register is from Cobh/Queenstown Cemetery, a town cemetery that was operated by Cobh Town Council. The register records both Protestant and Catholic burials for the Cobh area, and from adjacent areas such as Spike Island, and Haulbowline Naval Base. In addition to the usual details, the register sometimes records the occupation and place of birth of those being buried.

Dunbullogue Cemetery Register 1896 - 1908

Dunbullogue is located approx. 10km to the northeast of Cork City.

Dunbullogue Cemetery Register Part 1, 8 Nov 1896 - 24 May 1908
Dunbullogue Cemetery Register Part 2, 26 Mar 1909 - 20 Jun 1921
Dunbullogue Cemetery Register Part 3, 31 Aug 1922 - 24 Dec 1932
Dunbullogue Cemetery Register Part 4, 2 Jan 1933 - 10 Jul 1942
Dunbullogue Cemetery Register Part 5, 18 Jul 1942 - 29 Nov 1952
Dunbullogue Cemetery Register Part 6, 3 Dec 1952 - 21 Jan 1963
Dunbullogue Cemetery Register Part 7, 24 Jan 1963 - 27 Sep 1975
Dunbullogue Cemetery Register Part 8, 14 Jan 1974 - 6 Apr 1988

Rathcooney Cemetery Records 1896 - 1941

Rathcooney (new) Cemetery is situated in Glanmire, County Cork on the eastern outskirts of Cork City.

Registers of burials:

Valuation List, Holy Trinity Parish, Cork City, 1831

Printed property rate valuation list with manuscript additions, Holy Trinity Parish, Cork City, made for the Grand Jury of the County of the City of Cork. Lists each property, numbered from 1 to 1549, listing names of reputed tenants, present occupiers (mostly left blank), denomination or type of property, separate value, total value, whether 'Waste and Poor', and rate amount due on each property. List is made on a street-by-street basis, covering about 50 streets and laneways in Cork city centre. Useful pre-General Valuation source for Cork family history and local history.

Searchable PDF files

Valuation List, Cork, 1831 Part 1
Valuation List, Cork, 1831 Part 2
Valuation List, Cork, 1831 Part 3

Burial Register, Old Kilcully Cemetery 1931 - 1974

Old Kilcully cemetery is 3 miles North of Cork City. (Not to be confused with the modern cemetery, St.Catherines, Kilcully which is adjacent to the old cemetery). Note: There is a gap in the record between 19 Jan 1950 and 12 Nov 1953.

Online copy of the register:

Kilcully Cemetery Register Part 1, 28 Jul 1931 - 21 Aug 1935

Kilcully Cemetery Register Part 2 20 Aug 1935 - 11 Apr 1939

Kilcully Cemetery Register Part 3, 26 Apr 1939 - 10 Mar 1943

Kilcully Cemetery Register Part 4, 10 Mar 1943 - 30 Jun 1947

Kilcully Cemetery Register Part 5, 2 Jul 1947 - 6 May 1957

Kilcully Cemetery Register Part 6, 9 May 1957 - 23 Jan 1966

Kilcully Cemetery Register Part 7, 24 Jan 1966 - 6 Aug 1974

Note: at the end of the Kilcully register are approx. 20 entries that are undated, but that are probably from the 1970s or 1980s.

Survey of Cork City Wall by Jehosephat Huleatt, 1733

MSS. 'Copy of the Survey of the Town Walls', by Jehosaphat Huleatt, Overseer of Public Works. 'An exact return as possible I could make of the Town Walls of the Citty of Cork August 8th 1733'. Contemporary copy giving written details of properties encroaching on the Cork City wall. In total about 100 properties and property owners listed. (Note: textual information only, there is no map or drawing attached). Cork City Walls Survey 1733

Hely-Hutchinson Cork Electors MS.

Contains lists of names, addresses and occupations of over 756 Freemen, and approx. 200 40 shilling (£2) and £10 Freeholders, of the City of Cork, including those resident in the County of the City of Cork, as well as non-resident Freemen such as Members of Parliament. MS. probably drafted by an election agent of John Hely Hutchinson MP (b.1724-d.1794), for the 1783 Irish Parliament election in Cork City.

SM768 Part 1
SM768 Part 2
SM768 Part 3
SM768 Part 4
SM768 Part 5
SM768 Part 6

List of Freemen of Cork City, 1710 – 1841

Transcribed from existing collection (Ref. U.11) 'Index/Digest to Council Books of the Corporation of Cork With alphabetical list of Freemen'. Original and typescript by John O'Shea. Date of freemen admission from the 31st October 1710, to the 25th October 1841. Note: the original freemen records have not survived.

List of Freemen of Cork City 1710 – 1841

Aldwell’s General Post Office Directory of Cork for the year 1845: List of Traders, Public Officials and Prominent Citizens

Searchable lists:

Aldwell's Directory 1845 - Surnames
Aldwell's Directory 1845 - Location/Street
Aldwell's Directory 1845 - Professions/Trades

Irish Volunteers, Cork Corps, Membership 1913 - 1914

List of those who joined the Cork Corps of the Irish Volunteers in 1913-1914, transcribed from the original membership forms which are found in the Liam De Roiste Papers (Ref. U271). The list is in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format and may be viewed in two ways, by Surname and by Membership number (see below). Please note that there appear to be many gaps in the membership forms and as such the lists should not be regarded as a full record of membership of the Cork Volunteers for this period.

Irish Volunteers, Cork, Members List 1913-14
Irish Volunteers, Cork Membership 1913-14 (Alphabetical List)