Cork Graveyards Database at the Skibbereen Heritage Centre

Earlier this year, Skibbereen Heritage Centre added substantially to its Cork Graveyards Database, bringing the total to 109,385 burial records from over 170 graveyards throughout the county. All are free to search online.

The most recent additions to the long-running digitization project relate to North Cork and include burial records from the following graveyards:

Ballinakill, Ballyhooly, Ballynoe, Boherbue, Bridgetown, Brigown, Britway, Carrigdownane, Castlelyons New Cemetery, Derryvillane, Dromtarriffe New Cemetery, Dunmahon, Gortroe, Kilbrin, Kilcrumper Old Graveyard, Kilcummer, Kildorrery, Kilgrogan, Killabraher, Killathy, Killavullen New Cemetery, Kilphelan, Kilroe, Knawhill, Mourneabbey (The Abbey Cemetery) and St Gobnait’s (Gouldshill, Mallow). Scroll down to see the full list of graveyards included in the database. 

The Cork Graveyards Database is hosted on the Skibbereen Heritage Centre website and includes both searchable burial register records and results from several graveyard surveys. An interactive map shows each graveyard included in the project, most of which are cemeteries owned and managed by Cork County Council. Each cemetery is marked with a cross on the map. By clicking on a cross, users can read a short description of the graveyard and check the date range covered by its burial registers – a helpful step before beginning a search.

Individual burial register records typically include the name of the deceased, address, date of death and date of burial. Some entries also contain additional information such as age at death, occupation, the informant’s name (often a close relative), the registrar’s name and grave location. Where available, original register pages can be viewed and downloaded as PDFs by selecting “View Register”.