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”.
