Roman Catholic Records

Roman Catholic registers are kept in individual parishes and, in most cases, were not deposited in national repositories. This ensured their survival from the Public Record Office fire in 1922 and makes them one of the most comprehensive records available.

The commencement dates for the various parishes in County Sligo are outlined in the following tables.

Parish	Baptisms	Marriages	Deaths
Achonry	1878 – 1899	1865 – 1905
Aghanagh*	1803 – 1899	1841 – 1899
		*(Gaps in Aghangh
		Marriages from 1842-1864)
Ahamlish	1796 – 1900		1796 – 1845
Ballysadare* & Kilvarnet	1842 – 1899	1858 -1899
	* (No Baptismal Records for Ballysadare from 1853 -1858)
Castleconnor	1835 – 1905	1835 – 1899	1847 – 1896
Castlemore & Kilcolman (Partly Co. Roscommon)	1851 – 1900
Cloonacool	1859 – 1899	1859 – 1914
Curry	1867 – 1906	1867 – 1899
Drumcliffe	1841 – 1899	1865 – 1899
Drumrat	1843 – 1900	1833 – 1900
Easkey	1864 – 1899	1898 – 1939
Emlefad & Kilmorgan	1856 – 1899	1824 – 1899
Geevagh	1851 – 1899	1851 – 1899
Glenade & Ballaghnatrillick ( Partly Co. Leitrim)	1867 – 1899	1867 – 1899
Kilfree & Killaraght	1873 – 1899	1844 – 1899
Kilglass	1825 – 1900	1825 – 1900	1825 – 1867
Killery & Killanummery (Partly Co. Leitrim)		1827 -1899
Killoran	1878 – 1881	1846 – 1912
Kilmacshalgan	1868 – 1903	1868 – 1891
Kilmacteigue	1845 – 1899	1848 – 1899
Kilshalvey*, Kilturra & Cloonoghill	1842 – 1899	1840 – 1892
	* (Gaps in Kilshalvey Baptisms from 1873 – 1885)
Riverstown*	1803 – 1900	1803 – 1899	1836 – 1843
		*(Gap in Riverstown Marriages from 1829 – 1836)
Skreen* & Dromard	1823 – 1892	1817 – 1910	1825 – 1843
		* (No Marriage Records for Skreen from 1860-1867)
Sligo*	1831 – 1899	1831 – 1899	1831 – 1848
		* (No Marriage Records for Sligo from 1855-1858)
Templeboy*	1815 – 1899	1815 – 1899	1815 – 1833
	* ( No Baptismal Records for Templeboy from 1838 – 1868)	* (No Marriage Records for Templeboy from 1837-1875)