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The Religious Census, 1766
This census was authorised by a resolution of the Irish House of Lords on 5 March 1766 which stated:
Resolved, That the several archbishops and bishops of this Kingdom shall be and are hereby desired to direct the parish ministers in their respective dioceses, to return a list of the several families in their parishes to this House on the first Monday after the Recess, distinguishing which are Protestants and which are Papists, as also a list of the several reputed Popish priests and friars residing in their parishes. House of Lords Journal, iv, 370.
No set form for the provision of this information was laid down by either the House of Lords or the prelates, and consequently the details given vary enormously from one parish to the next. The following are the main forms which the returns take:
Number of families of each religion, Protestant and Papist, in the parish as a whole; the same, divided into townlands;
List of heads of families, with their religion, in the parish as a whole; the same, divided into townlands;
The same, giving also the number of persons of each religion in each household, including servants;
The same, showing a division into landholders and cotters.
Sometimes the term “Protestant” is further broken down into members of the Established Church and Protestant “Dissenters” (Presbyterians) and occasionally details are given for smaller denominations e.g. Quakers and Anabaptists.
Most of the returns were made in March and April 1766. When received, they were arranged in alphabetical order within each diocese and stamped with a running number. However, the fact that not all returns for a given diocese arrived together means that the numbers for that diocese do not run consecutively. A summary for each diocese was prepared, showing the number of Protestants and Papists in each parish in the diocese. These summaries appear to have been done locally as several are stamped with numbers in the same way as the parish returns.
PROTESTANTS
Surname Given Name ANDERSON David ANDERSON John ANDERSON Thomas BRATTAN Ephraim BRICE Robert CARR James CHRISWELL Henry CHRISWELL James CHRISWELL Joseph CHRISWELL Robert CRAGE Thomas DEAN Robert DIERMOT Patrick DIERMOT William DOHERTY Edmond EWING Anthony EWING John EWING Nathaniel EWING Thomas FERIS William FLEMING James FLEMING James FLEMING John FLEMING Samuel GAY James GILMORE David HARKAN James HODGE Henry HUEY Samuel MARSHAL John McBRIDE John McCLELLAN William McDEAD Willim McDOWELL John McKINNY Aleph [?] McNUT Thomas MILLER James PORTER Alexander RAMSEY Robert RAMSEY William ROTCHFORD Abraham RUSSELL William SWETTENHAM Joshua, Esq.
PAPISTS (ROMAN CATHOLICS)
Surname Given Name [blank] John [blank] John [blank] John [blank] Michael [blank] Patrick BRESLAN William COLE Toll CONNOR Dennis CREAGE James CURRY David DIERMOT Michael DIERMOT Owen DIERMOT Patrick DOHERTY Charles DOHERTY Edmond DOHERTY Edward DOHERTY Hugh DOHERTY Hugh DOHERTY James DOHERTY John DOHERTY Patrick DURRIN Charles HAGAN James HANNAGAN Brian HERRIL Brian KELLY James LENNY Daniel LENNY James LOGHERY Nocker MARLY Charles MCATIRE Patrick McCALLEN Philip McCALLIN George McCALLIN Thadeny McCORMICK Owen McCRENNAN Daniel McGLASSIN Owen McGLASSIN Patrick McGROWNY John McLEMEEL Patrick McLOGHLIN William McSWINE Michael QUIGLEY James TOLAND John There are no Popish Clergy either Secular or Regular P[riests] in Island. The Popish priest of the P. of Templecarn of which this island is a skirt & P. of the Deanery of Derry usually attends to Papists here once a month. (Shortal Fitzgerald Curate in I. Island to the Rt. Hon. & Revd. Lord Strangford, Dean of Derry)
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