Cloncha parish registers Co Donegal baptisms 1669-1783
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According to the PRO Ireland the date of the earliest Parish register for the parish of Cloncha in Donegal, as given in the Report of the Deputy-Keeper of the Public records is 1824. The following register(s) for Cloncha Church of Ireland were destroyed in the fire of 1922 namely baptisms 1825-1876, marriages 1823-1844 and burials 1829-1877. There was, however, an earlier register and transcripts were made of baptisms 1669-1783 by Dr Robert S Young that were published in Volume 5 of the Journal for the Association of the memorials of the Dead, Ireland (1903). These appear to have been selected entries transcribed by Dr Young but are valuable nonetheless: Dr Young's extracts from the parish registers of Cloncha A transcript of these valuable registers is available on Lindel Buckley's excellent website on Donegal Genealogy linked below: http://donegalgenealogy.com/clonchareg.htm