A second tranche of records from the Irish Petty Sessions order books has just been made available.
Find My Past Ireland has launched online the second batch of records from the Petty Sessions order books (1850-1910), which it calls “one of the greatest untapped resources for those tracing their Irish roots”.
Find My Past says: “The original Petty Sessions records that are held at the National Archives of Ireland were scanned by Family Search and have now been transcribed and made fully searchable by Find My Past Ireland.
“They cover all types of cases, from allowing trespass of cattle to being drunk in charge of an ass and cart. These were the lowest courts in the country who dealt with the vast bulk of legal cases, both civil and criminal. This set of entries contains information on more than two million cases with most records giving comprehensive details of the case including: name of complainant, name of defendant, names of witnesses, cause of complaint, details of the judgement, details of a fine (if any), and details of a sentence passed down (if any). Another ten million cases are to follow throughout 2012.
“If you have roots stretching back to Counties Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, or Kilkenny, you’ll find this group of records particularly useful. A full list of counties and courts is detailed below:
County Court Years
- CARLOW CARLOW 1910
- CARLOW HACKETSTOWN 1902-03
- CARLOW MYSHALL 1860-69, 1884-1910
- CAVAN BALLINAGH 1852-1910
- CAVAN BAWNBOY 1851-68, 1883-1910
- CAVAN BELTURBET 1851-87
- CAVAN CAVAN 1851-1910
- CAVAN KILLESHANDRA 1862-1910
- CAVAN KINGSCOURT 1882-1901
- CAVAN SWANLINBAR 1877-99
- CLARE BALLYVAUGHAN 1910
- CLARE COROFIN 1910
- CLARE CRUSHEEN 1873-1910
- CLARE ENNIS 1866-1910
- CLARE KILDYSART 1885-86, 1898-99
- CLARE KNOCK 1860-73
- CLARE NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS 1851-1910
- CLARE QUIN 1851-52, 1868-1910
- CLARE SIXMILEBRIDGE 1880-1910
- CORK AGHERN 1904-10
- CORK AHADALLANE 1864-65, 1877-78, 1884-1907
- CORK CASTLETOWNROCHE 1897-1902
- CORK COBH 1851-58
- CORK FERMOY 1891-99, 1910
- CORK KANTURK 1851-1910
- CORK QUEENSTOWN (COBH) 1853-1910
- DONEGAL DUNFANAGHY 1877-1901
- DONEGAL GLENTIES 1852-1910
- DONEGAL LETTERKENNY 1859, 1871-72, 1878-79
- DONEGAL STRANORLAR 1859-1910
- DUBLIN BALBRIGGAN 1878-87, 1894-96, 1906-10
- DUBLIN LUCAN 1861-76
- GALWAY ARDRAHAN 1853-1910
- GALWAY ATHENRY 1851-66, 1871-91, 1895-1910
- GALWAY BALLINASLOE 1851-53, 1863-66, 1896-1910
- GALWAY BALLYMOE 1891-1910
- GALWAY CASTLETOWN 1860-63, 1866-1910
- GALWAY GORT 1851-1910
- GALWAY GURTEEN 1851-79, 1889-1910
- GALWAY SPIDDAL 1868-71
- GALWAY WILLIAMSTOWN 1851-1910
- KERRY CAHERCIVEEN 1879-1910
- KERRY CAHERDANIEL 1851-58, 1868-76
- KERRY COOLMAGORT 1861-66, 1872-78
- KERRY KILLARNEY 1857-60, 1866-67, 1880-87, 1899-1910
- KERRY VALENTIA 1906-10
- KILKENNY BALLYRAGGET 1858-62, 1885, 1892-99
- KILKENNY GORESBRIDGE 1854-1909
- KILKENNY GOWRAN 1865-67, 1893-1910
- KILKENNY GRACES OLDCASTLE 1856-71, 1881-88, 1894-1910
- KILKENNY KILKENNY 1854-1910
- KILKENNY KILMOGANNY 1891-1910
More Petty Sessions records have been added to the collection. Find My Past Ireland says, “Today [27 November 2012] we launched another 2.4 million records from the Petty Sessions order books (1850-1910). If you have roots stretching back to counties Donegal, Mayo, Kerry, Galway or Clare you’ll find this group of records particularly useful.”
Alan