County Louth

King John's Castle, Carlingford. Submitted by Cloggie

Co.Louth Map (source: Wikipedia)

County Louth is on the east coast of Ireland, on the border with Northern Ireland and is the smallest of all Irish counties. The county town is Dundalk which is also the largest town. Boyne Viaduct at Drogheda was the seventh largest bridge of its kind in the world. Musical family, "The Corrs", were born in Dundalk.

Resources

Primary Reference Links

• Co. Louth Genealogical Sources

• GENUKI: County Louth

Countywide Interest

• Clogher Historical Society for Fermanagh, Monaghan, South Tyrone and parts of South Donegal and West Louth

• Cross Border Archive Project - Louth/Newry/Mourne

• County Louth Ireland Genealogy Project

• Louth County Library - Online Irish Genealogy Databases for Co. Louth

Specific Town and Village Interest

• Creggan History Society

Maps and Photographs

Register Offices

Drogheda
Civil Registration Office
Haymarket Health Centre
South Bank
John St
Drogheda

Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 10.00 -12.30 & 2.30- 4.30
Contact: 041 9838605 or 041 9832961

Dundalk
Civil Registration Office
Community Services
Dublin Road
Dundalk

Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 10.00 -12.30 & 2.30- 4.30
Contact: 042 9385447 Fax: 042 9333814

Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

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A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

• Research Offers: Cemetery
• Research Offers: Photograph
• Research Offers: Probate
• Research Offers: Record Office/Archive

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