Civil parishes in Ireland are based on the medieval Christian parishes, adapted by the English administration and by the Church of Ireland. [1] The parishes, their division into townlands and their grouping into baronies, were recorded in the Down Survey undertaken in 1656-58 by surveyors under William Petty. The purpose was primarily cadastral, recording land boundaries and ownership. [2] The civil parishes are not administrative units. They differ from Catholic parishes, which are generally larger. [1]
There are 80 civil parishes in County Antrim. [3]
There are 29 civil parishes in County Armagh. [3]
There are 47 civil parishes in County Carlow. [4]
There are 36 civil parishes in County Cavan. [5]
There are 81 civil parishes in County Clare. [6] [7]
There are 250 civil parishes in County Cork. Baronies are in parentheses where the name occurs more than once in the county.
There are 111 civil parishes in East Cork. [8]
There are 71 civil parishes in North-West Cork. [8]
There are 68 civil parishes in West Cork. [8]
There are 52 civil parishes in County Donegal: [9]
There are 71 civil parishes in County Down: [3] [10]
There are 83 civil parishes in County Dublin: [11]
There are 22 civil parishes in County Fermanagh
There are 120 civil parishes in County Galway: [12]
There are 87 civil parishes in County Kerry: [13]
There currently appear to be 113 civil parishes in County Kildare. [14] This includes two civil parishes named Cloncurry, two named Nurney, and two named Tully. Before 1881, there were also civil parishes of Ballybought, Coughlanstown and Jago. [15]
Other sources treat Cloncurry, Nurney and Tully all as one civil parish each. [15] Additionally, some include the civil parishes that no longer exist. [16]
There are 140 civil parishes in County Kilkenny: [17]
There are 53 civil parishes in County Laois: [18]
There are 17 civil parishes in County Leitrim: [19]
There are 130 civil parishes in County Limerick: [20]
There are 46 civil parishes in County Londonderry: [3]
There are 26 civil parishes in County Longford: [21]
There are 63 civil parishes in County Louth: [22]
There are 73 civil parishes in County Mayo: [23]
There are 146 civil parishes in County Meath: [24]
There are 23 civil parishes in County Monaghan: [25]
There are 51 civil parishes in County Offaly: [26]
There are 60 civil parishes in County Roscommon: [27]
There are 41 civil parishes in County Sligo: [28]
There are 193 civil parishes in County Tipperary: [29]
There are 43 civil parishes in County Tyrone: [3]
There are 74 civil parishes in County Waterford: [30]
There are 63 civil parishes in County Westmeath: [31]
There are over 135 civil parishes in County Wexford: [32]
There are over 59 civil parishes in County Wicklow: [33]