TitleBurial Ground Registers of Interment
RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services
ReferenceGC/ENV2/
Date1934 - 2014
Production date 1934 - 2014
Scope and Content
Registers of Interment recording in chronological order details of persons buried in various burial grounds under the administration of Galway County Council. Details include date of burial, name of deceased, place of residence at time of death, name of owner of grave plot, place of residence of owner of grave plot and relationship to deceased. Generally the deceased’s age and religion, and occasionally occupation are also recorded, together with the name of the plot owner. The plot number is generally not included.
Also includes Register of Caretakers
Extent118 volumes / 8 boxes
Physical descriptionBound volumes
LanguageEnglish
Archival historyThough the Registers are the property of the County Council they remain until completed with the local caretakers. However, there is a poor return record of completed registers to the Council. The archives survey of 1996 (completed by National Archives on behalf of Dept of Environment) and Survey of 2000 completed by a Temporary Archivist employed by Galway County Council did not find any existing Registers in the Council's collection.
Between 2001 and 2005 in a bid to instigate the return of completed registers to the County Council the Archivist recommended the issue of a letter to all caretakers requesting their return. The Environment Section issued the letter & followed up. By 2005 with the aid of the Internal Auditor the Registers of Interment listed here were returned to Galway County Council. In some instances a copy remains with the local caretaker.
Since 2006 a small quantity of registers were transferred to the Archives, generally via the Environment Section (such as the register of Moyrus (GC/Env2/103)), and others maybe acquired direct from the caretaker, such as Gortganny (GC/ENV2/37B).
Galway County Council's Environment Section printed replacement Registers for the caretakers.
Between 2001 and 2005 in a bid to instigate the return of completed registers to the County Council the Archivist recommended the issue of a letter to all caretakers requesting their return. The Environment Section issued the letter & followed up. By 2005 with the aid of the Internal Auditor the Registers of Interment listed here were returned to Galway County Council. In some instances a copy remains with the local caretaker.
Since 2006 a small quantity of registers were transferred to the Archives, generally via the Environment Section (such as the register of Moyrus (GC/Env2/103)), and others maybe acquired direct from the caretaker, such as Gortganny (GC/ENV2/37B).
Galway County Council's Environment Section printed replacement Registers for the caretakers.
SubjectBurial Grounds
Conditions governing accessRestricted access.
Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access.
Digital referencesDatabase with indexed entries from all Registers Access URL Here
Levelseries