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Inqnisitioos Post Mortem - which lish Throne there was a spate of
were held on the tenants in chief Irish rebellions, as the result of
relate only to the larger land owners which in 1609 the whole of the
but where they exist îhey are most northern province of Ulster was
valuable as they reveal the heir of cleared of its Irish inhabitants in
the property concerned and his favour of pople £rom Scorland and
relationship to the previous owner. England who were encouraged to
Indexes for these are available and settle there. Consequentiy the people
counties
have
some
printed of Ulster are mainIy of Scottish and
abstracts in the County Record English stock and protestant in reli-
Office. They end with the close of gion.
Charles 1's reign.
The vo~ulation in the rest of Ire-
land iS made up of three main
Ireland - Those people who wish to factors. Firstly the Celtic families
research into their family history in who are descended from the original
Zreland will in many cases 6nd an Irish people. In many cases these
families changed their names to the
extremely uphill task in front of
them. This fact is due to the pecu- English equivalent in order to
liar structure of Irish politics and escape persecurion during the early
the chain of events within the English rule.
course of tlieir history. Treland,
The second group consists of the
though known by the Romans was Anglo Norman families who settled
never colonised by them and their in Ireland betwe.cn 1485 and 1690.
first real connection with the Chris- In some cases these families
1.ian world was during the 5th cen- changed their names on settiement
tury when they were converted to in Ireland to something that was
Christianity by St. Patrick. At this more Irish in flavour.
time there were four provinces,
Until the 6th Decernber 1921 the
Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Con- whole of Ireland was united under
naught. Eacl~ of these provinces had the British Crown but on this date
its own King and one of these was it was virtually divided into two
elected as ' Ardrig ' which is the separate countrics. The six courities
Irish name for High King, or if he comprising Ulster came to be styled
was of sufficiently strong personality Northern Ireland which was united
he generally took the position by with Great Britain. The remaining
conquest nnd did not wait to be twenty-six counties were formed
elected.
into a repubtican state under the
In 1166 the King of Leinster was name Eire which is entirely inde-
driven out of Ireland and he pendent of Great Britain. These
appealed to Henry II, King of Eng- counties of course comprise the old
land, for assistance, as a result of provinces of Munster, Leinster and
which Ireland was invaded by the Connaught.
English or. as they were then, the On 13th April 1921 during a
Anglo Normans. serious rebeilion the Public Record
The English rule over Ireland did Office in Dublin (the capital of Eire)
not extend beyond Dublin and the was occupied by armed men and on
immediate surrounding counties the 30th June of the same year the
until during the time of the Tudor block which contained al1 the Public
Sovereigns when the rest of Ireland Records was burned. These included
was colonised. a great maiiy of the births, mar-
When James 1 came to the Eng- riages and deatbs and the wills.