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"CURRENS, a parish, partly in the barony of MAGONIHY, and partly in that of TRUGANACKMY, county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER 6¼ miles (N. E.) from Milltown; containing 1565 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the road from Castle Island to Dingle, and on the rivers Mang, or Maine, and the Brown Flesk; it comprises 4456½ staute acres, as apploted under the tithe act, of which about three-fifths lie on the south of the Maine, and in the barony of Magonihy.
The soil is light and agriculture is improving; the substratum on the north of the Maine consists of limestone, which is much used for manure, and there is a quarry of good stone adapted for building; there are some patches of bog"
[From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis (1837)]
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| Ardcrone New Cemetery |
| Ardcrone Old Cemetery |
Note: The Civil Parish of Currans ceased to be used for census purposes in the mid nineteenth century when District Electoral Divisions (DEDs) were introduced.
Currans Parish formed part of the larger DED of Currans.
The National Archives of Ireland has digitised the household reforms and they can be found at the following links:
1901 Census Currans DED
1911 Census Currans DED
| Ardcrone New Cemetery |
| Ardcrone Old Cemetery |
| St Therese and St Colmcille, Currans, Catholic |
The old parish church was abandoned after the Reformation, and fell into ruins. In the Church of Ireland, the parish has long been united to Tralee.
In the Roman Catholic Church the area forms part of the parish of Killeentierna (sometimes known as Killeentierna and Currans).
The Church of Ireland registers for Currans are lost. The parish has long been united to Tralee in the Church of Ireland. Tralee Registers for both Baptisms and Marriages start in 1771.
The National Library of Ireland has filmed and digitised the Catholic registers for Killeentierna/Currans parish covering baptisms from 1801-82 and marriages from 1803-84. Images can be seen here. More recent registers are in parish custody.
From 1863 Currans was part of the Tralee Registration District, and the Tralee Registrar's District. The Electoral Division above is used in Civil Registration. See the Registration Districts page.
The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
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