Church of Ireland Histories & Reference Guides

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Explore the history of the Church of Ireland from pre-Christian times through to the 20th century. You can search each volume by name or keyword.

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The record set comprises two publications:

  • The National Churches: The Church of Ireland published in 1892 was written by Thomas Olden, MA. Olden was a member of the Royal Irish Academy and the Vicar of Ballyclough. This history of the Church of Ireland begins in Pre-Christian Ireland and continues through to the Act of Disestablishment in 1869. You will find a map of the Church of Ireland dioceses on image 19.
  • Some Worthies of the Irish Church published in 1900 is a collection of lectures delivered in the Divinity School of the University of Dublin by the late George Thomas Stokes, DD. Stokes was an Irish ecclesiastical historian.

The publications are presented as portable document formats (PDFs).