Suggestions for Irish Catholic dioceses and parishes

kob3203

1) Why are Catholic dioceses nested under counties? There are 32 counties in Ireland but only 26 Catholic dioceses. Most dioceses cover parts of two or more counties. Surely Catholic dioceses should be at the same level as counties ? Check the map here Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI and click between 'Show Dioceses' and 'Show Counties' and then zoom in to see the parishes and how a small but significant number of them are split across two counties.

2) Consistent naming would be a good idea - 'Diocese of ABC' or 'ABC Diocese' but not a mish-mash of both

3) Catholic parishes should be nested under the appropriate Catholic diocese to distinguish them from civil parishes.

kob3203

Please would somebody with the necessary priveleges add the word 'Irish' to the title of this discussion. It should be 'Suggestions for Irish Catholic dioceses and parishes'

Áine Ní Donnghaile

@kob3203 You can click the "Flag" option under your post to ask a mod to make an edit.

Maile L

Done @kob3203

kob3203

Maile L's "Done" refers I think to just the adding of "Irish" to the title of this discussion.

The original 3 suggestions are still open for discussion and comment.

russellwaltgeorge1

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We have updated the names of the Catholic dioceses in Ireland so they are all uniform. We have also updated their parent place to be directly under the appropriate country instead of the counties.

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