Many of the names commonly found in the Dungarvan and Waterford area (Power, Fraher, Whelan Etc.) can now be found in every country Irish people have emigrated to. The following addresses will prove useful for anyone attempting to trace their origins in the Waterford area. For related information why not try out the Waterford Genealogy Website.


Waterford Co. Library
Local History room
Open : Mon - Fri. 9am - 1pm/2pm - 5pm.

Waterford Heritage Survey
Phone:- 051 - 876123 / Fax 051 - 850645
Open: June to September - Mon - Fri., 9am - 5pm. Closed for lunch.
October to May - Mon - Thurs. ,9am-5pm. / Friday 9am - 3pm.

Dungarvan Museum
Phone:- 058 - 41231
Old Market House
Open: Mon-Fri Lower Main St., 1la.m.-lp.m. & 2p.m.-5p.m.

St Mary's Parish Church
Phone:- 058-42374
Dungarvan

Dungarvan Hospital
Registration Office
Births, Marriages, Deaths
Phone: 058-42199
Open: Mon-Fri: 9.30-1 & 2-5
Appointment necessary for search. Search fee £6.
Registration began in 1864.

Irish Architectural Archive
Merrion Square,
Dublin.

Lismore Church of Ireland
The Deanery
Phone: 54137
Access to records by appointment only.
Fee depends on length of time spent on search. No set opening hours.
Abbeyside Archive
Contact: Seamus O'Brien
Parish Office, Phone:- 058-41660
Strandside South,
Abbeyside.
Open: Sunday 2.3Opm - 5.3Opm.

Waterford Municipal Library
Lady Lane,
Waterford
Phone:- 051 - 873501
Open : Tues- lla.m.-lp.m. & 2.30-5.30
Wed- 2p.m.-8p.m., Thurs- 1 la.m.-lp.m. & 2.30-5.30
Fri-2p.m.-8p.m. Sat- lla.m.-lp.m. & 2.30-5.30.
Closed Monday.

Representative Church Body Library
Braemor Park,
Dublin 14
Phone:- 01-4923979
Open: Mon-Fri: 9.30a.m.-lp.m. & 1.45p.m.-5p.m.

Genealogical Office Phone:- Ol - 6030200
Kildare St., Open: Mon-Fri
Dublin 2 lOa.m.-12.30 & 2p.m.4.30.

National Library Phone:- 01-6030200
Kildare St., Open: Mon: 10a.m-9p.m.
Dublin 2 Tues~ed: 2p.m.-9p.m.
Thurs/Fri: lOa.m.-5p.m. Sat: lOa.m.-lp.m.

The National Archive Phone: 01-4072300
Bishop St., Open: Mon-Fri:
Dublin lOa.m.-lp.m. & 2p.m.-5p.m.