Baptismal records for Long Tower or St Columba’s Roman Catholic Church in Derry, parish of Templemore have now been added to the birth database.

These entries cover the period 1841 to 1851 inclusive, and include the Child’s name, Father’s name, Mother’s maiden name, date of Baptism and date of Birth. Residence is not stated in the database or original church records.

The following are prevalent family surnames in these records:-

Boyle, Bradley, Campbell, Carlin, Cassidy, Coyle, Devlin, Diver, Doherty, Donaghey (Donaghy), Friel, Gallagher, Hegarty, Kane, Kearney (Kearny), Kelly, Logue, Lynch, McDaid, McDermott, McFadden, McGowan, McKinney, McLaughlin, Murray, O’Donnell, O’Neill, Quigley, Quinn, & Sweeney.

Microfilm copies of the registers are held in the Public Records Office (PRONI) under MIC 1D/57, St Columb’s (Long Tower) RC, Derry.

Later baptismal records from this church will be added in our next update.