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Thu 08 Aug 2008Move on parish records ends discrimination
Two Catholic bishops are angry that the National Library is giving unrestricted access to historical parish registers, but what moral right do they have to object? writes Paul Gorry
THREE MONTHS ago the National Library of Ireland removed access restrictions to its microfilm copies of Catholic parish registers. These restrictions had applied only to records from three dioceses - Cashel & Emly, Cloyne and Kerry - while those of all 23 other dioceses had been on unrestricted access for several years. The library's action was praised by organisations representing genealogists.
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