Religious Census of 1766 Millican, Milligan, Millikan, Milliken, Millikin, Mullican, Mulliken, Mullikin etc.

Religious Census of 1766

This was ordered by the government to be done, in March and April of that year, by the parochial clergy of the Established Church. The resolution, passed in the Irish House of Lords, prescribed - �that the several archbishops and bishops of this kingdom shall be and are hereby desired to direct the parish ministers in their respective dioceses to return a list of the several families to the House on the first Monday after the recess, distinguishing which are Protestants and which are Papists, and also a list of the several reputed Popish priests and friars residing in their parishes�. The returns were arranged in alphabetical order, within each diocese, and stamped with a running number. Many of these were only numerical returns but some give the names of the heads of families.

All the originals returns were destroyed in 1922, but transcripts survive for 8 parishes in Co. Armagh, 4 parishes in Co. Antrim, 6 parishes in Co. Down, 13 parishes in Co. Londonderry, 9 parishes in Co. Tyrone, 2 parishes in Co. Cavan, 6 parishes in Co. Donegal, and 3 parishes in Co. Monaghan. Some survive for other parts of Ireland. A transcript copy of the returns of Protestant Householders is available in Search Room at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. The returns are available under the PRONI Reference T808/15264, 15266 and 15267, T283/C, T664, T3709 and T3901. A typescript copy of the parish of Ahoghill is available in the National Archives (ref. M 2476), National Library (MS 4173) and Representative Church Body Library (MS 23). In 1766 Ahoghill was a much larger parish than it is now for it included Craigs and Portglenone, parishes created out of Ahoghill in 1840.

CO. ARMAGH NAME Mulligan, Samuel [P] Mulligan, Andrew [C] Mulligan, Patrick [C] Mulligan, Matthew [C]	TOWNLAND Altnamackan Drumlougher Creggan Bane Glebe Creggan Bane Glebe	PARISH Creggan Creggan Creggan Creggan	BARONY Fews Upper Fews Upper Fews Upper Fews Upper
CO. ANTRIM NAME Millikin, John [D] Martin, John [D] Millekin, James [D] Mellikin, William [D]		PARISH Ahoghill Ahoghill Ahoghill Ahoghill	BARONY Lower Toome Lower Toome Lower Toome Lower Toome
CO. DOWN NAME Mulligan, Hugh [P] Mulligan, Joseph [P] Mulligan, Charles [P] Mulligan, Hugh [P] Mulligan, John [P] Mulligan, James [P] Mulligan, Danl [P] Mulligan, James [P] Mulligan, James [P] Mulligan, James [P] Mulligan, Samuel [P]		PARISH Seapatrick Seapatrick Seapatrick Seapatrick Seapatrick Seapatrick Seapatrick Seapatrick Seapatrick Seapatrick Seapatrick	BARONY Lower Iveagh Lower Iveagh Lower Iveagh Lower Iveagh Lower Iveagh Lower Iveagh Lower Iveagh Lower Iveagh Lower Iveagh Lower Iveagh Lower Iveagh
CO. FERMANAGH NAME Mullagan, James [C] Mullagan, Hugh [C] Mulligan, Bryan [C] Mulligan, James [C]	TOWNLAND Cavancarragh Forthill	PARISH Devenish Devenish Derryvullan Derryvullan	BARONY Magheraboy Magheraboy Lurg/Tirkennedy Lurg/Tirkennedy
CO. LONDONDERRY NAME Milliken, Samuel [D] Milliken, Andrew [D] Milliken, William [D] Milliken, James [D] Malaghan, John [C] Millikin, James [D]		PARISH Ballynascreen Ballynascreen Ballynascreen Ballynascreen Desertmartin Magherafelt	BARONY Loughinsholin Loughinsholin Loughinsholin Loughinsholin Loughinsholin Loughinsholin
CO. LOUTH NAME Mulligan, Pat. [C] Mulligan, Bryan [C] Mulligan, William [C]	TOWNLAND Mullaghaten	PARISH Carlingford Darver Darver	BARONY Lower Dundalk Louth Louth
CO. TYRONE NAME Mulligan, Thomas [D] Mulligan, Francis [P] O�Mallaghan, Pat [C] Milikin, William [P] Mulligan, William [P] Milkan, Joseph [P] Milygan, Widow [P] Mullighan, Hugh [P]	TOWNLAND Edernagh Ballygroogan Keenaghan Drumard Drumey Ballynany	PARISH Artrea Derryloran Kildress Tullyniskan Tullyniskan Aghaloo-Carnteel Aghaloo-Carnteel Errigal Keerogue	BARONY Upper Dungannon Upper Dungannon Upper Dungannon Middle Dungannon Middle Dungannon Lower Dungannon Lower Dungannon Clogher
CO. WICKLOW NAME Mulligan, John [P]		PARISH Wicklow	BARONY Arklow

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