The Public Records (Ireland) Act 1867 Amendment Act 1875
WHEREAS the parish records and registries of baptisms, marriages, and burials, and other parochial records, books, and documents in the several parishes in Ireland are under the care of several persons, and many of them are kept in unfit and unsafe buildings: And whereas doubts have arisen as to whether the said several records, registries, and parochial documents are public records within the meaning and for the purposes of the Public Records (Ireland) Act, 1867: And whereas it is expedient ...