The National Archives of Ireland (www.nationalarchives.ie) has
a new catalogue up and running, and has uploaded probate calendars for
the south from 1923-1982. The original version of the catalogue was
virtually impossible to use, however, this has now been amended and
works beautifully. As such, the previous user guide I had created on
this page has now been removed, as there is thankfully no longer a need
for it! To access the catalogue visit https://www.nationalarchives.ie/search-the-online-catalogue/simple/#!/.
The annual summaries of wills are known as the Calendar of grants of probate of wills and letters of administration made in the Principal Registry and its district registries, with each year's entries looking something like the following:
Although the catalogue now works, it may still be easier to access them via the following direct links to the PDF files, as follows:
1923 http://tinyurl.com/ireland
1923 1924 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1924
1925 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1925
1926 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1926
1927 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1927
1928 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1928
1929 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1929
1930 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1930
1931 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1931
1932 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1932
1933 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1933
1934 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1934
1935 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1935
1936 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1936
1937 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1937
1938 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1938
1939 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1939
1940 http://tinyurl.com/ireland1940
1941 http://tinyurl.com/1941-Ireland
1942 http://tinyurl.com/1942-Ireland
1943 http://tinyurl.com/1943-Ireland
1944 http://tinyurl.com/1944-Ireland
1945 http://tinyurl.com/1945-Ireland
1946 http://tinyurl.com/1946-Ireland
1947 http://tinyurl.com/1947-Ireland
1948 http://tinyurl.com/1948-Ireland
1949 http://tinyurl.com/1949-Ireland
1950 http://tinyurl.com/1950-Ireland
1951 http://tinyurl.com/1951-Ireland
1952 http://tinyurl.com/1952-Ireland
1953 http://tinyurl.com/1953-Ireland
1954 http://tinyurl.com/1954-Ireland
1955 http://tinyurl.com/1955-Ireland
1956 (A-K only) http://tinyurl.com/1956-Ireland
1957 http://tinyurl.com/1957-Ireland
1958 http://tinyurl.com/1958-Ireland
1959 http://tinyurl.com/1959-Ireland
1960 http://tinyurl.com/1960-Ireland
1961 http://tinyurl.com/1961-Ireland
1962 http://tinyurl.com/1962-Ireland
1963 http://tinyurl.com/1963-Ireland
1964 http://tinyurl.com/1964-Ireland
1965 http://tinyurl.com/1965-Ireland
1966 http://tinyurl.com/1966-Ireland
1967 http://tinyurl.com/1967-Ireland
1968 http://tinyurl.com/1968-Ireland
1969 http://tinyurl.com/1969-Ireland
1970 http://tinyurl.com/1970-Ireland
1971 http://tinyurl.com/1971-Ireland
1972 http://tinyurl.com/1972-Ireland
1973 http://tinyurl.com/1973-Ireland
1974 http://tinyurl.com/1974-Ireland
1975 http://tinyurl.com/1975-Ireland
1976 http://tinyurl.com/1976-Ireland
1977 http://tinyurl.com/1977-Ireland
1978 http://tinyurl.com/1978-Ireland
1979 http://tinyurl.com/1979-Ireland
1980 http://tinyurl.com/1980-Ireland
1981 http://tinyurl.com/1981-Ireland
1982 http://tinyurl.com/1982-Ireland
By the way, each of the files is fairly large - I have downloaded them all, and the size in total is 3.21GB. Once a calendar entry has been identified, use the application form at the bottom of this page https://www.nationalarchives.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Testamentary-copy-order-form.pdf - but bear in mind you can't pay online for the copy of the will or letter of adminstration, sadly.
For the probate calendars for all Ireland from 1858-1922, visit www.genealogy.nationalarchives.ie or https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1921305
Please note that the equivalent probate calendars for the district probate registries covering the counties of Northern Ireland, both before and after partition, from 1858-1965 are also available in database format at https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/information-and-services/search-archives-online/will-calendars.
THANK YOU so much
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