Omagh Asylum records

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billymac
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Omagh Asylum records

Post by billymac » Fri Jul 19, 2024 5:56 am

Hello again all,
Late last year fellow member "Elwyn 1" advised me re. an earlier query about my search for some Irish records. He proved invaluable in helping me solve a long time puzzle. Following on from his suggestions I have now found an additional family member from days long past. One Bernard McEntee, born circa 1845, is a newly found brother of my great grandfather. He died on January 16th 1908 in Omagh Asylum. I am hoping his asylum records may be available as they may shed a little more light as far as my research goes. Can anybody advise if they would be available and how to go about obtaining them?
Kind regards,
Bill
Link to his death registration
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Elwyn 1
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Location: Co. Antrim, Ireland

Re: Omagh Asylum records

Post by Elwyn 1 » Wed Jul 24, 2024 3:04 pm

Omagh Asylum records are in PRONI in Belfast. They are not on-line and so a personal visit is required to view them (or you might pay a Belfast based researcher to do that for you).

The records are in a series under references starting HOS/29/1. For example HOS/29/1/3/6 is an index of cases admitted c 1883 to 1921. You can search on the PRONI website to see what else they have (there are about 30 files for Omagh Asylum).
Elwyn