Hi Cath, When you say "the records" there are two kinds, Civil (the government by registration district) and Church (religious by parish). Civil records did not start in Ireland until 1845. Learn more about those here: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-civil-registration.html The National Library of Ireland just put Parish records on line last week: This is the link for Nenagh Parish, starting as early as 1792. You have to read the records to find what your looking for. http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0804 Good luck! Ed Madden Ridgefield, WA USA On 7/13/2015 9:16 AM, Cathy Dermody via wrote: > Could someone explain why the records for the years early 1800s to about 1830 are not available? > > I've been looking for Dermody/Darmody marriage and births in the years 1810 - 1822 in Nenagh, Tipperary. > > Thank you! > > Cath Dermody

If you click on Irish Ancestors (bottom of page on NLI parish records) you'll see these are the only records available. It could be for any number of reasons: lost/destroyed never recorded the information at the time not microfilmed You can always check the parish to see if they exist anywhere. It's not unusual for parish records to start in the 1830s. Some priests did not keep records. A pastor may have started the practice and then the next pastor abandoned it.  Mary