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Representative Church Body Records
Following the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland under the terms of the Irish Church Act of 1869 the Representative Church Body was incorporated by charter in 1870 to hold in trust the real and movable property of the Church of Ireland.
The reports of the Representative Church Body and its committees are published annually in the Journal of the General Synod. The Journal is supplied to British and Irish copyright libraries and is available for consultation in the RCB Library. Researchers intending to use RCB records should consult the Journal in the first instance.
Some more recent copies of the Journal are available by clicking here.
The Library holds records of the Representative Church Body and its sub–committees. For a detailed list please click here. This collection includes the following records:
| Representative Church Body: minutes, 1870–1983 | |
| Committees of the Representative Church Body:– | |
| Central Church Fund: minutes, 1924–77 | |
| Commutation Committee: minutes, 1870–1943; schedules, 1870–72 | |
| Episcopal Emoluments Committee: minutes, 1959–1990 | |
| Finance Committee: minutes, 1870–1989 | |
| Glebes Committee: minutes, 1870–1993 | |
| Investment Committee: minutes: 1948–93 | |
| Legal Committee: minutes, 1870–1974; sealing books, 1885–1992 | |
| Library & Archives Committee: minutes, 1939– | |
| Stipends Committee: minutes, 1961–90 | |
| Architectural drawings of churches, 19th cent. onwards – please click here for a handlist Architectural drawings of glebe houses, 19th cent. onwards – please click here for a handlist Please click here to access the Architectural Drawings website www.archdrawing.ireland.anglican.org | |
| Assents and consents to alterations in churches, 1875–2014 – please click here for a hand list | |
| Clergy superannuation schedules, 1907–73 | |
| Inventories of church plate & parochial documents, 1893–1934 | |
| Mortgage loans ledgers, 1871–1947 | |
The records of the Representative Church Body are subject to a 40 year access rule. Some classes of records are closed for longer periods.