Tenants of Sarsfield Estate, Cork 1817-23
Small Sources No. 76. This is a list of 72 tenants of the Sarsfield Estate in Co. Cork in the period 1817-23. It is in a leather rental book among the Sarsfield estate papers in the National Library of Ireland. The specific file reference is NLI Ms 3638. The Sarsfield family were prominent in the county […]
Tenants of the Wynne estate in Sligo and Leitrim in 1798
Small Sources No. 75: This is a list of 435 tenants of the Wynne estate in Sligo and Leitrim in 1798. The original is among the Wynne Estate papers in the National Library of Ireland (reference NLI Ms. 3311). The family bought the estate, called Hazelwood, in 1722. At the time of this record in […]
Tenants of Putland Estate in Garrycloyne & Templeusque, Co. Cork 1815-25
Small Sources No. 74. This is a list of 50+ tenants of the Putland Estate in the Cork Civil parishes of Garrycloyne and Templeusque (see Fig. 1) between 1815 and 1825. They are in papers held by the National Library of Ireland (Ms. 12,768, 769 and 770) each entitled “Rental of the Estate of George […]
Cork sources on Academia.edu
Readers seeking records in County Cork will be interested in the work of Pat Crowley, who has been extracting local records and publishing them on the website www.academia.edu for many years. The Academia site is “a platform for sharing academic research” for scholars and researchers. Since its initiation in 2010 it has uploaded 40 million papers, […]
Tenants of the Palmer Estate in Rush, Co. Dublin ~1830
Small Sources 73. This is a list of 153 tenants on the estate of Sir W. H. Roger Palmer in and around the coastal town of Rush in North county Dublin. The original document is a single rental book in the National Library of Ireland entitled “A Rental of estate of Sir W. H. Roger […]
Occupants and Lessees of Houses in Kilkenny City 1808
Small Sources No. 72. This is a list of 145 persons listed as lessees or occupants of premises described as ‘Arran Estate Houses’ in the town of Kilkenny in 1808. They are listed in a rental ledger within the the extensive ‘Ormond Papers‘ collection in the National Library of Ireland. The specific file (Ms 23,811) […]
Tenants of the Roebeck Estate Wicklow/Kildare 1820-’40
Small Sources 71. This is a list of 133 tenants on the estate of Baron de Roebeck on the Wicklow – Kildare border. It includes properties in 12 townlands in these counties, but particularly in Crehelp and Lemonstown in Co. Wicklow, and Ballybought and Swordlestown in Co. Kildare. The original document is a single […]
Some Cork City Tenants 1784-1826
Small Sources No. 70. This is a list of 51 tenants of Cork city in the period 1784 – 1826. They are in a single leather-bound rental book held by the National Library of Ireland (Ms. 5319), which contains listings of tenants and their rent transactions in this period. The premises listed are mainly […]
Pupils of Charity School in Cloyne, Co. Cork 1742-1864
Small Sources 72: This record is the register of 237 pupils (almost all boys) enrolled in a charity school founded in Cloyne, Co. Cork in 1726. The records available are for most of the period from 1742 until 1864 (excluding 1777-1808). The original register book is in the Representative Church Body Library (Ms 870) in […]
The Virtual Treasury; a reconstruction of the lost collection of the Public Record Office of Ireland
The original Public Record Office of Ireland was a state-of-the-art building located on Church Street in central Dublin. It was completed in 1867, and designed to house nearly 700 years of Irish records, and to continue to collect and preserve the papers of national and local public bodies. The purpose-built archive consisted of an office […]
