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 O’Hara Estate, Sligo 1796
Small Sources 65: This is a list of 212 tenants from a rental ledger among the O’Hara Papers in the National Library of Ireland (NLI Ms. 36,318). It is titled ‘A rental of Chas. O’Hara Esq’s Estate in the county of Sligo for the half-year ended 1st November 1796’. The extensive O’Hara estate papers in […]
Tenants of O’Donel Estate in Cong, Co. Mayo 1790-1815.
Small Sources 62: This is a list of leases granted to 344 named tenants by the O’Donel estate in the Civil Parish of Cong, Co Mayo from 1790 to approximately 1815. Some tenants are parties to several leases so the total number of individuals involved is difficult to define precisely. The area, although very picturesque […]
Tenants of Cloonclare and Killasnet Parishes in Leitrim 1829-36.
Small Sources No.50. This is a list of 173 tenants on the Earl of Leitrim’s Manorhamilton estate in the period 1829-36. The original document (NLI Ms. 16,978) is in the National Library of Ireland among the extensive Leitrim Papers, which contain the records of the Clements family (Earls of Leitrim) from 1749 to 1946. Other rentals […]
Rental of Kilconnell Barony, Galway 1840-50.
Small Sources 49: The 150 persons named below were tenants of the Trench estate in the Civil parishes of Ballymacward, Kilconnel, Killaan and Killimordaly in the eastern part of county Galway in the period 1840-50. All were residents of one of 12 townlands: Caraholla, Caramore, Carrane, Carranebeg, Clonba, Cloonecalles, Cloonehinch, Cloonemorres, Creeva, Gortnaboha, Island Carrane, […]
Tipperary and Waterford tenants on Woulfe Mansfield Estate 1783-1811
Small Sources 18: This list of 132 tenants is from the index to a rental of the Woulfe Mansfield estate in the period 1783–1811. The original is in the National Library of Ireland, NLI Ms. 9632. The Woulfe & Mansfield families had separate estates in Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary (Woulfe) and Rathgormuck, Co. Waterford (Mansfield). This […]
Residents of Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary 1840
Small Source 22: This list shows 59 residents of the village of Ballyporeen (Civil parish of Templetenny, Co. Tipperary) in 1840. They were tenants of the Kingston Estate and the original rental ledger is in the National Library of Ireland (Ms. 3276). The ledger gives no information other than stating that these were tenants in […]
Farmers in Castletown, Co Limerick in 1848/49
Small Sources 14: This list of small farmers is derived from 2 documents in Ms. 8344 in the National Library of Ireland, entitled “Rent ledger of lands in Co. Tipperary the property of the Maunsell (?) family, 1848”. Despite the title, the properties are in the townland of Carrig Beg (403 acres; spelt Carraghbeg in the […]
Tipperary & Waterford tenants of the Woulfe Mansfield Estate
Small Sources No. 18: This list of 131 tenants is from the index to a rental of the Woulfe & Mansfield estate in the period 1783–1811.The Woulfe & Mansfield families had separate estates in Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary (Woulfe) and Rathgormuck, Co. Waterford (Mansfield). In 1785 Elizabeth Woulfe married John Mansfield and the estates were […]
