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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 the Considine Estate in Limerick & Tipperary 1830

Small Sources No. 59:   This is a list of 116 tenants from a rental of the Considine Estate, which had properties in the Baronies of Coonagh, Co. Limerick and in the neighbouring barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Tipperary.  The rental ledger,  entitled ‘H. Considine’s Tenant Book’ is among the Considine Papers in the National Library of […]

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 […]

Tenants of Earl of Leitrim in Carrigallen Parish, Co. Leitrim in 1829.

Small Sources No. 40. This is a list of 137 tenants on the Earl of Leitrim’s Bohey estate in 1829.  An extract from the listing is in Fig 1. The circumstance would appear to be the appointment of a new land agent, Berry Norris, who compiled a statement of what was owed by tenants when […]

Tenants of Quansbury Estate, Kilquain, Galway in 1777-78

Small Sources 4:  This is a rental document among the estate papers of Francis Thomas FitzMaurice, 3rd Earl of Kerry, which are held in the Archives Nationales, Paris (Fonds T. Cote 451 (6)). A microfilm copy is in the National Library of Ireland No. P 7239. It shows 35 tenants of the Quansbury Estate which […]

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