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 […]
Tenants in Strokestown area of Roscommon 1810-15
Small Sources No. 66. This is a list of 94 tenants of the Pakenham-Mahon estate in Roscommon in the period 1810-1815. All tenants have properties in Strokestown and neighbouring townlands, and particularly in Cloonslannor, a neighbouring townland. The original document is in the National Library of Ireland (NLI Ms. 5501). It is one small item […]
Tenants of Crosbie Estate in Ardfert, Kerry 1805-12
Small Sources No. 60: This is a list of 109 tenants of the Crosbie Estate in North Kerry for the period 1805-1812. The original document is in the National Library of Ireland (NLI Ms. 5033). It is a ledger which, in addition to the index below, also contains the details of tenants’ accounts. These are […]
Servants of CastleDurrow, Queen’s County (Laois) 1720-48
Small Sources 59A: This list contains 126 servants employed by the Flower estate at Durrow, Co. Laois (previously Queen’s County) from 1720 to 1748. The records are on loose-leaf pages within the Flower Estate papers in the National Library of Ireland (NLI Ms 11,461). It can be presumed that there were also farm-hands […]
Labourers in Strokestown, Roscommon in 1820/21
Small Sources 58: This is a list of 66 farm and garden workers on the Pakenham-Mahon estate in Strokestown, Co. Roscommon in 1821. It is a small book included in a file entitled ‘Wages book of the Pakenham – Mahon estate‘ in the National Library of Ireland, Ms. 2598. The book was apparently kept by […]
Tenants of the Sandes estate in North Kerry 1797 – 1828.
Small Sources No. 57: This is a list of 240 tenants from the index to a rental of the Sandes Estate in North Kerry for the period 1797 to 1828. The original document is in the National Library of Ireland (NLI Ms. 1792). It is a large ledger which, in addition to the index below, […]
Tenants in St. Mary’s Newtownbarry, Wexford 1824
Small Sources 32: Below is a list of 18 tenants of the Colclough estate in the townlands of Curraduff (probably the townland now spelt Coorduff) and Ballycreen (also called Boolycreen or Boolygreen) in the parish of St. Mary’s Newtownbarry, Co. Wexford.
Grand Jury Presentments
The relative shortage of Irish sources makes every record linking a name to a place useful. One of the obscure sources which can be used are the Grand Jury Presentments. Grand Juries were the forerunners of the modern County Councils. They were a panel of major landowners established in each county to make decisions on […]
Flax Growers in Shanagolden, Limerick. 1808
Small Sources 16: This list is of 26 persons who purchased flax seed from the Monteagle estate in the Shanagolden area of county Limerick in 1808. The estate was owned by the Spring-Rice family whose titles included Lord Monteagle. This list is from the correspondence of Stephen Edward Rice and the original is in the […]
Poor list in Killinick, Co. Wexford in 1813-20
Small Sources 10: This is a list of payments made by the Church of Ireland to the poor in the parish register of Killinick, Co. Wexford. The list is in the Register of Killinick Parish which is in the National Archives of Ireland (ref M 5063). The lists are for Killinick and the neighbouring parishes […]
