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, […]
Tenants in Kilderry, Co. Donegal 1750-70
Small Sources No. 42. This is a list of 104 tenants on the Hart estate in Kilderry on the Inishowen Peninsula, Donegal in the period from the 1750s to 1780s. The estate is mainly within the Civil parish of Muff, which is also the name of the main local town. A view of the local […]
Labourers in Doneraile, Cork in 1839/40
Small Sources 29. This list shows Labourers on the Doneraile Estate in Cork in 1839/40. It includes 21 men, 2 boys and 1 woman. The names were extracted from a document among the Doneraile Papers in the National Library of Ireland entitled “Workmen’s accounts book, 18 May 1839 -25 Apr. 1840” (Ms. 19,726) which shows the dates worked and […]
Tenants of Prittie Estate, Tipperary & Offaly 1826.
Small Sources 17. This document lists tenants of 57 holdings on the estates of Hon. Francis A. Prittie during March and May 1826. It lists 71 names as several are in joint tenancies. It indicates the townland, rent and arrears for each. Only the rent amount is shown here as an indication of the holding […]
Rental for John’s Hill, Waterford in 1831-40
Small Sources No. 7: These 17 tenants are listed in the ‘Ledger Accounts’ of the Paul Estate in Waterford. It also shows the annual rental amount. John’s Hill is now part of Waterford city but at the time would have been outside the city boundary. The houses are of very variable sizes as is evident from […]
Schoolchildren in Tarbert, Co. Kerry in 1809
Small Sources 2: This is a list of 39 schoolchildren in Tarbert, Co. Kerry in 1809. The original is in the National Library of Ireland among the Dr. Michael Quane Papers (Ms. 17,935) which are titled ‘Letters and papers of Commissioners of Education in Ireland relating to Erasmus Smith foundations’. The document is a single page headed ‘A […]
