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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 […]

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 […]

Residents of Abbeyleix area, Laois (Queen’s County) in 1801

Small Sources 56: This is a list of 213 people who purchased Indian Meal from the  DeVesci Estate in the Civil Parish of Abbeyleix, Queen’s County (now Co. Laois) in July 1801. The background was that there were  significant food shortages in Ireland during this year.  Food prices had risen dramatically during the previous months, […]

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 […]

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