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Tenants of the Roebeck Estate Wicklow/Kildare 1820-’40

Small Sources 71.   This is a list of 133 tenants on the estate of Baron de Roebeck on the Wicklow – Kildare border.  It includes properties  in 12 townlands in these counties, but particularly in Crehelp and Lemonstown  in Co. Wicklow,  and Ballybought and Swordlestown in Co. Kildare.    The original document is a single […]

Tenants on the DeVesci Estate, Queen’s County 1786-1800

Small Sources 68:  This is a list of 102 tenants and tradesmen employed by the DeVesci Estate in the Civil Parish of Abbeyleix, Queen’s County (Co. Laois) between 1786 and 1800. The names listed are all from the index to an account book which is among the DeVesci Papers in the National Library of Ireland […]

Tenants of New Ross, Co. Wexford in 1768.

Small Sources 67:   This is a rental containing 119 tenants of Arthur Lord Viscount Valentia’s estate in New Ross and Old Ross, Co. Wexford compiled in 1768.  The original document is in the National Library of Ireland (NLI Ms 8470 (9)). The detail provides, for each tenant, the rent due; and the lease details (see […]

Catholic Records of Rathangan, Wexford 1807-1811.

Small Sources No. 59A.     This is a significant blog as it sets out the Catholic Church records of Rathangan, Co. Wexford for the period from December 1807 to September 1811.  The records for this parish which are already known to exist start in 1803,  but there are none between June 1806 and 1813.  These […]

Servants of Domville Households in Dublin from 1768-95

Small Sources 53:  This is a list of 76 servants employed in two households of  the Domville family in  County Dublin in the period 1768-1795.    The records are arranged by person, and almost all are in the format ‘X was hired on (date) at (salary)‘  followed by a list of dated payments ending usually […]

Tenants in Naas and Mauricetown, Co. Kildare in 1753-73

Small Sources 52: This is a list of 44 tenants on the Estate of George Lattin in the area of Naas and Mauricetown (or Morristown), Co.Kildare in the period 1753 to 1773.  Morristown is in the Civil Parish of Old Connell, and close to the town of Naas.  The original document is in the National […]

Tenants of the Trant Estate, Dovea, Co. Tipperary: 1815-20

Small Sources 47: This is a list of 98 tenants on the Trant estate in the area of Dovea in the Civil Parish of Loughmoe West, Co. Tipperary mainly in the period 1815-20.  Some accounts continue into the 1830s.    The rentals for these estates are included in the Trant Papers which are in the National Library […]

The Myshall Yeomen of Carlow in 1796/7

Small Sources 71. This is a list of 83 members of a Yeoman militia group in County Carlow, Ireland in 1796. It is compiled from two related lists in the National Library of Ireland. The first is the ‘Names and townland of residence of 79 members of the First Carlow Loyal Yeomanry at its formation, […]

Workmen and traders in Coolatin, Co. Wicklow, 1796–1805

Small Sources 35:  Below is a list of 114 workmen and traders serving the Fitzwilliam estate, Co. Wicklow in the period 1796 – 1805.  The original ledger, which is in the National Library of Ireland (Ref. NLI Ms. 4949)  records  payments to workmen on the Fitzwilliam Estate at Coolatin over the period 1796 to 1805. The estate […]

Marriages in Killanerin and Gorey, Wexford 1800-1807

Small Sources No. 31:   This is a list of  144 Catholic marriages from 1800-1807 in the Parish of Kilanerin, Co. Wexford  that have survived in a priest’s notebook found in the Franciscan Library, Killiney, Co.Dublin (Reference Ms.C104 – Marriages).    The Catholic records of Wexford in the early 1800s are particularly poor, mainly due to […]

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