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, […]
Tenants in Pudding Lane, Thurles, Co. Tipperary 1816/17

Small Sources 21: These 33 people were tenants of Thomas Lenegan in Pudding Lane, Thurles, Co. Tipperary in 1816/17. This is one of the main streets in the town of Thurles and is marked with a red dot in the above map. The street has since been renamed as ‘O’Donovan Rossa Street’. It is unclear if […]