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, […]
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 […]