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Tenants of DeVesci estate in Queen’s County (Laois) 1775-92

Small Sources 61: This is a list of 112 tenants from a ledger among the DeVesci Papers in the National Library of Ireland (NLI Ms. 34,492).  The index is  a long (approx 14 x 50cm) book (see picture above right) which  is listed in the NLI catalogue  as “a larger folio rent ledger for DeVesci […]

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 […]

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