‘Murdered’ Protestants of Clone, Co. Wexford 1798
Small Sources 81: When researching in Irish or other archives a hidden treasure can sometimes be uncovered. This was the case on a recent visit to the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. The RCB Library is the main repository for material generated by the Church of Ireland (Episcopalian) at a national or parish level. […]
Clanricarde Estate tenants in Loughrea, Galway in 1780
Small Sources 45. This list of 43 tenants is from a document (NLI Ms. 2119) in the Clanricarde papers in the National Library of Ireland entitled ‘List of arrears due May 1777 with the different yearly rentals from that period to November 1780 as also a list of the arrears then due … during the […]
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, […]
Tenants of the Leslie Estate in Monaghan in 1751
Small Sources 38. This is a list of 95 tenants on the Glaslough and Emy properties of the Leslie estate in Co. Monaghan in the years 1751 and ‘52. The original document is among the extensive papers of the Leslie collection in the National Library of Ireland. The particular document is entitled ‘A Rent Roll […]
Tenants on Ram Estate, Gorey, Co. Wexford in 1826
Small Sources No. 6: This is a list of Tenants from a single-sheet rental of part of the estate of Abel Ram Esq. in county Wexford for 1826. It shows tenant’s names, location, acres held, and yearly rent (see Fig.1 below). Rentals are the records of the landlord on tenants, their holdings, and their payments. […]
