Tenants in Moville Civil Parishes, Donegal: 1823-26

Small Sources No. 79. Rentals are the records of the landlord on the holdings and payments of their tenants. This rental lists 198 tenants of an estate in the Civil Parishes of Moville Upper and Lower, Co. Donegal. These parishes are on the eastern side of the Inishowen peninsula. The identity of the estate owner […]
Tenants of the Domvile Estate in Co. Dublin 1769-75

Small Sources No. 80: This is a list of 95 tenants of the Domvile Estates in Santry (58 tenants) and Templeoge (37) in Co. Dublin in the period 1769-1775. It is in a folder entitled ‘Rentals of the Domvile estates in Counties Dublin and Meath, 1769-1775; 1713-1728‘ which is among the Domvile papers in […]
Occupants and Lessees of Houses in Kilkenny City 1808

Small Sources No. 72. This is a list of 145 persons listed as lessees or occupants of premises described as ‘Arran Estate Houses’ in the town of Kilkenny in 1808. They are listed in a rental ledger within the the extensive ‘Ormond Papers‘ collection in the National Library of Ireland. The specific file (Ms 23,811) […]
Bellew Estate Tenants, Galway 1817-20

Small Sources 55: Below is a list of 152 tenants in arrears to the Bellew estate in Galway in the years 1817-1820. They are derived from several lists on loose pages among the Bellew papers in the National Library of Ireland (NLI Ms. 31,918). The Bellew family had extensive property in the parish of Moylough, […]
Tenants of Cloonclare and Killasnet Parishes in Leitrim 1829-36.

Small Sources No.50. This is a list of 173 tenants on the Earl of Leitrim’s Manorhamilton estate in the period 1829-36. The original document (NLI Ms. 16,978) is in the National Library of Ireland among the extensive Leitrim Papers, which contain the records of the Clements family (Earls of Leitrim) from 1749 to 1946. Other rentals […]
Rental of Monasterevin and Fontstown, Kildare in 1772

Small Sources 46: This rental is from the estate of the Earl of Drogheda in Monasterevin and Fonstown, Co. Kildare in 1772. The original is in the National Library of Ireland (Ms. 12,722) and the document images (created by Ancestor Network) are reproduced through their courtesy. Our article on rentals and their significance for family history is […]