Tenants of Skerries, Co. Dublin in 1823
Small Sources 78: This is a list of over 500 tenants from an 1823 rental of the estate of James Hans Hamilton (1810 – 1863) in the barony of Holmpatrick in North Co. Dublin. The original document is a single large rental book in the National Library of Ireland (Reference Ms. 6134) entitled ‘Rental of […]
Pupils of Charity School in Cloyne, Co. Cork 1742-1864
Small Sources 72: This record is the register of 237 pupils (almost all boys) enrolled in a charity school founded in Cloyne, Co. Cork in 1726. The records available are for most of the period from 1742 until 1864 (excluding 1777-1808). The original register book is in the Representative Church Body Library (Ms 870) in […]
Kilkenny Women Flax-spinners in 1827
Small Sources 26. Evidence of women in Irish genealogical sources is unfortunately sparse, and those that do occur are often listed only as e.g. ‘Widow Murphy’. We list here 83 women receiving payments in 1827 for spinning and weaving of flax. The documents are in the Bessborough papers in the National Library of Ireland Ms […]
