Workers on the Butler estate, Castlecrine, Co. Clare 1842 – 49.

Small Sources No. 58A. This is a list of 71 workers on the Butler estate in Castlecrine in the Civil Parish of Kilfinaghta, County Clare from 1842-49. It is compiled from pages of a series of weekly accounts of workers’ pay and duties (see example in Figure 1). Some workers appear every week while others […]
Labourers in Doneraile, Cork in 1839/40

Small Sources 29. This list shows Labourers on the Doneraile Estate in Cork in 1839/40. It includes 21 men, 2 boys and 1 woman. The names were extracted from a document among the Doneraile Papers in the National Library of Ireland entitled “Workmen’s accounts book, 18 May 1839 -25 Apr. 1840” (Ms. 19,726) which shows the dates worked and […]