Small Sources 20: These 33 people were tenants of Thomas Lenegan in Pudding Lane, Thurles, Co. Tipperary in 1816/17. This is one of the main streets in the town of Thurles and is marked with a red dot in the above map. The street has since been renamed as ‘O’Donovan Rossa Street’. It is unclear if the premises occupied were residences or businesses. The rental list is among the Lenegan Estate papers in the National Library of Ireland (NLI Ms. 497). The name Lenegan is likely to be a variation of Leneghan. The Lenegan family had estates in Thurles, Co. Tipperary; and in Co. Kilkenny; and elsewhere. This rental also contains lists of tenants in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny.
The list below shows the tenant’s names and the yearly rent. The full list also shows the arrears due in November 1816. The rental practices of etates in this period are fully described in our article on rentals available here. The names are listed as spelled, and with the abbreviations used, e.g. Jas. = James, Danl. = Daniel etc. One of the unusual names listed is Lanty Ryan. A Lant Ryan is listed as a householder in Thurles in the Griffith Valuation (~1848), although on a different street. The illustrations below show a section of the original rental and the Rental title page (at end).Ancestor Network will offer 1 free hour of research by a professional researcher to conduct further research on these individuals or obtain copies. Click here and quote ‘Tipperary SS20′ in the subject line.
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Name of tenant and rent due
Widow Behan 0.11.1
Wm. Bowden formerly Burke 1.8.5
John & Edmd. Butler 4.0.0
William Butler 0.11.1
James Crowe 1.8.5
John Connell 0.10.0
Thoms. Carew 0.11.1
Edmund Dwyer 0.11.1
John Fogarty 3.0.0
Jas. & Danl. Fogarty 1.5.0
Anthy. Feehely & partners 3.10.0
Peter Geoghegan 0.15.0
William Gleeson 1.0.0
John Hogan 1.2.9
Widow Hoolahan 3.0.0
James Herk? 1.5.0
Philip Kenna 0.15.0
Edmd. Kilmartin 0.17.1
Danl. Larkin 2.15.0
Widow Long 0.11.1
Long & Shea 2.15.0
John Murphy 3.0.0
Mary & Thoms.(?) Maher 0.11.1 
Thomas Maher 1.2.9
Thomas Markley 1.17.6
James Nowlon 2.0.0
Matthew Ryan 1.10.0
James Ryan 1.10.0
William Ryan 1.10.0
Lanty Ryan 1.0.0
Pat Scully 0.11.1
Edmond Toohey 1.0.0
Thoms. Wallace 1.5.0
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- Petty Sessions– the records of local courts
- Grand Jury Presentments – records of local councils on payments for public works and staff
- Rentals – management of tenants by estates and the records created
- Middle names – the use (or non-use) of second or middle names in Irish records
- How comprehensive are Irish Civil Records?
- Catholic Church Records
- Travellers’ accounts of Ireland in the 18th and 19th centuries
- Census returns in Gaelic or Irish language
- 50+ blogs with names extracted from manuscript source. A handy map index to these is available here.
