Estate Records for the Irish Famine
By
Andres Eiriksson and Cormac O Grada
Irish Famine Network
Department of Modern History
Trinity College
Dublin 2
Ireland
|
Landlord |
Year |
Type of record |
Library |
Manuscript |
|
Arran |
1720-1869 |
6L |
NL |
MS 14087 |
|
Arran |
1837-56 |
2P, 5D, 7L |
T |
MSS 7604-13 |
|
Arran |
1837-56 |
8D, 9R |
T |
MSS 7604-13 |
|
Arran |
1840-49 |
3SV |
NL |
MSS 14075-9 |
|
Arran |
1850 |
6L |
NL |
MS 14089 |
|
Arran |
1850-52 |
3V |
NL |
MS 14086 |
|
Blake |
1772-1863 |
6D |
NL |
O 16847-98 |
|
Blake |
1851 |
4 |
NL |
16F.1 |
|
Blosse |
1844 |
1, 3SV |
NL |
MS 2725 |
|
Dillon |
1842-75 |
4T |
NL |
16M.4-6 |
|
Domville |
1833-51 |
1 |
NL |
MS 11816 |
|
Erne |
18-20c |
6D |
P |
D 1939/12 |
|
Erne |
1834-1910 |
1 |
P |
D 1939/10 |
|
Kirwan |
1842 |
6D |
NL |
MS 4585 |
|
Kirwan |
1852 |
4 |
NA |
1078/2/3 |
|
Knox |
1845-46 |
1 |
NL |
MS 3077 |
|
Lindsay |
1848-55 |
1 |
NL |
MS 5814 |
|
Lynch-Blosse |
1844 |
3S |
NL |
MS 2725 |
|
O’Donel |
1775-1869 |
2M |
NL |
MS 5738 |
|
O’Donel |
1855 |
1 |
NL |
MS 5740 |
|
O’Malley |
1845 |
3SV |
NA |
M 1457 |
|
O’Malley |
1852 |
1 |
NA |
M 3442 |
|
Palmer |
1840-49 |
3V , 4 |
NL |
MSS 14075-9 |
|
Palmer |
1849 |
4 |
NA |
1174/3/1-4 |
Explanation of Record types
|
Code |
Type of record |
|
1 |
Rent rolls giving names of tenants with rent for year or half year, often with supplementary information. |
|
2M |
Tenancy returns. Mode of tenancy whether yearly, at will etc. |
|
2P |
Petitions |
|
3S |
Surveys and reports , descriptions of estates |
|
3V |
Valuations descriptions of estates |
|
4 |
Maps |
|
4T |
Maps with names of tenants |
|
5D |
Domestic and Farm accounts |
|
6D |
Deeds |
|
6L |
Leases |
|
7L |
Correspondence from landlords |
|
8D |
Diaries and Memoranda, farms and demesnes. |
|
9R |
Information on relief work and relief committees. |
Libraries
|
Code |
Type of record |
|
NA |
National Archives |
|
NL |
National Library |
|
P |
Public Records Office for Northern Ireland |
|
T |
Trinity College. |