Griffiths Valuation 1863

In the absence of census information earlier than 1901, it would be useful to provide the details from Griffiths Valuation of Ireland which, for the townland covered in this website, was published in 1863. When the infoemation from the 1901 Census is eventually added to the site the visitor, whether a casual reader or a serious researcher, will be able to easily compare the information from both sources.

The material on the site consists mainly of images of the pages from the original volume. However, to assist the reader, the opportunity has also been taken to extract the personal information about the occupiers of the properties (in Griffith's terms 'tenements') to construct an alphabetical index which links each name to the page image.

There are a couple of points which need explanation -

1. The numbers and letters in the first column on each page refer to the location of the tenement on the 6" to the mile townland and equivalent town maps that were prepared the same time as the valuations. In many cases there are several occupiers attached to a number, further identified by the letters. For the purposes of the index however, only the first number is given. This is for simplicity and for the index is sufficient, with the name of the townland or street, to allow the reader to identify the name on the page.
2. The description of the tenement in the third column identifies the type of holding; for example 'house', 'house, offices and land', 'Land' etc. This means that in many cases the same individual may be listed in the townland/street and/or in different places. There is no way of knowing whether these names refer to the same person. For the purposes of the index the appearance of each occupier of a tenement is recorded, irrespective of whether the same name appears several times.
3. Griffiths transcribes all surnames beginning with "Mac" or "Mc" as "M'". We have converted each such prefix as "Mc".