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- Ireland, Census of Protestant Householders 1740
- 1831 Tithe Defaulters
- Cork, Pobble O'Keefe census 1830-1852
- Dublin City Census 1901: Rotunda Ward
- Dublin electoral rolls
- Estate Commissioners Offices, Applications from Evicted Tenants, 1907
- Griffith's Survey Maps & Plans, 1847-1864
- Griffith's Valuation
- Ireland Census 1821-1851
- Ireland Census 1911
- Ireland Down Ballyroney Presbyterian burial plots, 1895
- Ireland Valuation Office books
- Ireland, 1766 Religious Census
- Ireland, 1775 Dissenters' Petitions
- Ireland, Belfast & Ulster directories list
- Ireland, Clare Electoral Registers
- Ireland, Land Commission Advances, 1891-1920
- Irish Army Census 1922
- Irish Census Search Forms 1841 & 1851
- Landed Estates Court Rentals 1850-1885
- Reports from Committees, Fictitious Votes (Ireland), Select Committee on Fictitious Votes, 1837-1838
- The Census of Elphin 1749
- The Index to the Dublin City Census 1851
- Waterford registers and records
This dataset includes records for 19,820 households in the Diocese of Elphin in 1749. This information has been taken from The Census of Elphin 1749 edited by Marie-Lousie Legg, with a statistical analysis by Brian Gurrin, published in 2004 by the Irish Manuscripts Commission. The data is accompanied by digitised images of the full publication.
The information contained in this “census” is extraordinary for such an early date. It was compiled under the direction of the Church of Ireland Bishop Edward Synge, and lists all households, the names of the head of each household, their addresses, details of occupations, numbers of children, adults and servants, by age and religious denomination. The document gives a unique insight into rural Ireland in the mid-18th century.
The Diocese of Elphin diocese covers most of County Roscommon, plus parts of County Galway and County Sligo:
Co. Roscommon - 51 of the 59 parishes are included (excluded are Castlemore, Creagh, Drum, Kilcolman, Kilronan, Kiltullagh, Moore and Taghmaconnell),
Co. Galway - 8 parishes are included (Ahascragh, Ballynakill, Dunamon, Kilbegnet, Kilcroan, Killeroran, Killian, Killosolan)
Co. Sligo - 13 parishes are included (Aghanagh, Ahamlish, Ballynakill, Ballysumaghan, Drumcliff, Drumcolumb, Killadoon, Kilmacallan, Kilmactranny, Kilross, St John's, Shancough, Tawnagh).