Sources for the History of Landed Estates in Ireland

This is a guide for those researching landed estate records held in public repositories in Ireland.

It provides a list of works of reference, directories and gazetteers, and step-by-step guidelines to research estate records.

In addition, other relevant sources including the tithe applotment books, Griffith's valuation, British parliamentary papers, the Encumbered estates records, travellers' accounts, newspapers and those stored in the Registry of deeds are afforded attention.

Advice is provided throughout as to the problems and possibilities which face the historian in researching the history of an Irish estate in the 19th and early 20th centuries.