Griffith’s Primary Valuation Records, Co. Kilkenny

From the 1820s to the 1840s a complex process of reform attempted to standardise the basis of local taxation in Ireland. The first steps were to map and fix administrative boundaries through the Ordnance Survey and the associated Boundary Commission. The next step was to assess the productive capacity of all property in the country in a thoroughly uniform way. Richard Griffith, a geologist based in Dublin, became Boundary Commissioner in 1825 and Commissioner of Valuation in 1827. The results of his great survey, the Primary Valuation of Ireland, were published between 1847 and 1864. The valuation is arranged by county, barony, Poor Law Union, civil parish and townland, and it lists every landholder and every householder in Ireland.


Occupier_sur_nameImmediate_lessorTownlandCounty
John MurrayWhelan, PatrickPortnahullyKilkenny
Flynn HonoriaWhelan, RichardBregaunKilkenny
Kearney JamesWhelan, StephenScartKilkenny
Spruhan PatrickWhelan, StephenScartKilkenny
Farrell MatthewWhelan, ThomasHuntingtownKilkenny
Daniel BrennanWhite, JamesFlagmount, NorthKilkenny
John BrienWhite, JamesFlagmount, NorthKilkenny
Edward ConnorsWhite, JamesFlagmount, NorthKilkenny
John NashWhite, JamesFlagmount, NorthKilkenny
Denis QuinlanWhite, JamesFlagmount, NorthKilkenny
Michael TraceyWhite, JamesFlagmount, NorthKilkenny
Brophy WilliamWhite, ThomasDunbell, BigKilkenny
Lee PatrickWhite, ThomasDunbell, BigKilkenny
Pigeon PeterWhite, ThomasDunbell, BigKilkenny
White MartinWhite, WilliamCastlemarketKilkenny
Keeffe EllenWillett., Henry J., Esq.CastlefieldKilkenny
Dunphy JohnWilliams, ChristopherCrowballyKilkenny
Cody EdmondWilliams, Edward H., Esq.AcragarKilkenny
Costigan JamesWilliams, Edward H., Esq.AcragarKilkenny
Costigan JamesWilliams, Edward H., Esq.AcragarKilkenny
Fitzgerald MaryWilliams, Edward H., Esq.AcragarKilkenny
Hoyne JohnWilliams, Edward H., Esq.AcragarKilkenny
Maguire Matthew x 2Williams, Edward H., Esq.AcragarKilkenny
Sutton AnastasiaWilliams, Edward H., Esq.AcragarKilkenny
Butler JohnWilson, AnneBlackwoodKilkenny
Ring GeorgeWoodrooffe, William, Esq.CourtnaboghillaKilkenny
Ryan JohnWoodrooffe, William, Esq.CourtnaboghillaKilkenny
Ryan MauriceWoodrooffe, William, Esq.CourtnaboghillaKilkenny
Ryan NicholasWoodrooffe, William, Esq.CourtnaboghillaKilkenny
Ryan PatrickWoodrooffe, William, Esq.CourtnaboghillaKilkenny
O'Toole PatrickWright, JosephPurcellsinchKilkenny
Ryan EdmundWright, JosephLeggetsrath, WestKilkenny
Brennan NicholasWright, Thomas, Esq.WallstownKilkenny
Doolan ThomasWright, Thomas, Esq.WallstownKilkenny
Grace James & JohnWright, Thomas, Esq.WallstownKilkenny
Tynan ThomasWright, Thomas, Esq.Ballydowel, LittleKilkenny
Walsh WilliamWright, Thomas, Esq.WallstownKilkenny
Casey James x 2Wright, Thomas, Esq.ClintstownKilkenny
Cranny MartinWright, Thomas, Esq.FoulksrathKilkenny
Phelan MichaelWright, Thomas, Esq.FoulksrathKilkenny
Tynan PatrickWright, Thomas, Esq.ClintstownKilkenny
Walsh WilliamWright, Thomas, Esq.FoulksrathKilkenny
Dawson JohnWynne, EdwardKellymountKilkenny
Brennan MichaelWynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Byrne PatrickWynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Cullen AnneWynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Darcy PatrickWynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Farrell MichaelWynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Fenlon John x 2Wynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Hanley DanielWynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Harding CatherineWynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Harding PatrickWynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Keogh MargaretWynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Maher EdmundWynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Meany MichaelWynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Mooney MichaelWynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Shaughnessy EdwardWynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Walsh JohnWynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Walsh Thomas x 2Wynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Whelan BridgetWynne, GeorgeKellymountKilkenny
Cummins AndrewWynne, John & AbrahamKellymountKilkenny
Nolan ChristopherWynne, John & AbrahamKellymountKilkenny
Watters CatherineWynne, John & AbrahamKellymountKilkenny
Heffernan DavidWynne, WilliamKellymountKilkenny

My tables are sorted alphabetically by Occupiers’ name – any Immediate Lessor may be listed numerous times throughout a parish. Immediate Lessor names are not sorted alphebetically

In those instances when a person is listed twice in the same townland and the Immediate lessor was the same for each entry I have the occupiers name once and indicated how many times that name occurs in that townland beside it.

I have excluded the name of Immediate Lessors of Vacant properties when that person was already listed as being an Immediate Lessor in the same townland. The names of Immediate Lessors of vacant properties are included if that person was not listed as an Immediate Occupier previously in that townland.

In those instances when a person is listed twice in the same townland and the Immediate lessor was the same for each entry I have the occupiers name once and indicated how many times that name occurs in that townland beside it. I have excluded the name of Immediate Lessors of Vacant properties when that person was already listed as being an Immediate Lessor in the same townland. The names of Immediate Lessors of vacant properties are included if that person was not listed as an Immediate Occupier previously in that townland.

The Immediate Lessor is the person who owns or leases the property from the Landholder. The Occupier is the person who leases the land from the Immediate Lessor. The Occupier, in turn, may sub-let part of the property that they are listed as being the Occupier of, in which case, their name is then listed in the Immediate Lessor column. You need to see the original pages of the Griffiths Valuation which lists the type of property being leased.

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