The following are lists of estate records that exist for Co. Carlow. There are a few ‘categories’ of records, rent rolls or leases are probably the most useful for any family history researcher or maps that include tenants names. These are the type of estate records for which references are usually found. There are however, other types of esate records which may prove of use such as account books, petitions and proposals from tenants, lists of landlords families and also vouchers or receipts. These can be overlooked when creating any list of estate records.

For the most part, estate records remain in their original manuscript form. These have not to the best of my knowledge been filmed by any organisation outside Ireland or England. Copies of some of these records are held in repositories in Dublin, but the majority are held by PRONI. The Latter Day Saints Library does hold some estate records on film or copies of books written about landlords.

This page lists the the names of the landlords, (bold) and some records existing for their estates – the manuscript or film numbers all refer to material held in Ireland. Where there is only one reference for any Landlord, then the years covered are beside the Landlords name. Where there is more than one reference then the Landlords name is at the top of any grouping and the years listed with each manuscript reference under that name.

The estates that your ancestors lived on (if they did) may at times be found by checking through the Tithes Applotment/Griffiths Valuation lists for the parish or county.

An explanation of estate records with index for other counties

The Following abbreviations are used:
PRONI : Public Records Office of Northern Ireland
NAI : National Archives, Ireland (Dublin)
NLI: National Library Ireland (Dublin)

Bunbury 1852
Rentals,Valuations, Maps.
National Library of Ireland Ms. 8391

Cloncurry 1853
Rentals
National Library of Ireland Ms.5666

Courtown
1827-57
Rentals, Estate accounts. Trinity College, Dublin C’n P /9
1829-59
Estate & wage accounts.
Trinity College, Dublin C’n P /30/14-27
1836-75
Deeds.
Trinity College, Dublin C’n P /5/220-351
1839-44
Agents.
Trinity College, Dublin C’n P /31/3

Dagge
1830-49
Private accounts.
National Library of Ireland Ms.23627
1830-49
Estate accounts.
National Library of Ireland Ms.23527

Dayne 1854-64
Rentals
National Archives of Ireland, M5300-1

Farnham 1854
Rentals, Valuations.
National Library of Ireland Ms.3134
Hall-Dare 1854-61
Rentals
National Library of Ireland Ms.3135

Hutchisan 1830-50
Miscellaneous accounts.
National Library of Ireland Ms. 14336

Morgan 1842-49
Valuations, Landlords or relations.
National Library of Ireland Ms.11095

Paul
1818-72
Rentals
National Library of Ireland Mss.12983-9
1843
Maps with tenants names.
National Library of Ireland 21F.136

Rathdonnell 19-2OC
Deeds, Miscellaneous.
National Library of Ireland Unsorted

Stopford 1775-1856
Deeds.
National Library of Ireland D18749-811

Tighe
1825-59
Rentals National Library of Ireland Mss.872-4
1800-44
Deeds. National Library of Ireland D9656-705

Vigors
1673-1858
Leases.
National Archives of Ireland, 1096/4
1705-1888
Wills.
National Archives of Ireland, 1096/7
1793-1851
Leases.
National Archives of Ireland, 1096/15
1838-80
Leases.
National Archives of Ireland, 1096/13
1843-54
Valuations, Maps.
National Archives of Ireland, 1096/2/10
1840-82
Rentals, Valuations, Landlords or relations.
National Archives of Ireland, 1096/2/29-32