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Cork / Rea's Cross and St. Colman's College Farm, Fermoy
« on: Monday 05 October 20 21:13 BST (UK)  »
Michael Fitzgerald (b. 1881 Ballyoran Townland, Fermoy; d. 1920 on hunger strike, Cork City) worked at both of these locations as a young man. He went to work for the Rea family on leaving school at the age of 15 and then worked at the College farm. I can find nothing about the nature of the work in either case. I assume that the College farm existed to provide food to the boarders. My project is the story of 22 hunger strikers early lives. Any details or photographs would help give shape to the life. My thanks for any help.

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Ireland / Re: finding the name of the landlord's agent
« on: Monday 07 January 13 21:25 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for this tip. The agent's name is of interest, and while I know Mr. Nolan occupied Castlecoote House, and was a miller, I don't want to assume that he also was the agent.

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Ireland / Re: finding the name of the landlord's agent
« on: Monday 07 January 13 20:59 GMT (UK)  »
I never have because it didn't appear there was material from Roscommon, but I do have a reader's ticket and may have to try in June when I'm back in Ireland. Thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks,
Mary

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Ireland / finding the name of the landlord's agent
« on: Wednesday 02 January 13 20:49 GMT (UK)  »
I have been searching for the agent's name for some time, and no one can help me. I am interested in Sir Charles Henry Coote's agent in Co. Roscommon, specifically Fuerty parish, during the Great Hunger. I know the house was occupied by Mr. Thomas Nolan, who operated a mill, but I have no idea if he would have collected rents. Is there a general or specific resource anyone could recommend?

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Ireland / Re: cross-referncing Griffith's valuation maps and field books
« on: Sunday 23 October 11 22:16 BST (UK)  »
This is perplexing, then. The Valuation of Tenements for Castlecoote townland has us on 13a (of Ord. S. 38 & 39). Those numbers go up to 20. The Field Books for the townland have entries numbered up to 23. Also, the sizes of plot don't match. The Valuation indicates 17A.2R.35P for #13, while the Field Books indicate 62A.0R.38P of red bog for #13.

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Ireland / Re: cross-referencing Griffith's valuation maps and field books
« on: Sunday 23 October 11 21:36 BST (UK)  »
I'm grateful for these helps. But, I know the plot locations and have visited them. I know that the House Books and Tenure Books for the area do not survive, so details about the buildings and about the duration of tenancy aren't available, but my understanding is that as the survey was done, the surveyor kept three books--the third is the Field Book, which detailed the soil quality. I have copies of the pages for our parish, from the original in the National Archives in Dublin, but I don't know how the numbering of the fields in the Field Books relates to the numbering of the plots in the Valuation. It may be as simple as the numbers are the same, but it doesn't seem that way to me.

I may be a bit thick and missing an explanation here, and for that I apologise, but I think there's a single piece of the decoder puzzle missing.

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Ireland / cross-referncing Griffith's valuation maps and field books
« on: Tuesday 12 October 10 14:15 BST (UK)  »
My question is about how to cross-reference the numbers in Griffith's Valuation with the numbers in the Field Books for the same townland. For example, is map reference (39&38) 13a, going to be described in the same townlands entry 13 in the Field Books? My thanks for any help.

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