A priceless resource, the collections provide unique insights into Offaly’s past.
Selected sources include:
Census data, including the first Census, 1659
The Civil Survey 1654 – 6 : (Vol. 10 includes King’s county). Dublin, 1961.
Books of Survey & Distribution c.1700
Tithe Applotment Books 1823 – 1838
The Primary Valuation of Tenements completed in the 1850s (Griffith’s Valuation)
(O’Donovan), Ordnance Survey Letters and Field Name Books, 1839/40
(Lewis), Topographical dictionary of Ireland with atlas. 1837
Grand Jury Presentment Books for the King’s County, 1830 - 1878
Poor Law Records
British Parliamentary Papers. Famine Ireland, 1846 – 48.
Archives of local authority bodies in Offaly
Estate Records & Private Papers
Photographic archive