Griffith's Valuation

Griffith's Valuation

Griffith's Valuation

The extension of the British Poor Law of 1834 to Ireland in 1838 required a valuation of property for the entire country.

The general valuation of Ireland, popularly called the Primary Valuation or Griffith's Valuation, after its Director Richard Griffith, was a massive country-wide effort at determining the valuation of every single tenement in the country.

Maps accompanied the valuation and each plot on the valuation was numbered. The document lists the names of householders according to civil parish and townlands. It gives the name of the landlord (immediate lessor), includes a description of the holding (A refers to acreage, R refers to roods and P refers to perches), the extent of the holding and it gives a valuation of the land and buildings.

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Griffith's Valuation

Named after its Director Richard Griffith, the Griffith's Valuation was a massive country-wide effort at determining the valuation of every single tenement in the country.

Courtesy of National Library of Ireland

for the pdf of a page from Griffith's Valuation.

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