The Moore Family of  Clones 

The Primary Valuation of Ireland or Griffith’s Valuation named after Richard Griffith, commissioner of the Valuation, was published between the years 1847 and 1864. It provides useful data of genealogical importance as it provides detailed information on where people lived in mid-nineteenth century Ireland and the property they possessed. The survey lists about 70% of heads of householders in Ireland at the time of the survey.

 

Terms Used;

“House” covers all buildings used permanently as dwellings, as well as public buildings; “Office” is used to describe factories, mills and farm outbuildings such as a stable, turf shed, cow barn, corn shed, or piggery.

 

The term immediate lessor means the person from whom the occupier named in the adjoining column was leasing the property. The word “immediate” is used because long chains of letting and subletting were common and it was more usual for the immediate lessor to be a middle-man rather than the outright owner of the property.

 

The area of land held is given in Acres, Roods and Perches. There are 40 square Perches to a Rood and four Roods to an Acre

 

 

The taxable (or “rateable”) value was the income that the property could reasonably be expected to produce in a year.