Lismore Estate Papers

This large collection of estate papers has a related database of requests for assistance from both men and women to emigrate from the Lismore Estate in County Waterford, drawn from account books, tenant application books and correspondence of the Lismore Papers.

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Original source name : Lismore Estate Papers
English translation : Lismore Estate Papers
Creator : Administration
Document- type 1 : estate records
Reference number : IE WCA PP LISM (208 boxes)
Language(s) : English
Geographical coverage : Ireland
Time range : 19th-20th c.
Year(s) : 1750–1969
Theme 1 : experience of migration
Theme 2 : legal
Publication(s) : Lismore Estate Papers Emigration Record Database 1815–1905 (Online, [no longer maintained: https://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/departments/culture-heritage/family-history/emigration.htm])

Archive name : Waterford County Archive
Archive name (English) : Waterford County Archive
Archive address : Dungarvan Library, Davitt's Quay, Dungarvan, Ireland
City : Waterford
Country : Ireland
Official website and institutional resources : https://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/index.htm
Finding aid(s) : https://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/departments/culture-heritage/archives/collections/lismore-estate.htm

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