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Understanding Land Ownership in Ireland from 1600–1900

The Irish Catholic farmer, for the most part, had no rights to land ownership from the mid-1600s to the early twentieth century. How was this possible and how did it come about? Our speaker will explain how the Anglo-Irish landowners acquired Irish property, and how the lifestyle of those landowners impacted the predominantly Irish Catholic […]

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Irish–SIG

St. Louis County Library Headquarters 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis

    Griffith's Valuation  Mike Bridwell Griffith's valuation is a census substitute for landowners and leaseholders during and after the famine. Learning to use this important resource is essential to Irish research.

Irish–SIG

St. Louis County Library Headquarters 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis

     Irish Research in the US Carol Hemmersmeier, Kay Weber You have to start here before you can get there. Irish research starts here at home.