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Limerick Census Substitutes

Census Substitutes
Year Source Number Coverage
1799 – 1867 Limerick Genealogy’s in-house database of Limerick people listed in various documents and publications including the following; Limerick Chronicle, Limerick Evening Post, Old Limerick Journal, Freeman’s Journal  8285 County Limerick
This database contains references to individuals living in Limerick city or county at a specific date in time during the period 1799 to 1867, giving their names, addresses and often occupations. Links to the original source material are also given. The sources are as follows;

  • Limerick voters for and against the Act of Union listed in the Limerick Chronicle on 25th September 1799 and 11th January 1800, published article “Limerick Divided by the Act of Union” by John Curtin in the Old Limerick Journal, Summer Edition, 2001.
  • “A List of Merchants, Manufacturers, Printers, Innkeepers etc., who placed advertisements in the Limerick Evening Post newspaper for the period 6 Nov 1811 to 21 Oct 1812” by Aine Thornhill, published in the Old Limerick Journal, Winter Edition, 1993.
  • “The chief inhabitants of the parishes of St. Mary’s and St. John’s, Limerick, in 1813” compiled by Rosemary ffolliott from the Limerick Chronicle, published in The Irish Ancestor Vol. 17 No 2. 1985.
  • Limerick City electors list 1817 from A history of the proceedings of the particularly interesting election, for a member, to represent the City of Limerick, in parliament, Dublin, 1817.
  • 1829 applications to register freehold published in the Limerick Chronicle.
  • 1836 applications to register freehold published in the Limerick Chronicle.
  • List of Limerick guilds members published in the Freemans Journal, 21st Oct 1840.
  • The Limerick Corporation Index of 1843.
  • Analysis of the late election of Limerick showing an entire list of the poll, Limerick, 1852.
  • List of persons in Limerick City demonstration in support of Manchester Martyrs, Allen, Larkin and O’Brien on 8th December 1867 from State Paper Office file Fenian Papers F5030, published article “Mourning the Martyrs” by Breandán Mac Giolla Choille in the Old Limerick Journal, Christmas 1987.
1824 – 1835 Tithe Applotment Books  27,347 County Limerick
1830 & 1835 Head of households parish census  847 St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic parish
1857 Head of households parish census  199 Athea Roman Catholic parish
1908 – 1922 Census search forms 1841 & 1851 for Old Age Pension applications  1433 County Limerick

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