The Co. Antrim Rolls give an idea of the scale of the catastrophe inflicted on the Irish People in 1922.

Click to access hearth_rolls_of_county_antrim.pdf

 

1743.  Command from Custom House, Dublin re Hearth Tax Collection.

From Diary of Mayor Pembrock, Cork.

http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/history/Mayoral%20Book%20of%20Thomas%20Pembrock/files/assets/basic-html/page-445.html

As the vast bulk of heart tax records (which listed most households in the 18th century) were blown up in 1922 it is unusual to come across records.

 

Petty’s census 1659 for hearth tax Durrus

1788 Kinsale Heart Tax Returns with Exemptions. Loss of Window Tax Returns and Irish Tax Revenue 1818-8. Applications to Reopen Closed Hearths on Advice of Physicians for Those with Fever.

 

1737. Fragment Heart Tax Roll. Hearth Tax Rolls for Co. Antrim.

 

Petty’s census 1659 for hearth tax Durrus

 

 

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