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.

 

https://durrushistory.com/2011/10/11/pettys-census-1659-for-hearth-tax-durrus/

https://durrushistory.com/2017/03/22/loss-of-window-tax-returns-and-irish-tax-revenue-1818-8-applications-to-reopen-closed-hearts-on-advice-of-physicians-for-those-with-fever/

 

https://durrushistory.com/2017/07/26/1737-fragment-heart-tax-roll/

 

https://durrushistory.com/2011/10/11/pettys-census-1659-for-hearth-tax-durrus/

 

 

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