When acres and land sales were counted in thousands

A NEW website recalls the days when our top landowners counted their acres in thousands rather than hundreds.

When acres and land sales were counted in thousands
Thu, 09 Jun, 2011 - 01:00
Stephen Cadogan

Men like Sir Henry Wrixon Becher of Ballygiblin, whose holdings amounted to 18,933 acres in Co Cork and 358 acres in Co Tipperary in the 1870s — according to the new www.landedestates.ie website.

Recently launched by former Fianna Fáil politician Martin Mansergh, the website catalogues the landed estates of Munster from the 18th to 20th centuries, and is being hailed as an invaluable tool for historical researchers, academics and the general public.

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CourtsPlace: BallygiblinPlace: Co CorkPlace: Co TipperaryPlace: MunsterPlace: ConnachtPlace: CastlemartyrPlace: CourtmacsherryPlace: Co WaterfordPlace: GalwayPerson: SirPerson: Henry Wrixon BecherPerson: Martin ManserghPerson: Earls of ShannonPerson: LadiesPerson: BoylePerson: Joost Van KeppelPerson: Earl of AlbemarlePerson: Francis BurtonPerson: Nicholas WestbyPerson: James MacDonnellPerson: Van KeppelPerson: Viscount ClareOrganisation: Fianna FáilOrganisation: JacobiteOrganisation: Irish Council for Research in the Humanities and Social SciencesOrganisation: Programme for Research in Third Level InstitutionsOrganisation: Landed EstatesOrganisation: Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social SciencesOrganisation: National University of Ireland
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