A Hollywood Blockbuster

© Brendan Corrigan

Full title: The History of Hollywood, Co. Wicklow

Creator / Author: Brendan Corrigan

Item Type / Page count: Book / 402p

When Published: ca.2015

Publisher / Place of Publication: The Author / [Not stated]

About: A handsome publication that is a comprehensively-researched history of the Hollywood area in West Wicklow. Hollywood may be a small village, but this is a huge history and one that will probably be the definitive account for years to come. The author pays particular attention to placenames and people – two elements that provide the foundation for all local history – and their story will resonate with people near and far.

ID number(s): None

Contents: Preface and acknowledgements – List of abbreviations. [Part I – The story of Hollywood] Hollywood before the Normans – Sir Geoffrey de Marisco – The Butlers and the Fitzgeralds – Robert Pipho of Hollywood – 17^th and 18^th centuries – The 1798 Rebellion – The early 19^th century – The Famine and its aftermath – The Land War – Independence and beyond – The O’Reilly Family of Rathattin – The Guirke Family of Knockroe – St. Kevin’s Church (RC) – St. Kevin’s Church (Ch of Ire) – Education in the 19^th century – Soldiers of fortune. [Part II – The Placenames of Hollywood] Introduction – Lord Waterford’s Estate – Killerk, Bannagroe and Athgarvan – Blakestown and Britonstown.[Part III – The People of Hollywood] Introduction – Hollywood Upper – Hollywood Lower – Knockroe – Dragoonhill – Slievecorragh – Broughills Hill – Cheneys or Kiernans Hill – Hollywood Demesne – Newtown – Knocknastreile – Rathattin – Athgreany – Conlans Hill – Mullicagh Upper – Mullicagh Lower – Woodenboley – Drumreagh – Dunboyke – Scalp – Toor – Lugglass Upper – Lugglass Lower – Knocknaboley – Corragh – Coonmore – Walterstown – Johnstown – Harristown – Ballintober – Ballysize Upper – Ballysize Lower – Glebe – Killerk – Bannagroe – Athgarvan – Blakestown Lower – Blakestown Upper — Britonstown. [Appendices] I. Patrick Lynam – II. Grants – III. Evictions of 1830 – IV. Crops grown in Hollywood in 1851 – V. Names of residents 1780s/90s – VI. Tithe Applotment Books – VII. Rev. Rickard’s List of Evictees. List of Maps and Illustrations – Select bibliography – Index for Parts I and II – Index of Surnames in Part III.

Extra #1: Includes dozens of photographs, maps, plans and tables of data.

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Extra #4 A review of this book appears in the Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, Number Nine, 2017.

Tithes Payable by Hollywood Folk from 1833

 

 

 

Full title: Townlands in Hollywood (Wicklow)

Creator / Author: Genealogical Society of Utah in partnership with The National Archives of Ireland

Item Type: Website / Publicly Accessible

Homepage URL: http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

When Viewed: Contents described are those showing when viewed in November 2014.

Publisher / Place of Publication: National Archives of Ireland / Bishop Street, Dublin 8.

About: Tithe Applotment Books were compiled between 1823 and 1837 in an attempt to determine how much the holders of agricultural land over 1 acre should pay in taxes or tithes to the established Church of Ireland. These books list the name of the head of each relevant household outside of urban areas. A Tithe Applotment book was compiled for each Church of Ireland parish. Some of the transcribed names of people and places are not 100% accurate, but the original entries may be viewed for clarification.

Contents:  Athgreany – Ballintober – Ballysize – Blakestown – Britonstown — Broughills Hill – Corragh – Dragoonhill – Drumreagh – Dunboyke – Granamore – Harristown – Hollywood — Hollywood Demesne – Johnstown — Kiernans Hill — Killerk or Athgarvan – Knocknaboley – Knocknadroose – Knockroe — Lockstown Lower — Lockstown Upper – Lugglass – Mullycagh – Newtown – Oakwood – Coonmore – Rathattin – Scalp – Slievecorragh – Toor – Walterstown – Woodenboley.

Extra #1: Browse the Tithe Applotment Book(s) for Hollywood Parish

Hat-Tip: To the Genealogical Society of Utah and The National Archives of Ireland who have arranged for the digitisation of these records and their free accessibility online.

Census of Donaghmore

 

 

 

Full title: Townlands / Streets in Donaghmore (Wicklow)

Creator / Author: National Archives of Ireland

Item Type: Website / Publicly Accessible

Homepage  URL: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

When Viewed: Contents correct as of May 2014.

Publisher / Place of Publication: National Archives of Ireland / Bishop Street, Dublin 8.

About: The Census returns for the Donaghmore District Electoral Division arranged alphabetically by townland. The 1901 census was taken on 31st March 1901. The 1911 census was taken on 2nd April 1911.

Contents: Ballintruer Beg — Ballintruer More — Ballyhubbock Lower — Ballyhubbock Upper — Brusselstown — Castlequarter — Castleruddery Lower — Castleruddery Upper — Castlesallagh — Coolamaddra — Deerpark — Donaghmore — Killybeg — Newtown — Raheen — Randalstown — Whitestown Lower — Whitestown Upper.

Extra #1: Browse the 1901 Census for Donaghmore DED

Extra #2: Browse the 1911 Census for Donaghmore DED

Households in Kilranelagh Parish in middle of 19th century

Full title: Parish of Kilranelagh

Creator / Author: Richard Griffith

Item Type / Page count: Book Chapter / eDoc / 6p

When Published: 1854

Publisher / Place of Publication: Alexander Thom and Sons for Her Majesty’s Stationary Office / 87 Abbey Street, Dublin.

Parent Publication [book]: County of Wicklow: valuation of the several tenements comprising that portion of the Union of Baltinglass situate in the county above named / Richard Griffith, General Valuation Office / 106pp

About: The property tax system of 1850’s Ireland, otherwise known as Griffiths Valuation. It was the first major attempt at valuing property. This section lists householders in the Parish of Kilranelagh, part of the area covered by the Poor Law Union of Baltinglass in West Wicklow.

ID number(s): None

Contents: Ballinroan Lower — Ballinroan Upper — Barraderry East — Barraderry North — Barraderry West — Boleycarrigeen — Brockna — Cloughnagaune — Colvinstown Lower — Colvinstown Upper — Downings — Englishtown — Fortgranite — Keadeen — Killalish Lower — Killalish Upper — Kilranelagh — Newtown — Talbotstown Lower — Talbotstown Upper.

Extra #1: Read the entries for  Griffiths Valuation Kilranelagh Parish (pdf file).

Extra #2: Search Griffiths Valuation and link to contemporary maps at AskAboutIreland.ie

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Extra #4: Check OCLC WorldCat.org for this publication in libraries worldwide

The Book of Blessington

© The Publisher

Full title: The Blessington Estate, 1667-1908

Creator / Author: Kathy Trant

Item Type / Page count: Book / 239p

When Published: 2004

Publisher / Place of Publication: Anvil Books / 45 Palmerston Road, Dublin 6.

About: The definitive history of the Blessington area from the mid-17th century to the beginning of the twentieth. It combines the story of the Boyle and Hill families of nobility with the eternal tension of the landlord and tenant relationship.  The author has researched the subject extensively and the highest levels of scholarship are evident. However, the book is very accessible and a recommended read for local historians.

ID number(s): 1901737519 / 9781901737516

Chapters: Foreword — The Struggle for Land — The Boyle Dynasty — The Downshire Connection — The Rebellion of 1798 — Bad Debts and Good Neighbours — Land Tenure and Agents — The Tenants — Rents and Arrears — The Landlord’s Role — The Famine Years — The Social Round — The Final Chapter — Epilogue — Appendix: List of tenants on the Blessington Estate, 1850 — Acknowledgements — Abbreviations — Notes and Sources — Notes on Illustrations — Bibliography.

Extra #1: includes 98 illustrations and images.

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Extra #4: Read a review of this book online via JSTOR. [Personal registration / conditions apply]. Alternatively, your local public library may provide free online access to this review.

Extra #5: For information, a review of this book was also published in the Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society, Volume 19 (3), 2004-5 pp568-570.

Households in Donaghmore Parish in middle of 19th century

Full title: Parish of Donaghmore

Creator / Author: Richard Griffith

Item Type / Page count: Book Chapter / eDoc / 16p

When Published: 1854

Publisher / Place of Publication: Alexander Thom and Sons for Her Majesty’s Stationary Office / 87 Abbey Street, Dublin.

Parent Publication [book]: County of Wicklow: valuation of the several tenements comprising that portion of the Union of Baltinglass situate in the county above named / Richard Griffith, General Valuation Office / 106pp

About: The property tax system of 1850’s Ireland, otherwise known as Griffiths Valuation. It was the first major attempt at valuing property. This section lists householders in the Parish of Donaghmore, part of the area covered by the Poor Law Union of Baltinglass in West Wicklow.

ID number(s): None

Contents: Ballinabarny — Ballinabarny Gap — Ballinard — Ballinclea — Ballineddin Lower — Ballineddin Mountain — Ballineddin Upper — Ballinfoyle Lower — Ballinfoyle Upper — Ballintruerbeg — Ballintruermore — Ballyhubbock Lower — Ballyhubbock Upper — Ballyreask Ballytoole Lower — Ballytoole Upper — Ballyvoghan — Ballyvraghan — Blackpits — Blane — Brittas — Brusselstown — Bushfield — Camera — Camerahill North — Camerahill South — Cannow — Cannow Mountain — Castlequarter — Castleruddery Lower — Castleruddery Upper — Castlesallagh — Clonshannon — Clornagh — Coan — Colliga — Coolamaddra — Coolmoney — Crissadaun — Davidstown — Deerpark — Derrynamuck — Donaghmore — Drumreagh — Eadestown Hill — Eadestown Middle — Eadestown North — Eadestown South — Fauna — Gibstown — Kelashmore — Kilbreffy — Killybeg — Knickeen — Knockanarrigan — Knockandarragh — Knockaderry — Knockamunnion — Leitrim — Leoh — Levern — Lobawn — Lugnaquillia — Monroe — Moorspark — Moorstown — Newpark — Newtown — Pollaghadoo — Raheen — Randalstown — Rostyduff Lower — Rostyduff Upper — Seskin — Snugborough — Spinans, East — Spinans Hill — Spinans, Middle — Spinans, West — Stranahely — Sugarloaf — Table Mountain — Tinnahinch — Whitestown Lower — Whitestown Upper.

Extra #1: Read the entries for  Griffiths Valuation Donaghmore Parish (pdf file).

Extra #2: Search Griffiths Valuation and link to contemporary maps at AskAboutIreland.ie

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Households in Hollywood Parish in middle of 19th century

Full title: Parish of Hollywood

Creator / Author: Richard Griffith

Item Type / Page count: Book Chapter / eDoc / 11p

When Published: 1854

Publisher / Place of Publication: Alexander Thom and Sons for Her Majesty’s Stationary Office / 87 Abbey Street, Dublin.

Parent Publication [book]: County of Wicklow: valuation of the several tenements comprising that portion of the Union of Baltinglass situate in the county above named / Richard Griffith, General Valuation Office / 106pp

About: The property tax system of 1850’s Ireland, otherwise known as Griffiths Valuation. It was the first major attempt at valuing property. This section lists householders in the Parish of Hollywood, part of the area covered by the Poor Law Union of Baltinglass in West Wicklow. The remainder of the Parish of Hollywood was within the area covered by the Poor Law Union of Naas.

ID number(s): None

Contents: Athgarvan — Athgreany — Ballintober — Ballysize — Bannagroe — Broughills Hill — Conlans Hill — Coonmore — Corragh — Dragoonhill — Drumreagh — Dunboyke — Glebe — Granamore — Harristown — Hollywood Demesne — Hollywood Lower — Hollywood Upper — Johnstown — Kiernans Hill — Killerk — Knocknaboley — Knocknadroose — Knocknastreile — Knockroe — Lockstown Lower — Lockstown Upper — Lugglass Upper — Lugglass Lower — Mullycagh Lower — Mullycagh Upper — Newtown — Oakwood — Rathattin — Scalp — Slievecorragh — Toor — Walterstown — Woodenboley.

Extra #1: Read the entries for  Griffiths Valuation Hollywood Parish within Baltinglass Union (pdf file).

Extra #2: Search Griffiths Valuation and link to contemporary maps at AskAboutIreland.ie

Extra #3: Check Libraries Ireland for this publication.

Extra #4: Check OCLC WorldCat.org for this publication in libraries worldwide

Extra #5: Link to the blog post for the part of Griffiths Valuation Hollywood Parish within Naas Union

Census of Hollywood

 Full title: Townlands / Streets in Hollywood (Wicklow)

Creator / Author: National Archives of Ireland

Item Type: Website / Publicly Accessible

Homepage  URL: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

When Viewed: Contents correct as of April 2013.

Publisher / Place of Publication: National Archives of Ireland / Bishop Street, Dublin 8.

About: The Census returns for the Hollywood District Electoral Division arranged alphabetically by townland. The 1901 census was taken on 31st March 1901. The 1911 census was taken on 2nd April 1911.

Contents: Athgreany — Ballintober — Ballysize — Bannagroe — Broughills Hills — Conlans Hill — Dragonhill — Drumreagh — Dunboyke — Glebe — Harristown — Hollywood — Johnstown — Knocknastreile — Knockroe — Mullycagh — Newtown — Rathattin — Scalp — Slievecorragh — Toor — Walterstown — Woodenboley

Extra #1: Browse the 1901 Census for Hollywood DED

Extra #2: Browse the 1911 Census for Hollywood DED

Ancient Landscape of Dunlavin / Donard

© JRSAI

Creator / Author: Patrick T. Walshe

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 29p

Journal Information: Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Seventh Series, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 113-141

When Published: December 1931

Publisher / Place of Publication: R.S.A.I / Merrion Square, Dublin

About: A  substantial article on the archaeological remains to be found in this area of West Wicklow. The author divides the article into headings such as: Some notes on the early history of the district; Ancient battle sites; Tumuli, raths and moats; Dolmens and stone circles; Standing stones, bullaun stones and other antiquities.

ID number(s): 0035-9106

Extra #1: includes photographs.

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Extra #4: Read this article online via JSTOR. [Personal registration / conditions apply]. Alternatively, your local public library may provide free online access to this article.

Census of Tinahely

Full title: Townlands / Streets in Tinahely (Wicklow)

Creator / Author: National Archives of Ireland

Item Type: Website / Publicly Accessible

Homepage  URL: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

When Viewed: Contents correct as of May 2012.

Publisher / Place of Publication: National Archives of Ireland / Bishop Street, Dublin 8.

About: The Census returns for the Tinahely District Electoral Division arranged alphabetically by townland. The 1901 census was taken on 31st March 1901. The 1911 census was taken on 2nd April 1911.

Contents: Ballinacor — Ballynamanoge — Ballyraheen– Ballyhonog/Ballyshonoge — Boleybawn — Bridgeland — Carrick — Churchland — Coalruss — Coolafunshoge — Coolross — Cross — Curraranish/Curravanish — Farnees — Glenphilipeen — Gorteen — Greenhall — Lugduff — Main Street (1911 only) — Mangans — Market Square (1901 only) — Mountpleasant — Mullannaskeagh — Mullans North — Mullans South — Muskeagh — Newtown — Pond Street (1901 only) — Pound Street — Raheenteige — Rosbane — Tinahely — Whitefield — Whiterock.

Extra #1: Browse the 1901 Census for Tinahely DED

Extra #2: Browse the 1911 Census for Tinahely DED