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Households in Baltinglass Parish in middle of 19th century

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Full title: Parish of Baltinglass

Creator / Author: Richard Griffith

Item Type / Page count: Book Chapter / eDoc / 15p

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 Baltinglass, part of the area covered by the Poor Law Union of Baltinglass in West Wicklow.

ID number(s): None

Contents: Baltinglass East — Town of Baltinglass – Main Street – Weaver’s Square – Chapel Hill – Church Street — Baltinglass West – Mill Street – Ballitore Road – Belan Street – Tullow Old Road – Edward Street — Bawnoge – Boley – Boleylug – Carsrock – Cloghcastle – Clogh Lower – Clogh Upper – Coolinarrig Lower – Coolinarrig Upper – Deerpark – Holdenstown Lower – Holdenstown Upper – Irongrange Lower – Irongrange Upper – Kilmurry – Kilmurry Lower – Kilmurry Upper — Lathaleere – Newtownsaunders – Pinnacle – Slaney Park – Sruhaun – Stratford Lodge – Woodfield – Woodfieldglen — Rathmoon.

Extra #1: Read the entries for Griffiths Valuation Baltinglass Parish (pdf file). The entries for Baltinglass commence at the bottom of the first page.

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

What’s Halloween Without a Haunting?

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Full title: The Haunted Cottage

Creator / Author: Hans Holzer

Item Type / Page count: Book Chapter / 7p text + 1p illustration

When Published: 1967 [and later editions]

Publisher [1] / Place of Publication: Wolfe Publishing Ltd. / 10 Earlham Street, London WC2.

Publisher [2] / Place of Publication: Ace Books / 1120 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N. Y. 10036.

Publisher [3] / Place of Publication: Various other publishers / Various locations.

Parent Publication [book]: The lively ghosts of Ireland / 187pp / 191pp

About: Hans Holzer was a well-known ‘ghost-hunter’ and paranormal researcher who travelled the word in search of psychic experiences. The book from which this chapter is taken could be seen as the outcome of a ‘ghost safari’ in Ireland. The haunted cottage in question is located in the Grogan Family estate at Slaney Park, Baltinglass in West Wicklow.

ID number(s): 0723400423

Extra #1: Most editions of the book include a charming drawing of the ‘haunted cottage’ by Catherine Buxhoevden.

Extra #1: Check Libraries Ireland for this publication.

Extra #3: Check OCLC WorldCat.org for this publication in libraries worldwide.

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