Griffith's Valuation - Contemporary Use of And Dates of Valuation

Contemporary Use of And Dates of Valuation

The valuation is a vital document in genealogical research, since in the absence of census records in Ireland before 1901 the valuation records in many ways can act as a substitute. It is helpful in this to know the precise dates when the individual county components of the survey were completed, as follows:

Counties Date of completion of survey Carlow 28 June 1853 Cork 20 July 1853 Dublin 9 July 1853 Kerry 19 July 1853 Kilkenny 8 July 1853 Kilkenny City 8 July 1853 Limerick 29 June 1853 Limerick City 29 June 1853 Queen's County 28 June 1853 Tipperary 29 June 1853 Waterford 5 July 1863 Waterford Borough 5 July 1863 Dublin City 31 Oct 1854 Kildare 18 July 1854 Wexford 7 July 1854 Wicklow 4 July 1854 King's County 2 July 1855 Longford 6 July 1855 Louth 5 July 1855 Drogheda Borough 6 July 1855 Meath 10 July 1855 Westmeath 5 July 1855 Clare 3 July 1856 Galway Town 14 July 1856 Cavan 25 June 1857 Galway 29 June 1857 Leitrim 6 July 1857 Mayo 13 July 1857 Donegal 6 July 1858 Roscommon 1 July 1858 Sligo 7 July 1858 Londonderry 16 July 1859 Tyrone 13 July 1860 Monaghan 1 July 1861 Antrim 10 July 1862 Carrickfergus 10 July 1862 Fermanagh 4 July 1864 Down 12 July 1864 Armagh 1 June 1865