1829 Freeholders in Limerick City and Environs

The forty-shilling freehold was the qualification under which Catholics obtained the right to vote following Hobart's 1793 relief act. It was a short-lived concession.

“The emancipation act of 1829 – which permitted Catholics to sit in parliament – abolished the forty-shilling franchise by raising the threshold to ten pounds and at a stroke reduced the county electorate from over 200,000 to 37,000.”

“Freehold land was, and is, a parcel of land held for an indefinite time, as distinguished from a leasehold which is held for a specific period. It generally required the payment of a fixed sum…and attendance at the manor court…”

both quotes from Byrne’s dictionary of Irish Local History by Joseph Byrne (Mercier Press, 2004)

Surname:

Forename:

Trade or Title:

Address:

Situation of Freehold:

Landlord:

Value of Freehold:

Other Tenure:

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newid	Surname	Forename	Trade or Title	Address	Situation of Freehold	Landlord	Value of Freehold	Other Tenure	Date of Registry	Page
1	Ahearn	Jerry	farmer	Rich Hill, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Rich Hill	Earl Clare	40 shillings	John Ryan	at the Tholsel 19th Dec 1816	20
2	Ahearn	George	farmer	Rich Hill, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Rich Hill	Earl Clare	40 shillings	John Ryan	at the Tholsel 19th Dec 1816	20
3	Abjohn	Michael	farmer	Caroonderry, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Caroonderry	Brooke Brasier, esq.	40 shillings	Michael Abjohn	19th April 1819	20
4	Abriel	John	skin & feather merchant	Mungret Street	house and concerns at Mungret Street	Rev. William Lloyd	40 shillings	John Abriel, Stephen Abriel & Patrick Neagle	29th Dec 1818	20
5	Ahearn	John	carpenter	Palmerstown	house at Palmerstown	Rev. Richard Dickson	40 shillings	John Ahearn, William Geary & James Ryan	10th July 1819	20
6	Allen	Michael	labourer	Clanchy's Lane	land at Clouncannane	Alexander Shearer, esq.	40 shillings	Michael Allen, John Allen snr. & John Allen jnr.	8th Jan 1820	20
7	Allen	Thomas	farmer	Clouncannane, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Clouncannane	Alexander Shearer, esq.	40 shillings	Michael Allen, John Allen snr. & John Allen jnr.	8th Jan 1820	20
8	Allen	John, jun.	farmer	Clouncannane, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Clouncannane	Alexander Shearer, esq.	40 shillings	Michael Allen, John Allen snr. & John Allen jnr.	8th Jan 1820	20
9	Allen	Richard	farmer	Clouncannane, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Clouncannane	Alexander Shearer, esq.	40 shillings	Michael Allen, John Allen snr. & John Allen jnr.	8th Jan 1820	20
10	Ashby	John	shoemaker	Emlin Street	house at Emlin Street	Viscount Devessy and William Maunsell, esq.	40 shillings	John Ashby, William Maunsell & Richard Gabbett Maunsell	8th Jan 1820	20
11	Ahearn	Maurice	farmer	Cunnihee, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Cunnihee	Thomas M. Rose, esq. & Thomas Hennessy	40 shillings	Christopher Morony	8th Jan 1820	20
12	Allen	John	clothier	North Prior's-land	house and land North Prior's-land	Earl Limerick	40 shillings	lease for lives renewable for ever	10 July 1820	20
13	Ayres	Edmond	blacksmith	Creagh Lane	a dwelling-house at Creagh Lane	William Glover	40 shillings	Edmond Ayres, Thomas Welsh, & James Higgins	14th November 1822	20
14	Ahern	Thomas	corn buyer	Nelson Street	a house and piece of ground at Nelson Street	Earl Limerick	40 shillings	Daniel Ahern, Patrick Culhane & Thomas Purcell	13th January 1823	20
15	Ahern	Matthew	farmer	Rhuta, s. liberties city Limerick	lands at Rhuta	George C. Frend, esq.	40 shillings	Right Rev. Charles Tuohy	21st Mar 1823	20
16	Arthur	Michael	merchant	Charlotte Quay	house and lands at Roches Street	-	£20	-	3rd Sep 1817	20
17	Arthur	Peter	merchant	Patrick Street	mills and houses at Ballyclogh, liberties Limerick	-	£20	-	15th Sep 1818	20
18	Alexander	Edward	merchant	George Street	house at William Street	-	£20	-	15th Sep 1818	20
19	Anglim	James	merchant	city Limerick	house at William Street	-	£50	-	18th Oct 1796	20
20	Arthur	Francis	merchant	city Limerick	a lot of ground on which several houses are built, known by the name of the late John Vincent's fields, adjoining to the lands of Mardyke, s. libs. Limerick	-	£100	-	1st Feb 1797	20
21	Arthur	Francis	esq.	city Limerick	dwelling-house at Denmark Street	-	£50	-	4th Nov 1812	20
22	Arthur	Thomas	esq.	Glanomera, Co. Clare	lands at Lickadoon, libs. Limerick	-	£50	-	Affadavit sworn before Judge Day…11th Aug 1813	20
23	Arthur	Francis	merchant	Ellen Street	dwelling-house & meat market, Denmark Street	-	£50	-	Affadavit sworn before Judge Mayne…15th Mar 1817	20
24	Arthur	Martin	merchant	Arthur's Quay	stores, ground, and out-offices, at Brunswick Street	-	£50	-	Affadavit sworn before Baron Smith, at summer assizes, 1817, and read at sessions, 7th Oct 1817	20
25	Arthur	William	gent.	Bridge Street	houses at Bridge Street	-	£50	-	15th Sep 1818	20
26	Arthur	Martin	merchant	Henry Street	stores, ground, and offices, at Brunswick Street	-	£50	-	15th Sep 1818	20
27	Alton	James	esq.	Clare Street	lands at Temple-Mungret	-	£50	-	Affadavit sworn at summer assizes, 1818, and read at sessions, 15th Sep 1818	20
28	Arthur	Peter	merchant	city Limerick	a house and concerns at George Street	-	£50	-	8th Aug 1822	20
29	Anderson	Henry	esq.	Taylor Street	lands at Cunnihee	-	£50	-	7th Apr 1823	20
30	Butler	William	farmer	Tubberquin, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Tubberquin	Right Hon. Col. Vereker	40 shillings	William Butler, the lessee, and 21 years concurrent	At the Tholsel, 18th Feb 1817	22
31	Byrns	John	farmer	Raheen, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Raheen	Right Hon. Col. Vereker	40 shillings	John Byrns, the lessee, and 21 years concurrent	At the Tholsel, 18th Feb 1817	22
32	Barry	James	farmer	Parkroe, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Parkroe	Right Hon. Col. Vereker	40 shillings	James Barry, the lessee, and 21 years concurrent	At the Tholsel, 18th Feb 1817	22
33	Butler	Patrick	farmer	Tubberaquin, liberties of Limerick	land at Tubberaquin	Right Hon. Col. Vereker	40 shillings	William Butler, the lessor	At the Tholsel, 18th Feb 1817	22
34	Bourke	Thomas	farmer	Monedaher, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Monedaher	Brooke Brasier, esq.	40 shillings	Thomas Bourke	14th Apr 1817	22
35	Broderick	Matthew	innkeeper	William Street	dwelling-house, yard and out-offices at William Street	John Hogan James, merchant	40 shillings	Matthew Broderick, William Broderick and Ann Broderick	23rd Oct 1817	22
36	Bradshaw	William	chandler	John Street	a dwelling-house at John Street	James Tandy Wilkinson, M.D.	40 shillings	William Bradshaw, George Bradshaw and Patrick McMahon	23rd Oct 1817	22
37	Bourke	Thomas	farmer	Drombanny, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Drombanny	Richard Kenny, esq.	40 shillings	Richard Power	23rd Oct 1817	22
38	Bourke	Laurence	farmer	Drombanny, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Drombanny	John William Russell, esq.	40 shillings	Richard Power & William Russell	23rd Oct 1817	22
39	Burch	John	farmer	Drombanny, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Drombanny	John William Russell, esq.	40 shillings	George Burch & William Leonard	23rd Oct 1817	22
40	Burch	William	farmer	Drombanny, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Drombanny	John William Russell, esq.	40 shillings	George Burch & William Leonard	23rd Oct 1817	22
41	Barret	John	farmer	Ballyseeda, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Ballyseeda	Thomas G. Fitzgibbon, esq.	40 shillings	Michael Shannahan	23rd Oct 1817	22
42	Barrett	William	farmer	Ballyseeda, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Ballyseeda	Thomas G. Fitzgibbon, esq.	40 shillings	Michael Shannahan	23rd Oct 1817	22
43	Brown	John	merchant	John Street	dwelling-house and back-yard at John Street	John Francis Fitzgerald, esq.	40 shillings	John Fitzgerald, Mary Roche and Edward Fitzgerald	23rd Oct 1817	22
44	Banks	Patrick	mason	William Street Upper	a house in Upper William Street	John Dwyer, labourer	40 shillings	Philip Russell, esq.	20th Oct 1817	22
45	Banks	William	mason	William Street Upper	a house in Upper William Street	John Dwyer, labourer	40 shillings	Philip Russell, esq.	20th Oct 1817	22
46	Begley	Connor	farmer	Clonlara, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Clonlara	George Hare, esq.	40 shillings	John Toole	23rd Oct 1817	22
47	Begley	John	farmer	Clonlara, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Clonlara	George Hare, esq.	40 shillings	John Toole	23rd Oct 1817	22
48	Bourke	Standish	cooper	Boherbuoy	house and land at Boherbuoy	Maurice O'Loughlin, tanner	40 shillings	Standish Bourke, Standish Bourke jun. & William Lysaght	23rd Oct 1817	22
49	Bass	Thomas	publican	Brunswick Street	house at Brunswick Street	Benjamin Furnell, saddler	40 shillings	Thomas Bass, Jane Bass & John Bass	15th Sep 1818	22
50	Bourke	Thomas	farmer	Newtown, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Newtown and Curroghakip	Garet Neville, esq.	40 shillings	Garet Neville	15th Sep 1818	22
51	Bourke	Ulick	farmer	Newtown, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Newtown and Curroghakip	Garet Neville, esq.	40 shillings	Garet Neville	15th Sep 1818	22
52	Bourke	William	farmer	Curroghakip, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Curroghakip	Garet Neville, esq.	40 shillings	Garet Neville	15th Sep 1818	22
53	Barry	Michael	farmer	Curroghakip, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Curroghakip	Garet Neville, esq.	40 shillings	Garet Neville	15th Sep 1818	22
54	Bourke	Simon	farmer	Curroghakip, liberties of Limerick	land at Curroghakip	Garet Neville, esq.	40 shillings	Garet Neville	15th Sep 1818	22
55	Butler	Michael	farmer	Tubberaquin, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Tubberaquin	Hon. J. P. Vereker	40 shillings	William Butler	15th Sep 1818	22
56	Bourke	Michael	labourer	Nelson Street	house and land at Nelson Street	Patrick Sheahan & Francis Arthur, esq.	40 shillings	Lease for lives renewable for ever	15th Sep 1818	22
57	Byrne	Edward	gent.	Cornwallis Street	house at Cornwallis Street	Thady Hartigan	40 shillings	Lease for lives renewable for ever	15th Sep 1818	22
58	Byrne	Philip	piggen maker	Palmerstown	house in Palmerstown in Irishtown	George Dodd	40 shillings	Lease for lives renewable for ever	15th Sep 1818	22
59	Bourke	Patrick	linen weaver	South Prior'sland	house and land at South Prior's-land	Thomas Cunneen	40 shillings	Patrick Bourke	15th Sep 1818	22
60	Briarton	Richard	farmer	Lemonfield, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Lemonfield	Rev. William Lloyd	40 shillings	Richard Briarton, Thomas Lloyd and Norman Garston	29th Dec 1818	22
61	Bolster	Christopher	gent.	Old Windmill Road, liberties of Limerick	land at North Cloghakeating	Christopher A. Marrett	40 shillings	Samuel Tuthill	29th Dec 1818	22
62	Benn	John	farmer	Grange, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Grange	George Gough, jun. esq.	40 shillings	Lord Bishop of Limerick	29th Dec 1818	22
63	Bourke	Patrick	farmer	Rich Hill, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Rich Hill	Earl Clare	40 shillings	John Ryan	29th Dec 1818	22
64	Barry	John	farmer	Rich Hill, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Rich Hill	Earl Clare	40 shillings	John Ryan	29th Dec 1818	22
65	Barrett	William	farmer	Drombanny, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Drombanny	Richard Kenny, esq.	40 shillings	William Russell, and nine years	29th Dec 1818	22
66	Bowles	Henry, jun.	attorney	Glentworth Street Upper	a house at Upper Glentworth Street	Henry Collis, esq.	40 shillings	Alice Kiggell, William Collis, and James Collis	29th Dec 1818	22
67	Banks	Thomas	mason	New Road	house at the New Road, North Prior's-land	-	40 shillings	lease for lives renewable for ever	29th Dec 1818	22
68	Burrough	Randall	esq.	Thomas Street	house at Thomas Street	-	40 shillings	lease for lives renewable for ever	29th Dec 1818	22
69	Burke	William	farmer	Gortnascologue, liberties of Limerick	house and garden at Gortnascologue	Brooke Brazier, esq.	40 shillings	William Bourke, Michael Kett and Richard Bourke	19th Apr 1819	22
70	Bunton	Richard	farmer	Ballyvarra, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Ballyvarra	Thomas Brown, esq.	40 shillings	Timothy Bunton and Richard Bunton	19th Apr 1819	22
71	Butler	David	linen weaver	South Prior's-land	house and land at South Prior's-land	Christopher A. Marrett, esq.	40 shillings	David Butler, John Butler and Thomas Butler	19th Apr 1819	22
72	Browne	John	farmer	Drumdarrag, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Drumdarrag	Frances Alton	40 shillings	Mrs. F. Alton	19th Apr 1819	22
73	Browne	James	farmer	Drumdarrag, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Drumdarrag	Frances Alton	40 shillings	Mrs. F. Alton	19th Apr 1819	22
74	Browne	Thomas	farmer	Drumdarrag, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Drumdarrag	Frances Alton	40 shillings	Mrs. F. Alton	19th Apr 1819	22
75	Balfrey	William	brogue maker	Nelson Street	houses and land at Nelson Street	-	40 shillings	lease for lives renewable for ever	19th Apr 1819	22
76	Bourke	John	farmer	Crossagalla, liberties of Limerick	houses at Nelson Street	Earl Limerick	40 shillings	lease for lives renewable for ever	19th Apr 1819	24
77	Bourke	John	labourer	Ballinacurra Bowman	a house and land at Ballinacurra Bowman	-	40 shillings	lease for lives renewable for ever	19th Apr 1819	24
78	Bourke	Thomas	farmer	Kilmore, county Clare	land at Ballyclogh	Michael Furnell, esq.	40 shillings	Thomas Bourke	19th Apr 1819	24
79	Bourke	John	farmer	Kilmore, county Clare	land at Ballyclogh	Michael Furnell, esq.	40 shillings	Thomas Bourke	19th Apr 1819	24
80	Banks	Patrick	farmer	Routagh, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Routagh	James Lynch, farmer	40 shillings	Patrick Banks and Henry Banks	19th Apr 1819	24
81	Banks	Henry	farmer	Routagh, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Routagh	James Lynch, farmer	40 shillings	Patrick Banks and Henry Banks	19th Apr 1819	24
82	Barry	David	yeoman	Barrack Street	a house at Barrack Street	Christopher A. Marrett, esq.	40 shillings	David Barry	30th Sep 1819	24
83	Barron	Thomas	cooper	Playhouse Lane	a house at Playhouse Lane	-	40 shillings	lease for lives renewable for ever	30th Sep 1819	24
84	Benn	Joseph	farmer	Biddiford, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Biddiford	Mrs. Christian Lyons	40 shillings	George Gough, jun. esq.	30th Sep 1819	24
85	Barry	William	farmer	Biddiford, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Biddiford	Mrs. Christian Lyons	40 shillings	George Gough, jun. esq.	30th Sep 1819	24
86	Bush	Robert	farmer	Biddiford, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Biddiford	Mrs. Christian Lyons	40 shillings	George Gough, jun. esq.	30th Sep 1819	24
87	Benn	Zackerry	farmer	Biddiford, liberties of Limerick	land at Biddiford	Mrs. Christian Lyons	40 shillings	George Gough, jun. esq.	30th Sep 1819	24
88	Brown	John	carpenter	Ballyvarra, liberties of Limerick	land at Ballyvarra	Joseph & Daniel Barrington, esqrs.	40 shillings	John Brown	30th Sep 1819	24
89	Brown	Michael	shoemaker	Ballyvarra, liberties of Limerick	land at Ballyvarra	Joseph & Daniel Barrington, esqrs.	40 shillings	Michael Brown	30th Sep 1819	24
90	Bourke	John	farmer	Ballinacloca, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Ballinacloca	Samuel Burton, esq.	40 shillings	Patrick Bourke, Michael Bourke and James Mulcahy	30th Sep 1819	24
91	Bourke	Patrick	farmer	Ballinacloca, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Ballinacloca	Samuel Burton, esq.	40 shillings	Patrick Bourke, Michael Bourke and James Mulcahy	30th Sep 1819	24
92	Brown	John	carpenter	Palmerstown	house at Cornwallis Street	-	40 shillings	lease for lives renewable for ever	30th Sep 1819	24
93	Barry	James	farmer	Clouncanna, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Clouncanna	John Kerby	40 shillings	James Barry	30th Sep 1819	24
94	Buarachry	Michael	farmer	Cahiravalla, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Cahiravalla	Hon. J. P. Vereker	40 shillings	Richard Hartigan and Richard Kearney	8th Jan 1820	24
95	Butler	John	farmer	Tubberaquin, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Tubberaquin	Hon. J. P. Vereker	40 shillings	William Butler	8th Jan 1820	24
96	Butler	Thomas	farmer	Tubberaquin, liberties of Limerick	house and land at Tubberaquin	Hon. J. P. Vereker	40 shillings	William Butler	8th Jan 1820	24
97	Butler	John	yeoman	Nelson Street	houses and land at Nelson Street	-	40 shillings	lease for lives renewable for ever	8th Jan 1820	24
98	Burnes	Patrick	blacksmith	New Road	houses and land at the New Road, North Prior's-land	-	40 shillings	lease for lives renewable for ever	8th Jan 1820	24
99	Benn	Thomas	weaver	New Road	houses and land at the New Road, North Prior's-land	-	40 shillings	lease for lives renewable for ever	8th Jan 1820	24
100	Benn	George	weaver	New Road	houses and land at the New Road, North Prior's-land	-	40 shillings	lease for lives renewable for ever	8th Jan 1820	24
	Surname	Forename	Trade or Title	Address	Situation of Freehold	Landlord	Value of Freehold	Other Tenure	Date of Registry	Page