1839 House Books
Dungloe & Meenmore, Templecrone, Co Donegal
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Townland of Meenmore |
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No |
Name of Occupier/Description of Tenement |
Relative Value |
Rent by the Year |
Observations |
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1 |
One house - exempt |
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Under value |
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2 |
Police Barrack and yard |
6.15.9 |
13.0.0 |
No garden on land |
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3 |
One house - exempt |
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Under value |
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4 |
One house - exempt |
4.1.9 |
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Under value |
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5 |
Church, Schoolhouse and yard |
10.11.8 |
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Churchyard |
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Country Houses |
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6 |
Neil Sharkey and ? Boyle, Corn Kiln? |
1.6.10 |
15.0.0 |
Machinery, supplied with water |
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7 |
Ordnance Barrack |
34.0.0 |
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Not occupied as a Barrack now, nor likely to be. Part is occupied by a person who takes care of it. |
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Valuation Revised on the 13th August 1839
Signed: Robert McMeiken
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Dungloe - East Side of Street |
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No |
Name of Occupier/Description of Tenement |
Relative Value |
Rent by the Year |
Observations |
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1 |
RC Chapel |
8.11.0 |
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2 |
Three houses |
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Small houses, under value |
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3 |
Five houses |
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4 |
Six houses |
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5 |
Nine houses |
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6 |
Doctor Rankin (crossed out). Edward Boyle, house offices & yard |
5.4.8 |
8.0.0 |
Pays £8 a year with land |
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7 |
Mathew Magee (crossed out). One house - exempt |
2.13.4 |
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Not worth £5 a year |
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8 |
Dr M Ross, house offices and yard |
7.0.4 |
Old lease |
Gateway entrance to yard |
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9 |
Two houses |
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Not worth £5 each |
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10 |
James Sweeney, house and yard |
4.13.0 |
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A Public house |
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11 |
Michael Huston, house office and yard (crossed out). |
4.5.6 |
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Not worth £5 a year |
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Four houses |
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Not worth £5 a year each |
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12 |
Daniel Sweeney, house office and yard |
5.6.0 |
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A Public house, gateway to yard |
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13 |
Daniel Sweeney, house office and yard |
4.15.0 |
Bought for £80 |
A Public house, gateway to yard |
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14 |
Hugh O'Boyle (crossed out). House office and yard |
3.8.11 |
Old lease |
An old house in bad repair. Offices in ruin |
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15 |
Eight and session? House |
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Dungloe - West Side of Street |
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No |
Name of Occupier/Description of Tenement |
Relative Value |
Rent by the Year |
Observations |
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16 |
Pound |
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17 |
Three houses |
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Not worth £5 a year |
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18 |
Francis Finlay, house, offices and yard |
15.0.7 |
Old lease |
A good shop where the Market house was formerly |
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Market house (crossed out) |
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19 |
Manus O'Donnell and Manus Ward (crossed out). Two houses |
2.14.0 & 2.3.5 |
Held with land |
Old house and in bad repair |
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20 |
Phelim Boyle, house offices and yard |
6.6.5 |
Held with land |
A Public house, gateway to yard |
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21 |
Hugh O'Donnell (crossed out). Seven houses |
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Houses not worth £5 each |
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22 |
Edward Boyle, house office and yard |
4.16.4 |
Held with land |
Rear entrance to yard |
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23 |
Hugh O'Donnell, house and yard |
6.11.4 |
Held with land |
Rear entrance to yar. No offices |
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24 |
4.14.7 |
Held with land |
Good yard and gate entrance |
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25 |
Phelim O'Donnell, house (crossed out). Five houses |
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No yard |
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26 |
Anthony Sharkey, house (crossed out). Five houses |
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27 |
James O'Donnell (crossed out), Revenue Police Barrack |
4.14.2 |
£10 |
No garden. Gateway to yard |
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28 |
Anthony O'Donnell and John Boyle (crossed out), Nine houses |
3.4.8 & 3.5.6 |
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Under value |
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29 |
One office, under value |
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Under value |
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The town of Dunglow is situated in a very remote place. No trade. The inhabitants mostly hold land with their houses. Roads very bad. Will admit of very ? Cottage or large houses. There should be a deduction. No markets but a few fairs in the year.
Valuation revised on the 13th August 1839
Signed: Robert McMeiken
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