Peter Guerin: Irish Estate Maps

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Scope and Content

A series of maps of the estates in Ireland bestowed by King William III in 1700 on Henri de Massue de Ruvigny, Earl of Galway, compiled by Peter Guerin, Deputy Surveyor General, 18 folios: (fo. 2) elaborate title page with the arms of the grantee; (fo. 3v) map and survey of the parish of Lea, Queen's County; (fo. 5v) survey and map of the parish of Ballykean, King's County; (fo. 7v) survey and map of the parish of Clonyhurk, King's County; (fo. 9v) survey and map of the parish of Harristown and Ballybrackan, King's County; (fo. 11v) survey and map of the parish of Brannockstown, County Kildare; (fo. 13) statement of the total value of the estate. Attached to fo. 14 is a French plan of Limerick. The album includes a letter from John Charles Fox to Francis Jenkinson, 11 October 1905.

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Acquisition Information

Received from the collection of Henry Bradshaw, 1870.

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