History of a piece of land

MintyDoris

Hi all, I'm trying to figure out how to find the history of a school building and the land it's on. It's an educate together school so not attached to any religious organisation.

Any suggestions are appreciated

riffmongous

Is it a well known building? To be honest regardless, you should just post up the name and address (if you are ok with that of course) and there's a chance someone will know it

Manach

There is the Land registry, but I think that they charge fees to search their databases.

tabbey

An Educate Together school is presumably from the last twenty years or so, but some used older buildings. If it is in Dublin you can follow it on Thom's Directory, the full set (more or less) is on the open shelves of Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-142 Pearse Street, bring ID for reader's ticket.

If it was open countryside you can follow the land occupation in the valuation revision books, at Valuation Office, Irish Life Centre, Lower Abbey Street.First find the lot in the Griffith's Valuation on the askaboutireland website. Beware the lot numbers often change between Griffith's primary valuation and the first revision, sometimes radically.

Also check out the historical maps on the osi.ie website, you may be surprised to see what was on the site in the1830s and early 1900s Sometimes there may be somthing about the loction in Samuel Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1837, or some local history.

nuac

Great reply by ABbEY,

If it was an older National School the DEPT OF EDUCATION, Primary Branch, Marlboro' St may have details.

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Also check with O Survey for "Memoirs" or field notes from survey of area c. 1837