Valuations Office

WHL

Hi. I am planning to visit Dublin next week and go to the Valuations Office. I am hoping to track changes in land (and house) ownership in two townlands (different counties) from the earliest records forward. 20 houses in one and ten in the other. How long should this take, i.e. should I book 2 or maybe 3 appointments in the same day (if I am even allowed to). I note the point about a lack of a toilet at the Valuations Office!!

If this would probably take less than a day, is there anywhere else in Dublin I should visit to get information that I can’t get online. My relatives would all have been rural

pinkypinky

Just book one of the longer slots. Most of the counties are digitised and available as images on a computer, so once you're into the records, it doesn't take forever to go through. I usually photograph the whole townland with my tablet and then do the analysis at home.

WHL

Thanks pinkypinky. I will try to get an afternoon slot. Is there anywhere else in Dublin that I should visit. I do have some research to do in Griffith Barracks so I could go there I guess - or get a later train!

pinkypinky

In my experience, research expands to take the time you give it, so if you can't think of a particular thing, then I wouldn't try squash something else in.

Do you mean this Griffith Barracks? I'm not aware of being able to do research in there.

WHL

Apologies pinkypinky. I am wrong. It is Cathal Brugha barracks in Rathmines. I am looking into the records for one of the WW2 Look Out Posts.

pinkypinky

Ah right! Might be worth mailing them to get advice beforehand in case they can pull documents for you.

WHL

Yes. I have booked it already. They had the logs sitting on the desk waiting for me last September so hopefully that will happen again