Glebe

Any house, with the piece or parcel of land attached thereto, occupied or to be occupied by any ecclesiastical person while having spiritual charge of any parish or district.

Griffith's Primary Valuation

The valuation was undertaken by Sir Richard Griffith to ascertain the monetary value of all landholdings and buildings in the country for tax purpose.

IRB

Irish Republican Brotherhood - was a secret oath-bound fraternal organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland between 1858 and 1924.

Irish Mile

6,720 feet (1,440 feet longer than an English mile).

Landed Gentry

Historical British social class consisting of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least had a country estate. It was distinct from, and socially "below", the aristocracy or peerage.

Mater/Matris

Latin for mother

Mense

Latin for month

NAI

The National Archives was established on 1 June 1988 under the National Archives Act. Under this legislation, when records of Government Departments and their agencies are thirty years old, they are transferred to the Archives. It took over the functions previously performed by the State Paper Office (1702) and the Public Record Office of Ireland (1867).

NLI

The National Library of Ireland is located on Kildare Street beside Leinster House. The Library has a dedicated staffed Genealogy Room.

OSI

Ordnance Survey Ireland has evolved from the Ordnance Survey Office which was established in 1824. OSI is the state mapping agency of Ireland.

Outrage Reports

Created by chief constables of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC). The constables were charged with writing a short summary of incidents that occurred within their county and sending the reports to the Inspector General of Constabulary. The outrage reports include descriptions of theft, assault, suicide, rescue of cattle, infanticide, arson, highway robbery, and much more.

PRO

Over the last 200 years, a huge amount of information has been collected about our relatives but unfortunately on 30/6/1922, a material amount of this information was lost forever when seven centuries of priceless Irish documents stored in the PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE were destroyed by an explosion at the Four Courts, Dublin.

Parish

There are 2 types of parish in Ireland, Civil and Church.

Pater/Patris

Latin for father

Petty Sessions Court

Most small criminal and civil cases were handled by the Petty Sessions Court. Petty Sessions Courts even handled minor matters such as dog registration.

Ploughlands

Ploughlands and townlands were synonymous in Ireland, they were the same sort of territorial division called a ploughland in one part of Ireland, and a townland in another part.

Poor Law Union

A geographical territory, and early local government unit, in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Province

Ireland is divided into four provinces (Connaught, Leinster, Munster and Ulster) each made up of a number of counties. For more information.

Registry of Deeds

The Registry of Deeds was established in 1708 and is the repository for memorials of deeds and conveyances representing transfers of property in Ireland.

Soror/Sororis

Latin for sister