Griffith Valuation, Kilturk, 1853
In order to produce accurate information for local taxation, the Tenement Act of 1842 provided for a uniform valuation of all property in Ireland. The valuation was based on the productive capacity of land and the potential rents of buildings. Richard Griffith, appointed Commissioner of Valuation, lent his name to the survey. The Griffith Valuation lists every landholder and householder in Ireland.
Never intended as a census, the Griffith Valuation proves invaluable today since the 1851 census has not survived.
The Griffith Valuation took place in Wexford in 1853. The Kilturk segment of the valuation is transcribed below, in the original order. I have omitted tax values and ordinance survey references from this transcription. However, I have included “description of tenement” as this information is vital in determining the fixed abode of a landholder/householder. For example, Michael Colfer appears twice in the Kilmore segment of the Griffith Valuation – once in Lannagh and once in Sarshill. Upon closer inspection we can see that Michael probably lived in Sarshill as this is the only place where he has a house.
While every effort has been made to correctly and faithfully transcribe these records, no responsibility can be taken for errors.
| Name | Description of Tenement | Townland | Immediate Lessor |
| James Keating | land X 3 | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| Patrick Hughes | house | Ballyask | James Keating |
| John Dillon | house & office | Ballyask | James Keating |
| James Murphy | house, office & garden | Ballyask | James Keating |
| William Freeman | house, offices & land | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| Martin Harpur | land | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| John Joyce | house, offices & land | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| Nicholas Newport | house & shop | Ballyask | John Joyce |
| John Keys | house & garden | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| William Reilly | house | Ballyask | John Keys |
| Patrick Furlong | house & offices | Ballyask | John Keys |
| Michael Kielty | house | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| Myles Roche | house & garden - land | Ballyask | James Rashford |
| Sarah Kinsella | house | Ballyask | James Rashford |
| Mary Anne Cleary | house | Ballyask | James Rashford |
| Rev Philip Meyler | land | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| Nicholas Cahill | house & garden | Ballyask | James Rashford |
| Michael Keating | house | Ballyask | James Rashford |
| Vacant | house | Ballyask | James Rashford |
| William Sinnott | house, offices & forge | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| John Lambert | house, offices 7 land - land X 2 | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| Andrew Sinnott | house | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| Patrick Lambert | house, offices 7 land - land | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| John Deake | house, offices & land | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| Robert Rossiter | house, offices & land | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| John Cassidy | house & small garden | Ballyask | Robert Rossiter |
| Patrick Sinnott | house | Ballyask | Richard Purcell |
| Laurence Molloy | house | Ballyask | Richard Purcell |
| Michael Corish | house, offices & land | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| Matthew Myler | house | Ballyask | Michael Corish |
| Philip Whelan | house | Ballyask | Michael Corish |
| Nicholas Corish | house | Ballyask | Michael Corish |
| Elizabeth Pierce | house & garden | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| John Corish | house & land | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| Edward Corcoran | house | Ballyask | John Joyce |
| Vacant | house & shop | Ballyask | Michael Roche |
| Anne Harpur | house, offices & garden | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| Bartholomew Power | house, offices, forge & land | Ballyask | John Rowe |
| Michael Newport | house, offices & land, land X 2 | Ballycleary | Dutton White & Hyacinth White |
| Richard Pettit | house, offices & land - land X 3 | Ballycleary | Dutton White, Hamilton K G Morgan & Joseph Watts |
| Dorothea White | house, offices & land - land | Ballycleary | Dutton White |
| Richard Kinsella | land | Ballycleary | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Nicholas Stafford | land | Ballycleary | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| John Bryan | house, offices & land | Ballycleary | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Michael Murphy | house, offices & land | Ballycleary | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Walter Busher | house, offices & land | Ballycleary | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Simon Hore | house & land | Ballycleary | Richard Pettit |
| William Cullen | house & land | Ballycleary | Richard Pettit |
| Richard Murphy | land | Ballycleary | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Anastasia Sinnott | land | Ballycleary | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Sylvester Pierce | land X 2 | Ballyhealy Castle | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Richard Lambert | house & garden - land | Ballyhealy Castle | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| John Lambert | house | Ballyhealy Castle | Richard Lambert |
| Margaret Casey | house & land | Ballyhealy Castle | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Daniel Kelly | house | Ballyhealy Castle | Margaret Casey |
| Rev. _____ Gaffney | offices & land | Ballyhealy Castle | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Edward Doyle | house, offices & land - land | Ballyhealy Castle | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Patrick Clarke | house, offices & land | Ballyhealy Castle | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| James Keating | land X 2 | Ballyhealy Castle | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Martin Furlong | house | Ballyhealy Castle | James Keating |
| Esther Flynn | house & offices | Ballyhealy Castle | James Keating |
| Michael Murphy | house, offices & land | Ballyhealy Castle | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| John Roche | house, offices & land | Ballyhealy North | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| James Neill | land | Ballyhealy North | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| John Parle | land X 2 | Ballyhealy North | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Vacant | house & offices | Ballyhealy North | John Parle |
| Vacant | house & office | Ballyhealy North | James Browne |
| Paul & Bridget Redmond | house | Ballyhealy North | James Browne |
| William Furlong & John Cullen | land | Ballyhealy North | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| John Cullen | house & small garden | Ballyhealy North | William Furlong & John Cullen |
| James Bowles | house | Ballyhealy North | William Furlong & John Cullen |
| James Keating | house, offices & land - land | Ballyhealy North | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Peter Bolger | house | Ballyhealy North | James Keating |
| Martin Day | house, offices & land | Ballyhealy North | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Anastasia Sinnott | land | Ballyhealy North | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Richard Murphy | land | Ballyhealy North | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Samuel Tench | land | Ballyhealy North | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Samuel Tench | house, offices & land | Ballyhealy South | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Patrick Boyle | house, offices & land | Ballyhealy South | Samuel Tench |
| Peter Murphy | land X 2 | Ballyhealy South | Samuel Tench |
| William Pierce | house, offices & land - land | Ballyhealy South | Samuel Tench |
| Patrick Codd | land | Ballyhealy South | Samuel Tench |
| John Sinnott | house & land | Ballyhealy South | Samuel Tench |
| Walter Sinnott | house | Ballyhealy South | John Sinnott |
| Richard Parle | house, offices, windmill, kiln & land | Clongaddy | in fee |
| Margaret Walsh | house & garden | Clongaddy | Richard Parle |
| Anne Colfer | house & garden | Clongaddy | Richard Parle |
| National School | house & garden | Clongaddy | Richard Parle |
| Ellen Parle | house, offices & land - land | Clongaddy | in fee |
| Francis Cardiff | land X 2 | Gallagh | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| John Pierce | house, offices & land - land | Gallagh | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| John Cousins | land | Gallagh | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| John Pierce (carpenter) | house, office & land | Gallagh | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Nicholas Cahill | house & garden | Gallagh | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Margaret Corish | house, offices & land | Gallagh | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| James Pierce | house, offices & land - land | Gallagh | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| John Day | house, offices & land - land | Gallagh | Bunbury Archer & Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Thomas Ward | house | Gallagh | John Day |
| Catherine Murphy | house & garden | Gallagh | John Day |
| John Corish | house, office & land | Gallagh | John Day |
| Walter Pierce | house, offices & land | Gallagh | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Thomas Clarke | house, offices & land | Gallagh | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| John Roche | land | Gallagh | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Martin Codd | house, offices & land | Gallagh | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Thomas Hayes | house | Gallagh | Martin Codd |
| Richard Furlong | house | Gallagh | Martin Codd |
| William Coghlan | house | Gallagh | Martin Codd |
| James Flaherty | house | Gallagh | Martin Codd |
| Mary Barry | house | Gallagh | Martin Codd |
| Terence Murphy | house & garden | Gallagh | Martin Codd |
| Mary Bolger | house & land | Gallagh | Martin Codd |
| Mary Cormick | house & land | Gallagh | Martin Codd |
| Richard Kinsella | house, office & land | Gallagh | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Walter Pierce | house | Gallagh | Richard Kinsella |
| William Furlong & John Cullen | land | Gallagh | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Peter Murphy | house, offices & land | Glebe | Rev Richard King |
| Thomas Myler | house & offices | Glebe | Rev Richard King |
| Nicholas Walsh | house & land | Glebe | Rev Richard King |
| Patrick Hayes | house | Glebe | Nicholas Walsh |
| Church | church & yard | Glebe | Rev Richard King |
| John Cousins | house, offices & land - land | Hill | Rev Richard King |
| Moses Jordan | house, offices & land | Hill | Rev Richard King |
| William White | land | Hill | Rev Richard King |
| Nicholas Stafford | land X 3 | Hill | Rev Richard King |
| Thomas Murphy | herd's-house, offices & land | Hill | Nicholas Stafford |
| Richard Keating | land | Hill | Nicholas Stafford |
| James Roche | house, offices & land | Hill | Rev Richard King |
| John Joyce | house, offices & land | Hill | Rev Richard King |
| John White | house, offices & land - land X 4 | Hill | John Rowe |
| Garret McIroy | house | Hill | John White |
| William Casey | house | Hill | John White |
| Matthew Tallon | house, offices and garden | Hill | John White |
| Thomas Barry | house, offices & land | Newtown | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Patrick Furlong | house, offices & land | Newtown | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| John Parle | house, offices & land | Newtown | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| James Rashford | house, offices & land | Newtown | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| James Keating | land | Newtown | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Lewis Barry | house, offices & land - land | Pollgrane | James Codd |
| John Barry | house, offices & land - land | Pollgrane | James Codd |
| George Barry | house, offices & land | Pollgrane | James Codd |
| Anastasia Sinnott | land X 2 | Ringbaun | Samuel Tench |
| Ricahrd murphy | land | Ringbaun | Samuel Tench |
| Thomas Ray | house, offices & land | Ringbaun | Samuel Tench |
| Samuel Tench | land | Ringbaun | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Patrick Codd | house, offices & land | Ringbaun | Samuel Tench |
| Peter Porter | house | Ringbaun | Patrick Codd |
| Anastasia Sinnott | land | Ringbaun Burrow | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Richard Murphy | land | Ringbaun Burrow | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Thomas Ray | land | Ringbaun Burrow | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Patrick Codd | land | Ringbaun Burrow | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| James Neill | house, offices & land | Soughane | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| James Browne | house, offices & land | Soughane | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Nicholas Whitty | house, offices & land | Soughane | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| William Furlong & John Cullen | land | Soughane | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| William Furlong | house, offices & land | Soughane | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Edward Butler | house & garden | Soughane | William Furlong |
| Patrick Murphy | house, offices, mill, kiln & ld | Soughane | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Richard Kinsella | offices & land | Soughane | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Michael Murphy | land | Soughane | Hamilton K G Morgan |
| Richard Jeffers | herd's-house, office & land | Tullabards Great | Rev Richard King |
| Richard Devereux | house, office & land | Tullabards Great | Thomas Greene |
| Luke Cullen | house & land | Tullabards Great | Rev Richard King |
| Moses Jordan | land | Tullabards Great | Rev Richard King |
| Thomas Greene | house, offices & land | Tullabards Great | Anthony Cliff |
| William White | land | Tullabards Great | Rev Richard King |
| Nicholas Cousins | house, offices & land - land | Tullabards Great | Thomas Greene |
| John Cousins | land | Tullabards Great | Rev Richard King |
| John Sinnott | house, offices & land | Tullabards Great | Thomas Greene |
| Arthur Sinnott | house & land - land | Tullabards Great | Thomas Greene |
| Rev Richard King | house, offices & land - land | Tullabards Little | in fee |
| Arthur Murphy | house, offices & land | Tullabards Little | Rev Richard King |
| Bridget Murphy | house, offices & land | Tullabards Little | Rev Richard King |
| Thomas Crosbie | house & land | Tullabards Little | Rev Richard King |
| Thomas Barry | house, offices & land | Tullabards Little | Rev Richard King |