Cork Local Studies Digital Archive

Millstreet - Wallis Estate

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Title

Millstreet - Wallis Estate

Subject

Millstreet (Cork County) history; Land Courts;

Description

The Wallis Estate & Millstreet:
During the 19th century a large portion of the town of Millstreet came under the ownership of the Wallis Estate. In 1901 the estate was sold in the Land Judge’s Court. Included in this collection is an extract from ‘Notes on the History of Millstreet’ by Canon Michael Costello and Padraig O’Maidin, published by Aubane Historical Society, outlining the background to the sale. Further documents outline the particulars of the sale and description of each of the 132 lots to be sold, including information on the tenants’ names, the yearly rent, the quantity of land and some further descriptions of the tenancy. The map marks each lot in the sale

Date

1901

Rights

"Notes on the history of Millstreet" copyright owned by the Aubane Historical Society and reproduced here with their permission.

Identifier

Millstreet_Wallis_Estate

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