University of Galway's Landed Estates database expands into Ulster

Some great news courtesy of Claire Santry's Irish Genealogy News - the University of Galway's Landed Estates database at https://landedestates.ie, which previously covered the provinces of Connacht and Munster, from 1700-1914, has now expanded its coverage to include three of Ulster's counties - Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan, the three counties within the province that are today within the Republic of Ireland (the other six now constituting Northern Ireland).

I have ancestry in all three counties, so am looking forward to exploring this in more depth! As Claire advises, access to the information is best gained via the interactive maps. Each of the pins is for the various baronies in a county - clicking on a pin leads to information on the main houses of the landed gentry within each. 

Whether Northern Ireland ever becomes included to complete the province is unknown, but one thing is for certain - Leinster is looking very lonely on this map just now. Fingers crossed that it gets a look-in also! 

For more on Irish land records, don't forget my book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records is available from Pen and Sword in the UK at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Ancestors-Through-Land-Records-Paperback/p/19283 and in the USA via https://www.penandswordbooks.com/9781526780218/tracing-your-irish-ancestors-through-land-records/.

(With thanks to Claire at https://www.irishgenealogynews.com/2023/07/landedestatesie-database-expands-into.html)

Chris

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