Genealogy

The Tailte Éireann-Valuation has a manuscript archive containing rateable valuation information of all property in the state from mid 1850s until the early 1990s; and commercial property only from that time. This archive shows the changes after the revision of properties and is recognised as a census substitute for the period from the 1850s to 1901 (the earliest complete census record for Ireland). The archive may be used to trace the occupiers of a particular property over a period of years. 

Facilities for members of the public undertaking genealogical research are provided to view current and archive rating records and maps. Copies of entries in the valuation records and of the relevant map identifying the property location are available. Samples of which can be seen below:

The archive records for Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork City & County, Donegal, Dublin City & County, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Limerick City & County, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary and Wexford have now been digitised and the images are available to browse in the Valuation Division Public Office.

National Archives publishes Valuation Office Books covering 1824 to 1856

The printed volumes of the Primary (or Griffith’s) Valuation, the record of Ireland’s first comprehensive property tax, have been available online for many years, and are a crucial part of the genealogical infrastructure for the mid-nineteenth century. But the records which underlie and inform the printed valuation have never been digitised until now.

These records contain over 2 million names. They provide a comprehensive assessment of the rental value of Irish lands and property from the mid-1820s to the mid-1850s and are now available online through the National Archives

Valuation Public Office Opening Times and Contact Details

Address: Block 2, Irish Life Centre, Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, D01 E9X0

Opening Hours: Please see here for up to date information regarding Public Office Opening

General Enquiries: 01-817 1046 / 6429 / 1031 / 1113 / 1045

Certificates: 01-817 1046 / 6464 / 6429 / 1031 / 1113 / 1045

Maps: 01-817 6428

Research Services: 01-817 1096 / 1046 / 6429 / 1031 / 1113 / 1045

Email: valinfo@tailte.ie