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I (M. Purcell) reproduce here the original catalogue of books, manuscripts, documents etc. removed from the Courthouse. I hope that the material will soon be available for researchers at The National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin 8 (Ph. 01 4072300).

Carlow Courthouse

	Survey of Contents, Dec 1991
	1. Contents of Jury Room
	Printed Volumes
	[note: several of the volumes listed below bear the inscription 'This book is to be Perpetually Preserved in the Library of the Carlow Court House (For the use of the County of Carlow')]
Shelf
Title Vol.	Covering Dates
F	Commons Journal
I	1613 / 1661
C	" " 1613 - 1664
F	" " 1662 - 1663
A	" " II 1703 - 1713
E	" " 1715 - 1730
K	" " VII 1731 - 1748
C	" " 1741 - 1748
A	" " XX 1757 - 1760
H	" " XII, XIII 1761 - 1764
A	" " XIV 1765 - 1770
A	" " XX 1771 - 1772
H	" " XVI 1773 - 1774
H	" " XVII 1775 - 1776
H	" " XII 1776 - 1780
A	" " XVIII 1776 - 1778
A	" " XIX 1779 - 1780
G	" " XXI
F	" " 1786
G	" " XXIII 1786
E	" " 1787
K	" " XXV 1788
H	" " XXV 1789
A	" " XXVII
G	" " XXVII 1790
H	" " 1790 - 1791
K	" " XXVIII 1790 - 1791
A	" " XXX 1793
K	" " XXX 1793
B	" " [ ? ]
C	" " [ ? ]
Shelf
Title Vol.	Covering Dates
K	Irish Statutes I 1310 - 1612
J	" " 1634 - 1662
A	" " II 1641 / 1669
E	" " 1703 - 1719
F	" " IV 1703 - 1719
F	" " 1721 - 1731
F	" " 1749 - 1761
G	" " 1763 [ 3 G III ]
F	" " 1763 - 1776
J	" " X 1777 - 1880
G	" " 1798
H	" " XII 1781 - 1784
F	" " 1782 / [178?]
C	" " 1786
J	" " 1786
L	" " XIV 1787 - 1789
L	" " XV 1790
C	" " 1792 - 1793
B	" " XVII 1794 - 1796
C	" " XIX 1799
B	" " XXX 1799
B	" " XX 1800
H	" " 1812 [ 54 G III]
B	" " 1826
E	" " [ ? ]
G	" " [ 3 G III]
H	" " [ 54 G III] "
J	" " VIII INDEX
G	Irish Acts 1798
H	" " 1808 [ 48 G III]
F	" " 1810
L	" " 1812 [ 52 G III]
B	" " 1814
B	Scottish Statutes XL 1824
P	Scottish Acts II 1424 - 1567
M	" " IV 1593 - 1624
I	" " V 1625 - 1641
I	" " VI 1643 - 1651
J	" " VII 1661 - 1669
P	" " VIII 1670 - 1686
C	" " 1689 - 1695
P	" " X 1696 - 1701
J	Rotuli Scotiae I [EDW I / EDW III]
J	" " II [RIC II / HEN II]
I	Inquisitionum ad Capellam
	Domini Regis Retornatarum
	Quae in Publicis Archivis
	Scotiae I 1811
	Shelf
Title Vol.	Covering Dates
I	Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum
	In Archivis Publicis Asservatium 1306 / 1324
K	General Statutes [ 41, 43 G III ] 1801 / 1802
L	" " [ 43 G III ] 1803
E	" " 1811
L	" " 1822
K	" " 1823
B	" " 1826
Q	" " 1828
L	" " 1836
L	" " 1837
B	Imperial Statutes 1819
C	British Statutes 1310 -1612
H	United Kingdom Statutes [ 7&8 G iv ] 1767 - 1768
G	United Statutes 1816
L	United Parliamentary Statutes 1820
O	Parliamentary Writs II 1830
O	" " II/1 1831
P	" " II 1834
I	Parliamentary Writs & Writs I 1827
	Of Military Summons
P	Calendarium Inquisitionum Post
	Mortem sive Escaetarum I [Hen II / Eliz]
D	" II [ Edward III]
J	" III [Ric II]
I	" IV [HenV / Ric III [
I	Inquisit.Retornat Abbreviatio II
N	Abbreviatonis Inquisitionum Specialum,
Index to	Names and Places
Q	Proceedings in Chancery in Reign of Queen Elizabeth ibid II
C	III
N	Valor Ecclesiasticus I [Hen VIII ]
O	" " [Hen VIII]
J	" " [Hen VIII]
N	" " [Hen VIII]
I	" " [Hen VIII ]
P	" " VI [appeal & Index]
O	Ducatis Lancastriae, Calander to Pleadings [Edwi ? Chasi]
O	" " " " [Chas II - ?]
P	" " " " [Hen VII / Mary]
	Shelf
Title Vol.	Covering Dates
O	Testa de Nevill 1807
P	Rotulorum Originalum I
P	" " " II
N	MSS in Harleian Collection I
N	" " " II
N	" " " III
O	" " " IV
P	MSS in Cottonian Library
I	Catalogue of Landsdowne MSS in British Museum
P	Nonaruum Inquis. In Curia Scaccarii [Ed III, 1807]
K	The Great French dictionary, part II [Eng / Fre], by Guy Miege, Gentlemen, Printed by J. Redmayne for Thomas Basset at the George near St Dunstan's Church in Fleet Street. 1687
K	Proceedings of National Horticultural
	Research Conference, Malahide Castle 1960
	Shelf
Title	Covering Dates
T	Register of Trees, County Carlow 1792
M	Borough of Carlow, Notices of Applications to be Registered, Lodged with the Justice of the Peace [annotated 'Barony of Lower St Mullins, Alexander John Humpfrey, Clerk of the Peace'] 1829 / 40
M	Borough of Carlow, Notices of Applications to be Registered, Lodged with the Justice of the Peace [badly damaged] 1832 / 42
T	Borough of Carlow, Revision Court,
	Lists of registry for the Year 1854 1854
T	[Legislation regarding voters] 1850
M	Voters Lists 1852
M	Borough of Carlow Provision Lists [Lists of those entitled to vote and those 'objected to'] 1856
M	Borough of Carlow, List of Claimants [to be entitled to vote, list of voters and lists of those objected to] 1856
M	ibid 1870
M	Voters' Lists 1870
M	'Carlow Book & Private Duties, A. J. Humfrey, 3 Connaught Place' [court cases, receipt jurors' lists] 1872 / 76
T	Land Case Book, Land Law (Ireland) Acts 1870, 1881, 1887 1887
M	Letter Book, Regr. of Title Office 1892 -96
M	" " " 1896 / 1918
T	" " " [1922 / 25]
M	Names Index, Registry of Titles [1923]
D	Land Registry Local Office, Dealings Book 1927 / 39
	Shelf
Title	Covering Dates
M	Summons Server's Book of the Circuit Court, Co. Carlow 1928 / 31
M	Letter Book, Sheriff's Office 1930 / 32
D	Cash Book (Title of Case, Amounts Recovered) 1939 / 1940
H	Execution Order Book 1943 / 54
T	Circuit Court Office Corresp. Regr. 1951 / 55
T	Letter Book [Sheriff's Office?] 1904 / 07
T	Civil Bills, Carlow 1875 / 78
T	Testamentary Civil Bill Book 1879, 1904
T	Civil Bill Book 1882
T	Civil Bill Book 1924 / 29
	Assize Books - [noting prisoner's name, Crime, witnesses, whether true/no bill]
T	County at Large, Assize Book 1810 / 17
T	Carlow County Spring Assizes 1850
T	Kilkenny Winter Assizes, Court Book for County of Carlow 1881
M	Kilkenny Winter Assizes, Court Book for County of Carlow 1882
M	Carlow County Winter Assizes (at Kilkenny) 1882
T	Spring Assizes, Record Court 1886
T	Carlow County Spring Assizes 1888
M	Carlow County Winter Assizes (at Wicklow) 1888
T	County Carlow, Leinster Assizes 1918
M	Carlow County Winter Assizes (at Wicklow) 1887
M	" Leinster " 1919
	Shelf
Title	Covering Dates
M	Carlow County Summer Assizes 1919
M	" " Summer " 1921
M	" " Summer " 1921
T	" " Spring " 1949 / 57
T	Assizes Crown Book 1921
	Presentment Books
T	Presentment Book Barony of Rathvilly 1819
T	" " St. Mollins 1819 / 25
T	" " Idrone East 1819 / 1927
T	" " Idrone East 1819
T	" " Idrone East 1852 / 60
T	" " Idrone West 1819 / 26
T	" " Idrone West 1846 / 49
T	" " Upper St. Mullins [blank]
T	" " Forth 1819 / 28
T	" " Idrone 1846 / 57
T	" " Idrone West
T	" " Idrone West & Rathvilly
T	" " Rathvilly 1819 / 28
T	" " Rathvilly 1851 / 60
T	" County at Large 1810 / 17
T	" County at Large 1849 / 57
II.	Contents of corridor to left of top of stairs from Jury Room
A.	c. 5 cu.ft records stacked against wall, including Athy Summonses 1971
	Rent Collectors' Abstracts 1970
	Land Registry Notices of Dealings 1971
	Jurors' Lists 1967
	Cottage Rent Receipts [1970 / 73]
B.	(I) c.2 cu.ft. records in box, which appear to be Personal papers of the County Registrar Spanning the period c. 1920 / 1950 and including Deeds, Assignments
	Extracts from Justice's Minute Book
	Receipts and Statements
	Transcript of 1924 trial
	Draft play
	Bundle of judgements
	Insurance policies
(II)	c.2 cu.ft. records in box, including Coroner's Depositions [includes marvellous case concerning man charged with extorting money on threat of publishing libellous song, quoted in full in deposition, on 'Borris Profiteers'] c. 1920 - 25
(III)	'Original Folios which have been Revised' ? register of freehold. 1926
C.	cardboard box containing mainly Cottage Rent Receipts 1969 but also unused burial receipt book for Tinneclash Cemetery
	Carlow Summonses 1970
	Schedules of Uncollected Rates 1962
D.	c.2 cu.ft. records stacked against wall, mainly Cottage Rent Receipts but also Rate Books
E.	Disorganised stack of records, comprised of unused stationary, and summonses and warrants from the 1970s.
F.	c.250 / 300 Rate Collection Books, each c.1 "x19"x22" 1960 / 69
G.	mainly unused stationary, but includes Recognisances taken by Members of Garda Siochana post ? 1970
III	Contents of Strongroom* pre ? 1960 material consists in the following:
	Civil Bill Files ? c. 1200 files for the period 1953 / 70 occupying circa 9ft shelving
	[Note: the Cause Books which are the Registers for civil bill files, dating from the 1940s onwards, are stored in the main* *public office of the Courthouse on the first floor]
	Land Registry volumes, including the following:
	Register Equity Accounts 3 vols. 1946 / 47
	Circuit Court Bespeak Book 1 vol. 1940
	Circuit Court Accounts 1 vol. 1899 / 1900
	Circuit Court Carlow,
	Correspondence Regr. 2 vols. 1955 / 65
	Workmen's Compensation Act,
	Register of Agreements 3 vols. 1908 / 34, 1934, 1938 / 46
IV	Contents of Public Office
A.	Judges' Notebooks post - 1960
B.	Co. Registrar, Carlow, Criminal Book 1955 - 65
	Ejectment Civil Bill Book 1935 - 51
	Cause Book 1932 - 44
	Workmen's Compensation Act, Register 1933 - 36
	Civil Bill Book (ordinary) 1932 - 44
	Applics. for certificates to Obtain
	Excise Licences 1891 - 1934
	Register of [sprit] Licences 1934 - 44
	Workmen's Compensation Act, Register of Agreements post - 1961
	Testamentary civil Bill Book 1926 - 26
	Civil Bill Book (ordinary) 1945 - 56
	Workmen's Compensation Act, Register 1928 - 31
	Cause Book 1944 - 55
	Register of sprit Licences 1946 - 58
	District Court and Other Appeals to Circuit Court 1941 - 55
	Registry Order book 1940 - 53
	Applics  for Compensation for Criminal Injury 1925 - 76
	Equity Civil Bill Book 1924 - 32
	Equity Book 1950 - 57
	Equity Registry 1956 - 66
	Register of Proceedings post - 1967
	Civil Jury cases 1938 - 40
	District Court Appeals Book 1955 - 56
C.	Sheriff's Dept. Remittance Corresp. Regr. 1954 - 60
	Criminal Injuries Book post - 1976
	Workmen's Compensation Act Regr. 1936 - 66
	" " " " 1943 - 56
	Court Orders, 5 vols post - 1960
D.	Land registry local Office Dealings Book 1939 - 53
	Registry Office Dealings Book 1939 - 56
	Land registry Local Office Numerical
	List of Folios, 3 vols.
	Index of Lands, Local Registration of Title [on veg. parcht.] c. 1900
	Copy Folio Bespeak Book post - 1963
	Land Regry. Local Office Labourers' Acts 1912 - 27
	Cases from other Counties 1934 - 61
	Leasehold Folios [list] [post / 1960]
	Land Regy. Local Office Fee Book 1924 - 62
	Copy Folio Bespeak Book 1933 -62
	Names Index [with folio no. & lands] n.d.
V.	Attic
	The attic appears to have being untouched since surveyed in 1988. Almost all shelves are crammed, giving circa 80 cubic feet of records, with additional c.35 cubic feet loose on the floor. While many documents are indiscriminately piled on to shelves, some do appear to have a discernible order, which should be retained during transfer. Many documents, particularly those on floor, show signs of water damage.
	Sample contents of shelves and floor: [Note, particularly with regard to pre-twentieth century material, documents in the attic appear to have the same origin as those which comprise the Jackson Collection. The will of Frances Jackson, leaving the Collection to the people of Carlow, predates much of the material now comprising the Collection]
	Shelf 1 - Jurors' Lists 1909
	Original Deposition, Court case 1937
	List of Appeals 1924
	List of Special Jurors 1906
	Bundles of land Commission
	Annuity Payment receipts 1939
	Sched. Of Properties Concerned, Tullow
	Extension of Railway; with other railway records 1849
	Shelf 2 - bundle Appeals from County Court Judge Carlow Sessions 1923
	Shelf 3 - Bundles Salary Receipts, Carlow Gaol 1872
	Bundles Land Law (Ireland) 1887 Act affidavits for Civil Bill Court 1902
	Bundles Appeals, Spring Assizes 1902
	Bundles Depositions, Spring Assizes 1902 envelopes containing material pertinent to particular cases
	Shelf 4 - Land Registry material and Voters' Lists
	Shelf 5 - Property Dispute Cases c.1901 receipt books for lodgement fees 1942
	Irish Land Commission receipt book 1935 Bundles receipts of ejectment notices 1891 / 92
	Voters' Lists 1906
	Shelf 6 - Lists of Appeals 1902 – 04 Bundles Salary Receipts, Carlow Gaol 1885 affidavit 1738 extension and Renewal [of debt order] 1860 bundle Sentences 1850
	Shelf 7 - Bundle Michaelmas Sessions 1902 County Registrar's Office Copy Corresp. 1964 bundle Land Registry Releases 1934 bundle Lists Appeals at Assizes 1896 / 1900 bundle True Bills, at Tullow 1857
	Shelf 8 - Affidavit to obtain Decree in Civil Bill Court 1902 bundle papers, Trinity and other.
	Quarter Sessions 1889 / 92
	Shelf 9 - Appeals from County Court Judge, Assizes 1923
	Registered Papers 1927
	Judge's Notebook 1956
	Envelopes containing material pertinent to individual District Justice Court Cases bundle correspondence 1904
	Notices of Appeals to Assizes 1898
	Shelf 10 - Bundles Land Registry administrative material 1907 / 13
	Floor - file of court case 1932
	Land Regy. corresp 1913
	Affidavit re. Planting trees 1819
	Appeals to Clerk of Crown and Peace, Assizes 1895
	Names and addressees, Carlow County Councillors 1907
	Electoral Lists 1925
	Fair Rent Applications 1904
	Material  re. Sprit licences 1905
	Workmen's Compensation act case 1906
	Bundles 'information' re.  e.g sheep stealing 1849
	Copy corresp. With Dept. Justice re. e.g. office accommodation in Carlow Courthouse
	Bound Volumes
	Bagnelstown Judge Civil Bill Book 1915 / 16
	Barrow Drainage Book of Reference 1889
	Barrow Arterial Drainage Book of Reference 1887
	Kingstown & Waterford, Carlow & Wexford Railway, Book of Reference (gives property, owner, lessor, occupier) 1845
	Baronies of Rathvilly, Forth and Upper St. Munchin, Applications to Register Freehold (gives name and address of applicant, Description, Freehold, value, Observations) 1829 - 46

Source: Transcribed by M. Purcell 2011