Fonds P24 - The County Kerry Townland Map Collection

Identity area

Reference code

IE 2135 P24

Title

The County Kerry Townland Map Collection

Date(s)

  • 1763, [1819?] (Creation)

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Fonds

Extent and medium

2 items

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Name of creator

(-1793)

Biographical history

Dudley Ryves (d. c. 1793) was the agent and receiver to Francis Thomas, 3rd Earl of Kerry in the 1760s.

Name of creator

(1738-1812)

Biographical history

Charles Frizell (1738-1812) was the son of Charles Frizell of county Wexford. He was a land surveyor and a leading member of his profession in eighteenth-century Ireland along with his brother, Richard Frizell.

Name of creator

(-1804)

Biographical history

Richard Frizell (d. 1804) was the son of Charles Frizell of county Wexford. He was a land surveyor and a leading member of his profession in eighteenth-century Ireland along with his brother, Charles Frizell. In 1778, he became agent to the Earl of Ely of Rathfarnham, county Dublin.

Name of creator

(1751-1837)

Biographical history

William Hare, 1st Earl of Listowel (1751-1837) was a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons until the Act of Union in 1801. Having voted in favour of the Union, he was raised to the peerage of Ireland as Baron Ennismore in the county of Kerry. He was created Viscount Ennismore and Listowel in 1816 and Earl of Listowel in county Kerry in 1822.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Purchased by the University of Limerick from Patrick Lysaght on 22 July 2004.

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Scope and content

Two small bound volumes of hand-drawn townland maps formerly in the possession of book collector Patrick Lysaght.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

All records have been retained.

Accruals

No accruals are expected.

System of arrangement

The volumes have been arranged chronologically by date.

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Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access to all items.

Conditions governing reproduction

Standard copyright regulations apply to all items. For photocopying or reproducing material, please consult with the staff.

Language of material

  • Béarla

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    Physical characteristics and technical requirements

    Bound volumes in good condition.

    Finding aids

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    Existence and location of originals

    Existence and location of copies

    Available digitally on the University of Limerick Digital Library at https://doi.org/10.34966/uldl.c65e-wq60. Microfilm copies of the items in this collection are available in the National Library of Ireland, ref. POS 8575.

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    Note

    The items in this collection originally formed part of Patrick Lysaght’s collection of books and manuscripts relating to County Kerry purchased by the University of Limerick in 2004. The printed books can be consulted in the Special Collections and Archives Department in the Glucksman Library.

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    Rules and/or conventions used

    This description follows guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd edition (2000), Irish Guidelines for Archival Description (2009), National Council on Archives: Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names (1997) and EAP Guidance on Data Protection for Archive Services (2018).

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        Archivist's note

        Papers arranged and described by Anna-Maria Hajba in October 2022.

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