Congested District boards

Hi Anne,

The records of the Congested District Board appear to be found in various places online. For instance under various records of the Landed Estates website http://www.landedestates.ie/ and  http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/refsource-show.jsp?id=238 . Some information regarding local dealings of the Board can be found in the various County Library Archives http://www.galway.ie/en/Services/Library/Archives/ abd the Special Collections of the James Hardiman Library at NUIG http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/collections/specialcollections/ . However the best source of information regarding the working of the Congested Districts Board appears to be the book by the Four Courts Press http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/product.php?intProductID=356 . The photograph collection pertaining to the Board is held in the National Library http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000033747.  

As for the Land Commission information, it may be possible to get some of these records from  http://irishgenealogical.org/research/heritage-centers/county-dublin/irish-land-commission-records-branch . 

I hope that helps.

Kind regards,

Cynthia O'Connor

Genealogy Support

Ireland Reaching Out