Griffith's Valuation ...

'Irelands Valuation office conducted its first survey of property ownership in Ireland from 1848 to 1864.

This survey became known as "Griffiths Valuation" after Richard Griffith who was the director of the office at that time.

The survey was used to determine the amount of tax each person should pay towards the support of the poor within their poor law union.

This involved determining the value of all privately held lands and buildings in rural as well as urban areas to figure the rate at which each unit of property could be rented year after year.

The resulting survey was arranged by barony and civil parish with an index to the townlands appearing in each volume.

Griffith's Valuation can be used as an excellent census substitute for the years after the Great Famine as censuses prior to 1901 were destroyed'. Fáilte Romhat


Online websites

Griffith's Valuation Ask about Ireland full information

Griffiths Valuation Fáilte Romhat limited information

Valuation Office Books 1824-1856 National Archives

Griffiths Valuation 1847-1864 Find My Past $$

Valuation Revision Books Northern Ireland PRONI

Information websites

The Valuation Office website

Valuation Records Northern Ireland PRONI

Richard Griffith's Valuation Irish Genealogy Toolkit

Irish Land Records Timeline Genealogy in Ireland **

Plan a visit

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

Public Office opening hours are 9.15.am. to 4.30 p.m Monday to Friday including lunchtime.

Email: info@valoff.ie

Tel: +353 1 817 1000

The following services are provided:

  • Current certificates of rateable valuation (Commercial Properties Only)
  • Historical certificates of rateable valuation
  • Certified copies of valuation maps Maps
  • Inspection of archival records
  • Certificates of Rateable Valuation under Section 67 of the Valuation Act 2001- click here for application forms.

Ask About Ireland

Griffith's Valuation Ask about Ireland


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Irish Life Centre, Abbey Street Lower, Dublin

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The Valuation Office website

The Valuation Office The Valuation Office can provide certified extracts of rateable valuations from the archives and certified maps showing the valuation boundary of property. In addition it is possible to inspect the results of the revision, appeal and revaluation processes. Details of the fees for all valuation services including Public Office services are here

The Valuation Office 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.

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


A sample of online images from Griffith's Valuation on Ask about Ireland

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A sample of online images from Valuation Office Books 1824-1856 National Archives

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A sample of online images from the Valuation Revision Books Northern Ireland PRONI

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