SIMINGTON, Robert C. The Civil Survey A.D. 1654-1656 County of Tipperary. Two Vols. Prepared for publication with introductory notes and appendices by R.C. Simington. (CIVIL SURVEYS 1654-1656)

Two volumes. With maps. Dublin: S.O. 1931/34. Quarto. pp. (1) xxviii, 388, (2) xxxiii, 418. Red buckram, title in gilt on spine. A fine set.

Based on the knowledge and evidence of “the most able and ancient inhabitants of the country” the Civil Survey was a descriptive record of the land and of its owners in 1640. Written down in the course of the years 1654-56 from the testimony of juries representative of Gael and Norman, the survey set forth every estate of every proprietor of land in twenty-seven Irish counties. Ancestral tenures were recorded as well as titles by patent from the Crown. Abundantly rich in place-names and in information regarding Irish families, the Civil Survey was further distinguished by separate returns of Church lands, Crown lands, and Tithes.

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