LEGG, Marie-Louise. Ed. by. The Census of Elphin 1749.

Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2004. Quarto. pp. xlii, 597. Blue paper boards. Signed by the editor on titlepage. A fine copy in fine dust jacket.
“The Census of the Diocese of Elphin was organised by Bishop Edward Synge in 1749 so he could establish the numbers of Protestants and Roman Catholics in his diocese, which embraced most of County Roscommon, part of south-east County Sligo and part of north-east County Galway. The Census covers 69 parishes, and the major towns of Sligo, Roscommon, Boyle and that part of Athlone which is in County Roscommon”.

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