Brothertons in Cork Ireland

Dear Robert

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out and apologies for the delay in replying to your message. 

It would be difficult to determine which of the Griffith?s entries can be linked to your ancestor. The only real way to do this is to gather as much information as possible in the hope that you could gather more information that you could use to rule one out. The ?Cancelled Books? kept in the Valuation Office in Dublin are a continuation of the Griffith?s Valuation. They show townland by townland who held the land and paid the valuation fee on it. Perhaps, if any of your ancestors remained, they may still hold the land or hold it through marriage. However, the Books are not available online. You could contact the Office for more information: https://www.valoff.ie/contact.html

Best of luck with your search

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support

Clare,

Thanks for your response to my question.  I have added the link for the valuation office to my favorites and will work on that angle soon.  In the Griffith's Valuation, it shows the name of the person who is leasing the poperty and the person who owns the property.  Do you know which person was responsible to pay the tax by law at that time?  I am under the impression that in English law, the person who owned the property was the person responsible to pay any tax and the land owner then had to collect enough money through their lease with the tennant to pay for any taxes based on the valuation? 

Bob Brotherton - Dunedin, Florida

Hi Bob

Here is a nice explanation about the tax - if your holding was valued under ?5 you were exepmt, so the landlord had to pay in those cases:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/irish-genea…

Regards

Clare