The names are transcribed from the original document in the National Library
of Ireland.
This list, also
referred to as the 'Spinning Wheel Premium List', contains the following information:
Name
Parish
Number of Spinning Wheels (or Looms)
Under a government
scheme to encourage the growing of flax, which received Royal assent on 15
April 1796, the following number of spinning wheels were allocated according
to the amount of ground put aside for the cultivation of flax:
One acre - four
spinning wheels
Three roods - three
spinning wheels
Two roods - two
spinning wheels
One rood - one
spinning wheel
Five acres or more
- a loom, reels or hatchels to the value of fifty shillings
Every five acres
over the first five acres - a loom, reels or hatchels to the value of fifty
shillings.
The names in the
original document are shown within civil parish, and parishes within counties
(County Louth and the County of the Town of Drogheda). The spelling of parish
names, as shown in the document, has been retained, but the entire list is
presented here in alphabetical name order. There are 3189 names in the list.