This list contains the names of 1,200
people entitled to vote in the County of Louth for the year 1842. Only those
with a property valuation of £10 and over could vote.
This list is transcribed from an
original source in the National Archives of Ireland, Official Papers ref
1842/70
The original list is divided
into Baronies:
Barony of Upper Dundalk (pages 1 -
5), with 252 names.
Barony of Lower Dundalk (pages 5 - 7)
with 118 names.
Barony of Louth (pages 7 - 9) with 87
names.
Barony of Ardee (pages 9 - 14) with
297 names.
Barony of Ferrard (pages 15 to 21)
with 401 names.
The list is headed:
'County of Louth
A List of Voters in the County of
Louth, Registered pursuant to the 2nd & 3rd Wm. 4 Chap 88'
and ends with:
'Examined,
Thomas Bourne, Clerk of the Peace'
The page columns on the
original list are:
No.
[on list, within each Barony]
Name of
Voter
Residence
In what
right Registered
Situation of
Property [in County Louth]
Value
[of property]
Date of
Registry
For the
purposes of this list I have not included the number of the name on the list,
the value of the property, nor the date of Registry. For ease of use, I have
amalgamated the names alphabetically.
Click for:
1842 Voters
A - G
1842 Voters
H - M
1842 Voters
N - Y