Skahill Names On The Griffiths Valuation Of Ireland 1848-1864

Skahill is a derivative of the Scahill name.

Ireland's Valuation office conducted it's first survey of property ownership in Ireland from 1848 to 1864.

This survey became known as the Griffiths Valuation, after Richard Griffith, who was the director of the office at that time.

The survey was used to determine the amount of tax each person should pay towards the support of the poor within their poor law union. This involved determining the value of all privately held lands and buildings in rural, as well as urban areas, to figure the rate at which each unit of property could be rented year after year.

The resulting survey was arranged by barony and civil parish with an index to the townland's appearing in each volume.

Griffith's Valuation can be used as an excellent census substitute for the years after the Great Famine as censuses prior to 1901 were destroyed.

This record and many others can be found at the Fáilte Romhat web site.

Allan Scahill