Richard Mansergh St. George used this book to manage part of the 12,000 acres of Irish land he inherited (that is nearly the size of Manhattan). St. George made his home at Headford Castle, his family’s medieval stone tower house in County Galway. In 1775, St. George commissioned this book to include property maps, lists of his tenants, and rents he charged in County Galway. Another of Richard Mansergh St. George’s land books, documenting his properties in counties Cork, Kilkenny, and Tipperary, is in the collection of the University of London’s Senate House Library in England. Explore St. George’s full County Galway land book here.

Maps of the Estate of Richard Mansergh St. George Esqr in the County of Galway in 1775
Created by Charles Frizell
1775
Paper, Leather, Ink, Watercolor
Courtesy of the Galway County Council Archives, Ireland

Richard Mansergh St. George used this book to manage part of the 12,000 acres of Irish land he inherited (that is nearly the size of Manhattan). St. George made his home at Headford Castle, his family’s medieval stone tower house in County Galway. In 1775, St. George commissioned this book to include property maps, lists of his tenants, and rents he charged in County Galway. Another of Richard Mansergh St. George’s land books, documenting his properties in counties Cork, Kilkenny, and Tipperary, is in the collection of the University of London’s Senate House Library in England. Explore St. George’s full County Galway land book here.

Maps of the Estate of Richard Mansergh St. George Esqr in the County of Galway in 1775
Created by Charles Frizell
1775
Paper, Leather, Ink, Watercolor
Courtesy of the Galway County Council Archives, Ireland

Richard Mansergh St. George used this book to manage part of the 12,000 acres of Irish land he inherited (that is nearly the size of Manhattan). St. George made his home at Headford Castle, his family’s medieval stone tower house in County Galway. In 1775, St. George commissioned this book to include property maps, lists of his tenants, and rents he charged in County Galway. Another of Richard Mansergh St. George’s land books, documenting his properties in counties Cork, Kilkenny, and Tipperary, is in the collection of the University of London’s Senate House Library in England. Explore St. George’s full County Galway land book here.

Maps of the Estate of Richard Mansergh St. George Esqr in the County of Galway in 1775
Created by Charles Frizell
1775
Paper, Leather, Ink, Watercolor
Courtesy of the Galway County Council Archives, Ireland

Richard Mansergh St. George used this book to manage part of the 12,000 acres of Irish land he inherited (that is nearly the size of Manhattan). St. George made his home at Headford Castle, his family’s medieval stone tower house in County Galway. In 1775, St. George commissioned this book to include property maps, lists of his tenants, and rents he charged in County Galway. Another of Richard Mansergh St. George’s land books, documenting his properties in counties Cork, Kilkenny, and Tipperary, is in the collection of the University of London’s Senate House Library in England. Explore St. George’s full County Galway land book here.

Maps of the Estate of Richard Mansergh St. George Esqr in the County of Galway in 1775
Created by Charles Frizell
1775
Paper, Leather, Ink, Watercolor
Courtesy of the Galway County Council Archives, Ireland

Richard Mansergh St. George used this book to manage part of the 12,000 acres of Irish land he inherited (that is nearly the size of Manhattan). St. George made his home at Headford Castle, his family’s medieval stone tower house in County Galway. In 1775, St. George commissioned this book to include property maps, lists of his tenants, and rents he charged in County Galway. Another of Richard Mansergh St. George’s land books, documenting his properties in counties Cork, Kilkenny, and Tipperary, is in the collection of the University of London’s Senate House Library in England. Explore St. George’s full County Galway land book here.

Maps of the Estate of Richard Mansergh St. George Esqr in the County of Galway in 1775
Created by Charles Frizell
1775
Paper, Leather, Ink, Watercolor
Courtesy of the Galway County Council Archives, Ireland