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Defaulter results show: Name, Occupation, Address, Parish, Barony and County.

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Parish and Affidavit results show: Parish name and original spelling as recorded on Application, Number of defaulters, OPMA reference, Affidavit, Additional 1831 or 1841 census information: year, no. occupied houses, no. families (households), Link to Parish List of Defaulters.

Parish List of Defaulters shows: Parish, Barony, County and List of Names, Occupations and Addresses of defaulters recorded for a parish in the order they appear on the original document.
Names are often grouped together for a reason. eg. An entry states that a person is the ‘rep.’ of the next entry (i.e. the representative of, being most commonly the executor). Women are recorded as the ‘widow’ of the following entry.

Counties covered

 County   Tithe defaulters recorded 
Carlow 437
Cork 2,115
Kerry 20
Kilkenny 10,263
Laois 360
Limerick 851
Louth 965
Meath 36
Offaly 23
Tipperary 9,346
Waterford 1,838
Wexford 2,719

Other names recorded
Names other than defaulters, which appear on the Clergy Relief Fund applications have also been indexed. In the Address field Not a defaulter will appear. These individuals usually are the clergy or legal officers in the relevant parish which will be shown in the Occupation field, eg. Henry Alcock, Occupation Mayor of Waterford.

Address in other parish
Defaulter address may not be the parish they are listed. This is because they farmed land within this parish, but lived elsewhere.

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See also:  About The 1831 Tithe Defaulters
  Example image - Application under the Clergy Relief Fund, 1831
  Example image - Oath sworn on the Affidavit
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  Article: Tithe Defaulters Lists: Do They Hold Clues For You?
  About the author - Stephen McCormac
  Origins Store - Buy 1831 Tithe Defaulters on CD
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