"Between 1830 and 1864, every piece of property in Ireland was valued, from houses on tiny plots of land to the great landed estates. The work of valuation created a large volume of archives that recorded the occupiers of land and houses as well as details of the location, extent and quality of their property. The valuation archives date from a period when few sources cover the whole country and are a rich resource for research ranging from family...

"This short book provides a practical guide to the major collections of business archives for the whole of Ireland and to their appropriate use in historical research. Irish historians' engagement with the accounting and business fields is discussed and the work-to-date in business history in Ireland is surveyed. The guide also features an introduction to the authors' electronic database of select accounting and corporate governance archives held...