According to the book, Richard Griffith and His Valuations of Ireland by James R Reilly, The GV for County Galway was printed on the following dates: Ballinasloe Poor Law Union: Nov 20, 1856 Galway PLU: Mar 7, 1855 Loughrea PLU: Jun 10, 1856 Mountbellow PLU: Aug 21, 1855 Portumna PLU: Jun 2, 1856 Tuam PLU: Dec 10, 1855 Galway & Clare PLU: Aug 31, 1855 > Can anyone tell me what year the Griffiths Valuations would have been done > in Loughrea? Would this be the same year for all of Galway? > The enumerators worked for many years previous to the printing to get the data ready to print. The original work in are various books, all hand written (Quarto Books, House Books, Field Books and Tenure Books). These were released in 2006 at the Archives of Ireland in Dublin and have been filmed and released by the Family History Library. I you go to their site (FamilySearch.org) and where you search for films, put 2262974 in film number search and it will take you to a section where all the films are listed. As a rule of thumb, the enumeration took place from 1847 to 1864 and the printing was a bit later. I have transcribed the House Books for the Tipperary civil parish and they are online on my website on the Tipperary section. What I found most interesting about these books is they showed a progression of tenancy over a couple of years. You could see a name, then it was crossed out because the tenant moved or died. The new tenant would then be written in. If related to the first tenant, a note might be added like widow or son, etc. Sadly to say, not all of the rough books have survived. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com