Jan, I have in my notes about FHL 2299190 (it. 15) that Knockainy parish begins on frame 531 and that Thomas Wyse Esqr. is mentioned on a page for the townland of Bottomstown (frame 567). This might be the entry for the National School land that your John Gallagher appears as occupier on in Griffith's Valuation. However, I did not do an extraction of that entry and did not copy that page so I cannot check that. This is called a tenure book in the FHL catalog, but I have in my notes that it says "Perambulation Book" in frame 532. The House Books for Knockainy parish are on FHL 2299880 (it. 6). The index to Knockainy parish on frame 171 shows that Bottomstown begins on p. 50, but I did not copy the entry for Bottomstown or make any notes about the townland. Some of the other townlands show dates beginning in Sept and Oct 1848 with revisions running through June 1850. The valuation revision lists for Knockainy are on FHL 848947, but I did not copy or note anything pertinent to your search when I looked at that film. I was looking for people named Barry on these films - there were many in the parish... Geralyn Wood Barry in Oregon, USA On 8/30/2012 12:34 PM, Jan Fortado wrote: > I have used Tenure and House Books before, either on FHC films or at the National Archives in Dublinas well as Cancelled Land Books, also on FHC films or at the Valuation Office in Dublin. I have John's information on my "to-do" list now for both pre- and post-Griffith's land information.