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Fireplaces

Parish of Kill 1664

Stillorgan

James Wolferstone, Seaven hearths
Owen Jones, one hearth
Michaell Dunne, one hearth
Henry Welsh, one hearth
Thomas Swayne, one hearth
William Welsh, one hearth
Mathew Licken, one hearth
Richard Hughes, one hearth
Morrice Cullome, one hearth
Margarett Laughlin, one hearth
Dennis Doyle, one hearth
Cormuck Cashell, one hearth
James Bourke, one hearth
Daniell MccGwyer, one hearth
Charles Larkam, one hearth
John Swayne, two hearths
John Shee one hearth
Thomas King, one hearth
David Evans, one hearth

Kilmacud

Richard Archbold, one hearth
Richard Barlow, one hearth
John Bradford, one hearth
Francis Knibe, one hearth
One wast hearth


Parish of Kill 1667

Stillorgan

James Wolverston                       seaven
James Brookenberry                    one
Dennis Burne                                 one
Charles Burne                                one
Daniell Maccawe                           one
James Burke                                  one
Richard Hughes                             one
Morris Coleman                            one
Michaell Dunn                                one
Thomas Swane                             one
Mathew Dikins                               one
Mortogh Kaine                               one
Mortagh Murphy                           one
Edmond Burne                               one
Dennis Doyle                                  one
David Evens                                   one & an Oven


Kilmacud
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Richard Archbold                         one
Francis Knipe                                one
Morgan Birne                                one
JOhn Bradford                              one
Thomas Doyle                               one
... Peirce                                          one


Extract from the Hearth Money Rolls of Stillorgan & Kilmacud 1664 & 1667

The Hearth Tax was levied on the basis of the number of hearths in each house; these Rolls list the householders' names, as well as the number of hearths.  These rolls were destroyed in 1922, but fortunately some extracts survive and are used as a census substitute.

This tax continued in Ireland until the early 19th century although it underwent major reform at end of the 18th century. It was levied half yearly by the Sheriff of each county on the basis of lists of the names of householders compiled by local Justices of the Peace.
The list of the households required to pay the Hearth Tax became known as the Hearth Money Rolls,
which were arranged by county, barony, parish, and townland.

Several attempts were made in Parliament to abolish the tax, which was widely regarded as:-
           “a shameful infliction upon the poor peasant, to whom                    even two or three shillings in the year for such a
             tax was a burden and a wrong”.
The chief proposers of this radical change were Thomas Conolly and John O'Neill.  In 1788, for example, they argued that for a substantial portion of those having to pay the tax, the yearly cash demand was an unreasonable burden.

Henry Grattan developed the same point: "I am convinced, that the man who has but five pounds in the world, and pays thirty shillings for his house, ought not to pay hearth-money; the strongest argument for his relief is the bare statement of his condition….The wretchedness of their living, and the misery of their consumption, is the reason why they scarcely pay any tax but the hearth-money, and is likewise a reason why they should not even pay hearth-money.
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