Registry of deeds

This office is charged with recording transactions relating to property in Ireland since 1708. The Deeds for a property are not held here, rather a Memorial containing the essential information from the deed is recorded.

For the purposes of researching your ancestors there are two possible routes.

The first is the Lands Index (from 1709 – 1946). If you know the exact location of an ancestors property, you may search through this index arranged by County and Town land, or for urban areas by City/Town and Street to find the first Grantor and Grantee

The other possibility is the Names Index, which will shows names of the Grantee. It is important to note that this is the second person in a land transaction, eg: Grantor, who sells\gives\mortgages to Grantee and may be difficult to find out. It may be the major landlord, but more likely a middle man would buy land from the major landlord of the area and sublet it. The best approach may be to inspect Griffith's Valuation to find the Lessor that occurs frequently, as these are either landlords, large farmers or middle men who were subletting at the time.

Fees

A common search for a name in a county for a period of up to 10 years is £5.00,  €6.35, US$7.90

Or for general Search in person of the index preceding 1950 is £5.00, €6.35, US$7.90 per day

Opening Times & Address

Registry of Deeds

Kings Inns

Henrietta Street

Dublin 7

Open from 10:30am to 4:30pm, and not closed for lunch.

To see where this office is on a Map of Dublin click  here or to go directly to it's own Web site click  here .