Title: High Sheriffs for Ireland
Dates: 1577-1920
Description: This database contains records of those elected to the office of High Sheriff in the 32 counties of Ireland from 1577-1920. The High Sheriff held an important position in local administration and along with listing the year of appointment and name of each High Sheriff, this database also includes residence and additional comments.
Included in this database are the following lists:
- "Sheriffs and Justices of County Louth, 1664-1769" in Tempest's Annual (1920)
- B. Burke, A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland (1912)
- High Sheriffs Association of Northern Ireland (www.highsheriffsni.com)
- P. Crossle, "High Sheriffs of County Louth" in Tempest's Annual (1918)
- E.P. Shirley, The History of the County of Monaghan (1879)
- The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Vol. 38, No. 4, [Fifth Series, Vol. 18] (Dec. 31, 1908)
Compiled by: UHF Staff, Alba De Evan Freijedo, Frazer McKee