If you believe the company's words interested doesn't go far enough, they claim "the importance of this collection for anyone tracing their Irish family history can not be overstated."
The database has 685,980 entries for both the borrower of the micro-loans, typically 1 or 2 pounds, and the guarantor or witness.
The map shows places with data, the Irish counties included (with number of entries in the database) are, Clare (5,320), Cork (61,687), Galway (160,632), Kerry (613), Leitrim (34), Limerick (122,783), Mayo (129,231), Roscommon (184,518), Sligo (11,490), Tipperary (4,029) and Wexford (1,061).
Findmypast has a helpful description of How to use our new Poverty Relief Loans to find your Irish ancestors.
If you want to try this, and all the other databases at Findmypast, the company is currently offering a 1 month World subscription for £1 (usually £12.95). Register using the code JAN2015 typed into the promotional code box found from http://www.findmypast.co.uk/ This offer expires at 11:59pm on Tuesday 27th January.
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