Caroline Blake
Irish landlord and hotelier Peerage person ID=55970
Caroline Blake born Caroline Johanna Burke (1835 – 23 February 1919) was an Irish landlord and hotelier. She became responsible for land and its tenants in County Galway. The Land League encouraged her tenants not to pay their rents and this reduced her income. Her poor treatment led to well-wishers creating a "Blake Fund" which allowed her to create the hotel.
Life
Burke was born in County Tyrone and her early life is not known although she did visit her uncle. She married her uncle's son, Edward Henry Blake.
In 1881 the landowner Blake was in dispute with her tenants. She believed that her tenants were exaggerating the famine caused by crop failure. The Land League were instructing her tenants to refuse to pay a full rent and they were punishing any who did. She was being given protection by the police and she carried a revolver.
The public source identifies “Caroline Blake” as irish landlord and hotelier Peerage person ID=55970. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Caroline, Blake and Irish.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Caroline Blake”, the useful work is to connect “irish landlord and hotelier Peerage person ID=55970” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q75312430. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1835, 1919 and 1881.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Caroline Blake”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Caroline Blake primary sources, Caroline Blake archive and Caroline research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Caroline Blake”?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Caroline Blake” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.