Maps
The geography of early Ireland and Irish territories.
Sporadic information relating to the Civil War, obituaries, and photography.
Contains information relating to certifications, church records, Co. Cork, Co. Longford, maps, and names.
An excellent general resource site by John Hayes with many databases for Ireland and it's counties.
The Oifig Luchala allows you to download some copies of the maps as used for Richard Griffith's Primary Valuation of Ireland.
Resources for Kerry, stretching from history and culture to maps and places.
Introducing The Kane Ancestral Map of Ireland, an Irish family map of Ireland that provides the history, roots, and genealogy of over 760 Irish families. Provides the lineage of over 750 ancient Gaelic families who are descendants of the Royal Milesian line.
Interactive maps lead to photographs, descriptions and visitor information on historic sites, buildings, gardens and inland waterways.
Provides genealogy research help, maps, discussions of history, geography, and culture, as well as photography.
Ordnance Survey Ireland is the national mapping agency of the Republic of Ireland. Our primary product is mapping services. We produce a very comprehensive range of urban, rural, tourist and leisure maps at a variety of scales. These maps are produced in digital form as well as on paper. The base data used to create the map series is also used to produce other products such as aerial photography and digital terrain models.
Land & Property Services(LPS) is responsible for mapping Northern Ireland. The Geographic Information (GI) that we collect is used in a number of different ways.
Includes books, parishes, church records, emigration records, letters, maps, newspaper reports, and photographs - and much, much more. A huge online resource for all things County Tyrone.
The accuracy and quality of these antique maps was not surpassed for centuries. These editions are individually treated and presented on an antiqued parchment entirely in keeping with their historic nature. Each map is beautifully engraved and crammed with quite extraordinary detail. Fascinating and absorbing.
Rare antique maps and atlases from the 15th to 19th centuries, as well as a fine selection of views and reproduction antique maps.
Shows existing and intended buildings, County Boundaries, North and South Divisions, and the Earl of Meath's Liberty. Compass Star top centre. Inset view of the New Custom House bottom left. Scale of half a Mile Irish bottom left. Dublin City Coat Of Arms, with The Great Mace (1665) and the Great Civic Sword (1390s) bottom right.
This web site contains a collection of historic books, maps, pictures, illustrations plus books to buy on both Irish History and Genealogy and plenty of other information including links to other research material to help you in your research. So whether you are researching your Irish Ancestry, interested in Irish or the history of Dublin or just planning a visit then you need look no further you should find all the information you need on this web site.
Genealogy is the study of family ancestry or history. Genealogical records have existed since ancient times. Egyptian hieroglyphics provide records of pharaohs, and the Bible contains numerous genealogy lists including the genealogy of Christ.
An effort has been made to bring together many ideas and resources which might be of use to one beginning research in Ireland, or to one who has been researching and is looking for new ideas. This guide was begun as a study group project for the Genealogy Course #33 at Virtual University for the fall 1997 term, and is being added to constantly.
"Aim: To make information freely available, with your help. It all helps someone, somewhere, sometime."
The Geological Survey of Ireland, founded in 1845, produces a range of maps, reports and databases. The website is intended to show the range of the GSI's work, activities and products.
The following maps are from "The Cambridge Modern History Atlas" edited by Sir Adolphus William Ward, G.W. Prothero, Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes, and E.A. Benians. Cambridge University Press; London. 1912. Users can access the index to locate place names within the atlas.
County Kilkenny is located in southern Leinster Province of the Republic of Ireland.
This screen lists the topics (types of records) that are available for the place you selected.
If you're looking for a map, visit The Ireland Story for online Irish maps, an extensive introduction and timeline on Irish history, and information on Northern Ireland politics and administration.
A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, by Samuel Lewis, 1837.
For those involved with Irish genealogy this is the most important map collection ever published. Surveyed between 1829 and 1843, our Irish Townland Maps are packed with detail and are of superb quality and craftsmanship.
Just click on the county of interest and a map displaying all the parishes is displayed. Click on the parish of interest to see what records, date ranges and indexes are available, and where the records are held.
For those involved with Irish genealogy this is the most important map collection ever published. Surveyed between 1829 and 1843, our Irish Townland Maps are packed with detail and are of superb quality and craftsmanship.
From 1086 to 1114 the most powerful king in Ireland was Muirchertach O'Brien. He had dealings with the Anglo-Normans and the Norwegian king, and dominated most of the country.
Ireland was divided up into counties by the English crown around 400 years ago. Since then, the counties have remained largely unchanged.
Including maps of Irish counties, detailed maps of Ireland, maps highlighting Poor Law Unions, Public Works, and Cholera maps of the 1800s.
Maps for the Mayo parishes of Kilgeever, Ballyhean, Ballintober, Islanddeady, and Aughagower.
Poor Law Unions of Carrickmacross, Castleblayney, Clogher, Clones, Cootehill, Dundalk, and Monaghan, were established in the 1830s to deal with the effects of the famine.
Image: Aghnamullen (Aughnamullen) Parish, County Monaghan, before division into East and West. Surrounding parishes are noted.
Hundreds of historical maps pertaining to the counties of Leitrim and Roscommon.
An image of the mapped Creggs Parish: Creggs Parish is in the Ballymoe Barony, and is disected by the Civil Parish's of Dunamon (yellow), Ballynakill (light blue), Kilbegnet (green).
Maps are absolutely essential to understanding the history of families in Co. Longford.
This map of Dundalk in 1864 is taken from: The History of Dundalk and its Environs by John D'Alton Esq., Dundalk 1864.
This is a map of Tralee Town, Co. Kerry from an 1898 Ordnance Survey.
This is a map of Irish ancestry taken from data obtained in the 1990 Census.
The Clare GMaps are based on the Google Map system, allowing Google Maps and satellite views to be overlaid with historical maps of Clare from 1842.
The 1835's first edition of the Ordnance Survey's 6-inch maps - in parts until 1848 revised - is now available.
This is map of the Church Parishes of Cloyne & Aghada. The townlands are grouped up by Civil Parish.
Brian Mitchell's book "a New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland" was a guide for the map.
The 1837's first edition of the Ordnance Survey's 6-inch maps is now available. It shows Sligo in the boundaries before the Local Government reform of 1898, i.e. before the DEDs east of Ballina (Ardnaree North, Ardnaree South Rural, and Ardnaree South Urban) were transferred from Sligo to Mayo.