Geography, Topography, Cartography, &c.

  • Bell, Jonathan, People and the Land: farming in 19th c. Ireland (Friar’s Bush 1992), 108pp., 97 b/w phots.
  • Blacker, Brief Sketches of the Parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook (Dublin 1872).
  • Chart, D. A., Story of Dublin [Medieval Towns Ser.] (1904).
  • Clarke, Peter, The Royal Canal: the Complete Story (Elo Publ. 1992), 176pp.
  • Cole, G. A. J., & R. L. Praeger, Handbook of the City of Dublin and Surrounding District (British Association 1908)
  • Cosgrave, D., North Dublin City and Environs, 2nd edn. [n.d.]
  • Delany, Ruth, Ireland’s Royal Canal 1789-1992 (Lilliput 1993), 216pp.
  • Evans, E. Estyn, Personality of Ireland: Habitat, Heritage and History [rep. edn.] (Dublin: Lilliput 1992) [largely the text of four lectures at QUB in c.1972]
  • Fitzgerald, W. Historical Geography of Early Ireland (Lon:G. Philips & Son 1925)
  • Fordham, H. G., ‘Roadbooks and Itineraries of Ireland’, in Bibliographical Society of Ireland, No. 4. (Transactions, Vol. II; 1921-25).
  • Freeman, T. W., Ireland, a General and Regional Survey (1950; 1969)
  • Frost, James, The History and Topography of the Country Clare (Dublin: Sealy 1893), 654pp.
  • Gaughan, J. A., Listowel and its Vicinity (Cork 1973)
  • Gilbert, John, History of Dublin, 3 vols (1854-9)
  • Graves, James, and John G. A. Prim, The History, Architecture and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny (Dublin: Hodges 1857), 200pp.
  • Green, E. E. R. The Lagan Valley: A Local History of the Industrial Revolution (London: Faber mcmxlix [1949]), 188pp.
  • Gregory, Picture of Dublin 1181 [q.d.].
  • Harkin, William, Scenery and Antiquities of North-West Donegal (1893).
  • Harris, Walter, History and Antiquities of the City of Dublin (1766) [left in manuscript, was published at that date].
  • Harrison, Wilmot, Memorable Dublin Houses: A Handy Guide, with illustrative anecdotes, [with new intro. by Maurice Craig] (Dublin:W. Leckie 1890; Yorkshire:S.R./Scolar 1971) [with 37 ills.]
  • Harvey, John, Dublin (Batsford 1949)
  • Wilson, Ian, Bangor, historic photographs of the Co Down Town 1870-1914 ([Belfast:] Friar’s Press 1992), 96pp., 93 b/w phots.
  • Crosbie, Jane E. M., A tour of Mid and south down: photographs from the WA Green Collection (1992) [a further vol. in popular series], 96pp., 88 b/w phots.
  • Flynn, John, Ballymacward: the story of an East Galway parish (Mullingar 1992), 244pp. Ballinasloe and environs from prehistory to now.
  • Joyce, Weston St. John, Neighbourhood of Dublin (1939)
  • Lewis, Samuel, Topography of Ireland (1825?)
  • Little, G. A., ‘Pre-Norse Dublin’, in Dublin Historical Record VIII (1945-46).
  • Livingstone, Peadar, The Fermanagh Story (Cumman Seanchais Chlochair St. Michael’s coll. Enniskillen 1969), 32 chps. incl. Fermanagh Families and British Families of Fermanagh, Chps. 31 & 32.
  • Malton [John], Picturesques and Descriptive Views of the City of Dublin (1791, 1792-99)
  • Maxwell, Constantia, Dublin under the Georges 1714-1830 (3rd ed. 1946)
  • McDowell and Strangeways, The Dictionary of Dublin (1908)
  • McLaren, Andrew, Dublin: The Shaping of a City (Belhaven 1993), 242pp.
  • O’Lochlainn, Colm, Roadways in Ancient Ireland, in Feil-Sgribhinn Eoin MacNeill (1940).
  • Price, Liam, The Place-names of Wicklow, 7 parts (DIAS 1945-67; rep. 1975-83)
  • Ptolemy, see J. J. Tierney, JHS lxxxiv (1959), pp.132-48.
  • Shearman, J. F. [Rev.], Loco Patriciana [n.d.]
  • Steer, Francis William, Dictionary of Land Surveyors and Local Cartographers of Great Britain and Ireland 1550-1850, ited by Peter Eden (Folkestone: Dawson 1979), 528pp.
  • Roque, John, An Exact Survey of the City and Suburbs of Dublin, 1756 (Kent, Lympne Castle: Harry Margary 1977). 1 map on 8 sheets [57 x 78cm] with 12pp. pamphlet [21cm.]
  • Roque, John, The A to Z of Georgian Dublin: John Rocque'M maps of the City in 1756 and the County in 1760, ed. Paul Ferguson, intro. J. H. Andrews (Lympne Castle, Kent: H. Margary in association with TCD [1998]), xiii, 77pp.
  • Roy, James Charles, Islands of Storm (1992) [treats of islands of the Scottish and Irish coasts, and constitutes a delving enquiry into early Irish monasticism from the ground up - or down: ILS Fall 1992]
  • Rush, D.C. History of Monaghan.
  • Ryan, James G., Irish Records: sources for family and local history, (Ancestry Pub. Salt Lake, Utah 1988); mg. ed. Robert Welsh, contains 32 sections of county with full listing of sources under various headings [local histories; parish records; census, etc.]
  • Saorstat Eireann, Guide (1932)
  • Smith, C., The ancient and Present State of the County and City of Waterford (Dublin 1746)
  • Smith, C., The ancient and Present State of the County of Kerry (Dublin 1756)
  • Strabo, Geography, ed. & trans. HL Jones, 8 vols (London:Heinnemann; NY:Putnam, 1917-32).
  • Trimble, W. Copeland, History of Enniskillen, subt. ‘with references to some manors in Co. Fermanagh and other local subjects’, 3 vols. [1919], 281pp., 650pp., 1156pp.; 3 sep. indexes; by the author of Historical Records of the 27th Enniskillings, and Lyrics of Lough Erne. [A relation, Joan Trimble, is ed. of Impartial Reporer, Enniskillen, in 1993.]
  • Warburton, J, Whitelaw, J, & R. Walsh, History of the City of Dublin, 2 vols. (London 1818).
  • Wheeler, H. A.[?] & M[aurice] J[ames] Craig, City Churches of the Church of Ireland (Dublin 1948)
  • Whelpton, Eric, Book of Dublin (London: Rockliff 1948).
  • Wilkinson, [George] Ireland [ (Lon:W Darton & Son 1831) [1"=12 miles map]
  • Wilkinson, George, Practical Geology and ancient architecture of Ireland (Murrary 1845), 348pp., plates, tables, diagrs.
  • Williams J. A., with A. A. Horner & J. A. Walsh, Agriculture in Ireland: a Census Atlas (UCD 1984), 63pp.
  • Williams, C. W, Observations on the Inland Navigation of Ireland, and the Want of Employment for Its Population, with a Description of the River Shannon, 2nd edn. (1833), 108pp.
  • Williams, Neill and Christine Breen, O Come Ye Back to Clare: Our first year in Co. Clare (NY:Soho P. 1987), 233pp.
  • Williams, Neill and Christine Breen, The Pipes are Calling: our jaunts through Ireland (n.d.)
  • Williams, Neill and Christine Breen, When Summer’s in the Meadow (NY:Soho P. 1989), 224pp.
  • Wilson, HE, Regional Geology of Northern Ireland (Belfast HMSO 1972), 105pp.[sic; another copy 1972 114pp; also, with AE Griffith, Geology of country around Carrickfergus and Bangor (HMSO, Geol. Survey NI., Dept. Econ. Dev., 1982), 118pp.; also Geology of the country around Ballycastle [one inch sheet] with JA Robbis, contribs. by W Bullerwell et al.; 2nd ed. of explan. memoir by Richard G Symes, et at. (HMSO 1966), 370pp; front., ills, plates, maps, tables, diags., bibl.; also regional geography of Northern Ireland, 2nd imp. (HMSO 1986), 113pp; Geological survey of Northern Ireland: Geol. of Causeway Coast, vol. 1 (HMSO 1978), 72pp.; vol 2, (1978), 172pp.; Geology of Belfast and the Lagan Valley, with PI Manning, and JA Robbie (HMSO 1970), 242pp.
  • Wilson, Ian, with Robert anderson, Ships and Quaysides of Ulster, maritime photos. (Belfast:Friar’s Bush P. 1990), 90pp. also Shipwrecks of the Ulster Coast (Coleraine:Impact-Amergin 1979), 177pp; John Kelly Ltd.: a history (Belfast:John Kelly 1981), 44pp. [prev. ed. priv. 197?]
  • Wright, G. N., Historical Guide to Ancient and Modern Dublin (London 1821) [p.269 describes classical elements in decoration of old Theatre royal Dublin.]
  • Young, Robert M, Belfast and the Province of Ulster in the 20th Century. (Brighton:WT Pike 1909), 310pp.

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