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Almanacs and Directories

Almanacs and Directories
By City, County, Province
Ireland
See also Nobility and Landed Gentry - Directories
Irish Architectural Archive - Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940
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BY CITY, COUNTY, PROVINCE
BELFAST, ULSTER
Search Street Directories at PRONI
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Adair's Belfast Directory 1860 - 1861
   Published by Hugh Adair (Belfast, 1860) - FHB
The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory 1852 - Vol I - 1863 - 1864 - Vol VI
   News-Letter Office (Belfast, 1852, 1863) - FHB
Belfast and Ulster Street Directories 1805 - 1914
   Guide and Directory
   Edited by Deirdre Armstrong (Belfast, 2008) - Website
Ulster Towns Directory 1910
   Transcription - LI



CORK
Aldwell's General Post Office Directory of Cork - 1845
   By Aldwell (Cork, 1845) - CCCA
Cork City and County
   A Selection of on-line Directories
   Lucas's 1787; West's 1809 - 1810; Aldwell's 1844 - 1845; Slater's 1846, 1856, 1870, 1881; Laing's 1863; Fulton's 1871; Guy's 1875 - 1876, 1884, 1889, 1891, 1907, 1913, 1921, 1945
   By Cork Past and Present (Cork, retrieved May, 2012) - CCCA
Cork: Its Trade & Commerce
   Official Handbook with Classified Trade Indices
   Cork Incorporated Chamber of Commerce and Shipping (1919) - OL
The County and City of Cork Almanac - 1843
   Calculated and Adapted by Charles Thompson, Esq. (Cork, 1843) - GB
 * Francis Guy's County and City of Cork Directory - 1875 - 1876
   Francis Guy (1875) - OL
* List of Freemen of the City of Cork 1710 - 1841 - CCCA
Official Catalogue of the National Exhibition... held in Cork, 1852
   With Alphabetical Index of the Names of Exhibitors
   Published by John O'Brien (Cork, 1852) - OL


The Kingstown Directory 1867
 - donated by a fan of Free Irish eBooks to the Internet Archive

DUBLIN
The Dublin Almanac and General Register of Ireland - 1847
   Pettigrew and Oulton (Dublin 1847) - GB
Henry Shaw's Dublin City Directory - 1850
   Transcription of Alphabetical List - LI
Early Dublin-Printed Almanacs (Seventeenth Century)
   A Paper read to The Bibliographical Society of Ireland. List of Almanacs
   By E. R. M'Clintock (Dublin 1918) - OL
The Irish Industrial Exhibition of 1853
   A Detailed Catalogue of its Contents
   Edited by John Sproule (Dublin, 1854) - IA
* King’s Inns Admission Papers 1607–1867
   By E. Keane P. B. Phair and T. U. Sadleir (1982) - IMC
* The Kingstown Directory
   or, Local Guide (now Dun Laoghaire)
   Published by John Mullany (Kingstown, 1867) - IA
The Post Office Dublin Directory and Calendar - 1918 - Vol I - 1918 - Vol II - Vol III
   Dublin City and County; 86th Annual Publication
   Published by Alex Thom and Co. (Dublin, 1917) - FHB
The Treble Almanack for the year - 1804 - 1815 - 1822 - 1832
    I. John Watson Stewarts Almanack   II. The English Court Registry   III. Wilsons Dublin Directory... (Dublin, 1815 - 1832) - GB, HT
* Wilson's Directory of Dublin 1830   
   Printed by William Corbet (Dublin, 1830) - HT

KING'S COUNTY (Co. Offaly)
* The King's County Directory
   including a short history, coloured map, almanac and calendar
   By the John WrightProprietor of the 'King's County Chronicle' (Parsonstown, 1890) - FHB

LIMERICK

Freemen of Limerick - 1746 - 1838
   A list of Mayors and Sheriffs of Limerick 1867 - 1944
   From North Munster Antiquarian Journal (Limerick, 1944) LCC

TIPPERARY

Tipperary's Families: Being the Hearth Money Records for 1665-6-7
   By Thomas Laffan (Dublin, 1911) - AAI

WATERFORD
History, Guide and Directory of County and City of Waterford
   By P. M. Egan (Kilkenny, 1895) - AAI

WESTMEATH
The Grand Juries of the County of Westmeath
   From the Year 1727 to the Year 1853 with An Historical Appendix (biographical notes)
   Printed by John Charles Lyons (Ledestown, 1853) - AAI


Boyle Abbey, County Roscommon from 'The Beauties of Ireland' Vol I

IRELAND
* BARRINGTON: Extracts from Dublin Almanacks 1735 - 1850
   Appendix II (p. 313) of 'The Barringtons - A Family History'
   By Amy Barrington (privately printed Dublin, 1917) - FHB

* The Beauties of Ireland - Vol I - Vol II
   being Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical and Biographical of Each County
   By J. N. Brewer, Esq. (London, 1825, 1826) - OL

A Biographical Index of British and Irish Botanists - 
First Supplement - 1893 - 1897
   By James Britten, F.L.S. and G. S. Boulger, F.L.S., F.G.S. (London, 1898 - 1899) - IA

Bradshaw's Shareholders' Guide, Railway Manual and Directory - 1857
   Includes Irish railways, lists of Directors, etc.
   Pub. by W. J. Adams, London, Bradshaw and Blackrock, Manchester (London, Manchester, 1857) - GB

The Catholic Who's Who and Year Book - 1908
   Edited by Sir F. C. Burnand (London, 1908) - IA

The Celtic Who's Who - 1921
   Names and Addresses of Workers who contribute to Celtic Literature, Music or other Cultural Activities
   By The Fifeshire Advertiser (Kirkcaldy, 1921) - IA

Crockford's Clerical Directory - 1860 - 
1861 - 1868
   including the Established Church of Ireland
   Pub. by Crockford'sHorace Cox (London, 1868) - HT, IA

Debrett's
   - House of Commons and the Judicial Bench - 1870 - 1881 - 1886 - 1901 - 1916 - 1918 - 1922 (56th Annual Edition)
   Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical
   By Robert Henry Mair, LL.D., Arthur G. M. Hesilrige (London, 1870 - 1922) - OL - For more Debrett's, Burke's, etc. directories see Nobility and Landed Gentry; see also Parliament

A Dictionary of Irish Artists - Vol I A to K - Vol II - L to Z
   One Hundred and Fifty Portraits, Etc.
   By Walter G Strickland (Dublin, London, 1913) - AAI Note: Large files! - Transcription also available - LI

An Improved Topographical and Historical Hibernian Gazetteer
   To which is added an introduction to the ancient and modern History of Ireland
   By Rev. G. Hansbrow (Dublin, 1835) - IA

* Introductory Essay to a New System of Civil and Ecclesiastical Topography

   and Itinerary of Counties of Ireland
   By Rev. Matthew Sleater, A.M. (Bolton Street, 1806) - HT

The Irish Linen Trade Hand-Book and Directory
   By F. W. Smith (Belfast, 1876) - IA

* The London Kalendar: or, Court and City Register

   for England, Scotland, Ireland and America for the Year 1804; all the Peers, Baronets, all the Law, State, Revenue, and Public, Offices, Bankers, Deans, etc.
   Printed by John Stockdale (London, 1804) - OL

Mansion House (London) Exhibition of Irish Lace 1883
   A History of the Industry with Illustrations and a Map showing the Districts where the Lace is Produced
   By Unknown author (London, 1883) - OL

The Medical Register - 1779 - 1783
   Printed for Joseph Johnson; J. Murray (London, 1779 - 1783) - OL


Men-At-The-Bar
   A Biographical Hand-List; scattered Irish references
   By Joseph Foster (London, 2nd ed. 1885) - OL

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - Vol I
   Abbas Combe to Eyeworth
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - Vol II
   Faccombe to Myton-Upon-Swale
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - Vol III
   Naas to Zouch Mill
   A topographical Dictionary of the British Islands
   Published by Virtue and Co (London, 1868) - OL

A New Gazetteer; or, Topographical Dictionary of The British Islands and Narrow Seas - Vol I

A New Gazetteer; or, Topographical Dictionary of The British Islands and Narrow Seas - Vol II
   By James A. Sharp (London, 1852) - OL

Pigot

* Second Edition of the Commercial Directory of Ireland, Scotland
   and the four most Northern Counties of England for 1821 - 1822 and 1823
   Pub. by J. Pigot and Co (Manchester, 1820) - IA

Slater

I. Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland
   Pub by I. Slater (Manchester, London, 1846) - GB

The Survey Gazetteer of the British Isles
   Topographical, Statistical and Commercial; with Special Maps
   Edited by J. G. Bartholomew (London, 1904) - OL

Thom's

   Irish Almanac and Official Directory - 1850 - 1857
   By Alexander Thom, Printer and Publisher (Dublin, 1850, 1857) - GB
   Irish Almanac and Official Directory - 1862
   See Dublin Street Directory 1862; County , City and Borough Directories
   Transcription - LI
   Irish Who's Who - 1923
   First Edition
   By Alexander Thom, Printer and Publisher (Dublin, 1923) - GB

A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland - Vol I of III

   By John Gorton, G. N. Wright, M.A. (London, 1831) - IA

A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland

   By Nicholas Carlisle (London, 1810) - OL

Lewis

A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, Vol. I - Vol. II
  Second Edition
   By Samuel Lewis (London, 1847) - GB, IA
   Transcription also available of 1837 edition - LI

A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom - Vol I - 
Vol II
   46 maps
   By Benjamin Pitts Capper, Esq. (London, 1808) - OL

* A Topographical Index of the Parishes and Townlands of Ireland

   in Sir William Petty's MSS Barony Maps (c. 1655-9) and Hiberniae Delineatio (c. 1672)
   By Yann M. Goblet, Docteur es Lettres (1932) - IMC

Traders' Tokens of the Seventeenth Century 
   Section on Ireland   
   By George C. Williamson (London, 1891) - IA

Who Was Who
   A Companion to "Who's Who" containing the biographies of those who died 1897-1916
   A and C Black (London, 1920) - IA
Who's Who Year Book - 1907 - 1914 - 1926 - 1935
  An Annual Biographical Dictionary
   Printed by Adam & Charles Black (London, 1907 - 1935) - IA
Who's Who - 1944 - 1947
   Printed by The Macmillan Company (London, 1944 - 1947) - IA
Who's Who - 1951 - 1958 1962 - 1963
   Printed by Adam & Charles Black (London, 1951 - 1963) - IA

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CCCA = Cork City and County Archives
CCL = Clare County Library (read online only)
CIGHS = Centre for Irish Genealogical and Historical Studies
FHB = Family History Books
GB = Google Books
HT = HathiTrust Digital Library (read online only, login to visitor account may be required)
IA = Internet Archive
IMC = Irish Manuscripts Commission - Digital Editions
LCC = Limerick City Council - Local Studies
LI = Library Ireland
NYSHL - New York State Historical Literature - Cornell University Library
OIR = Oireachtas Parliament of Ireland
OL = Open Library
PG = Project Gutenberg
U-SA = Ulster-Scots Agency

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