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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
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 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
KING'S COUNTY (Co. Offaly)
* The King's County Directory
including a short history, coloured map, almanac and calendar
By the John Wright, Proprietor 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
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
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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
* 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
DUBLINCalculated 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
* 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
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 Wright, Proprietor 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
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's; Horace Cox (London, 1868) - HT, 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's; Horace 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
- 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
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
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
* 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
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
AAI = Ask About Ireland
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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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
AAI = Ask About Ireland
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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