Category Archives: Maps

Search for Catholic Parishes and Chapels

Posted on 6 March 2015 by Shane

Four options are available on this system to search for Catholic Parishes and Chapels as they were in the years just before the Great Famine. The details were compiled using Lewis Topographical Directory of 1837, and the Catholic Directory of … Continue reading →

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RC to Civil Parish Links and Maps

Posted on 20 October 2014 by Shane

The Chapel mapping and civil parish link system contains details for the Catholic parishes listed in the 1848 directory listing, with mapping details for just over 2,600 churches and chapels and over 3,300 cross-links to civil parishes. This aim of … Continue reading →

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RC to Civil Parish Links and Maps – Current coverage

Posted on 31 August 2014 by Shane

As of 2nd March 2015 details for all diocese are now included in this system. Counties covered by each Diocese : Achonry : Sligo, parts Mayo & Roscommon Ardagh & Clonmacnoise : Longford, Leitrim, parts Westmeath, Offaly, Roscommon and Sligo … Continue reading →

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New Map: 1777 Taylor & Skinner map of Ireland

Posted on 22 May 2014 by Shane

New Map Added : 1777 Taylor & Skinners “New & Accurate Map of the Kingdom of Ireland” (from Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777, pub. 1778) see : this link    See also images of the full collection … Continue reading →

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Travel to Ireland by Ship in 1891

Posted on 28 April 2014 by Shane

Detailed below the steamer-routes from Great Britain to Ireland, from Part 2 of Ward’s “Thorough Guide” to Ireland of 1891, also see map , which also depicts railway lines. (extract below, full map at the end of this page.) Those … Continue reading →

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