Category Archives: Irish History

History of the Civil Registration Service

Posted on 14 March 2014 by Shane

Interesting article on the History of Registration in Ireland from GRO/Dept. of Welfare (pdf document)

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Mystery Solved

Posted on 21 February 2014 by Shane

The mystery of a 1920s photo of Rose Decker’s visit from the USA to her Irish relatives was solved with input from researchers in diverse locations including Dublin, Brooklyn and Cork, and her ancestor Tom is now planning to visit … Continue reading →

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Dublin Map from 1935

Posted on 11 December 2013 by Shane

Added a c1935 Geographia map of Dublin in Google map format, which covers the city, suburbs and parts of the county. see Dublin City Maps and 1935 Dublin Map

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Annals of Dublin

Posted on 4 December 2013 by Shane

Searchable transcripts of the Annals of Dublin extracted from Thom’s Directories. These may be browsed by page, century and decade, or searched by keyword, and are a type of bullet point history listed towards the back of the directories. Similar … Continue reading →

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Update – Philips Atlas of c1907

Posted on 18 November 2013 by Shane

Added new scans of maps from Philips Administrative Atlas of Ireland c1907, in Google Map format. see : Administrative Atlas of Ireland Edit : Update completed, four Ireland maps, plus 32 county maps (21st Nov.)

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