Part 1 – Introduction and INDEX
The 1865 edition has just over 1,800 pages plus advertisements etc, the first part of the directory contains the the Title pages, general index, which consists of just over 33 page and details the many section and sub-sections included, followed by 58 pages of various tables and lists.
The following sections covering contain various tables detailing Religious Feast Days, Law and University Terms, Astronomical details, Tides, Eclipses, Sunrise/Sunset times, Land Measure Conversion (Statute acre to Irish), Simple Interest, Market Towns and Fairs, Inland Fisheries, Stamp Duties and a list General Statues passed by Parliament during 27th and 28th Years of Queen Victoria – see some examples below, plus a full transcript of the section on Market Days and 1861 population of towns :
This section has been transcribed – see Market Towns in Ireland – 1865
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