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Revised notes on ITM coordinates to view old Churches etc

Posted on 20 January 2022 by Shane

Updated the instructions for locating old churches and chapels on Historic maps using ITM coordinates on OSI/GeoHive

Posted in Catholic Parish, Chapels and Churches, Church of Ireland, History, Ireland, Maps | Comments Off

Dublin City & County Civil Registration Districts (& Poor Law Unions)

Posted on 18 November 2021 by Shane

Map showing approximate boundaries of Poor Law Unions & Civil Registration Districts (Superintendents Registrar’s Districts) for Dublin city and County overlaid on 1902 map from Thom’s directory, details derived from townland index data.

Dublin City and County Poor Law Unions & Civil Registration Districts (Click to view or download a large version)

Note : several of these districts extend into adjacent counties – Rathdown into North County Wicklow, Naas into County Kildare, Dunshaughlin into County Meath, and Celbridge into County Kildare plus a small of part County Meath.

Original map shows Baronies and is available at this link.

Posted in County Dublin, GRO, History, Ireland, Maps, Townlands & Placenames | Tagged PLU, Poor Law Unions, Registration District | Comments Off

New Map – Dublin City and Environs 1880

Posted on 13 September 2021 by Shane

New map added to website, Dublin City and Environs Map 1880 from Thom’s Directory.

Original is a large map – size : 72cm x 82cm (~ 28″ x 32″)

The maps covers Dublin city and parts of south and north county Dublin , from Glasnevin in the north, Islandbridge and Crumlin in the west, to Terenure and Milltown to the south. In some rural areas townland names and borders are shown.

This is a new high resolution scan, made up from 8 separate A3 images merged, and implemented in Zoomify to allow very detailed zoom, see example below – in some city areas the zoom goes slightly beyond the map print resolution.

The map data is very large, so can take a few seconds to catch up when zooming and panning

Original Map view of Ringsend bridge area

Updated zoomed in view of the same area – approx. 30cm wide on laptop screen

1880 map scans and merges

Hardware & Software used :

A3 flatbed Scanner A3 2400S Scanner with Twain Driver V3.05
Image Editors – IrfanView 4.44 64 bit , PaintShop Pro 5
Photo Editor (with Panorama processing) – Affinity Photo 1.10.1
Zoomify Converter – 2.3.2

Note : a lower resolution version of this map, split into two parts, North & South, has been available on the website for some time.