Tag Archives: Ireland

Historic Maps of Ireland available Online (Update April 2025)

National Library of Scotland – Outlines (several layer options) Ordnance Survey Maps of Ireland – also Maps by County, and Side by Side Dublin City and County (parts) OS Map 1953 Dublin / compiled, printed and published by the Director … Continue reading

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Using the Tithe Location Reference database

The Tithe Location Reference database was created to help try to work around a number of location errors included in the Tithe Applotment transcripts on the National Archives of Ireland website. There are a number different types of error, the most … Continue reading

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Census Placename Errors

There are a number of errors relating to place-names on the 1901/1911 Census returns of Ireland, examples of the various types discovered during analysis are listed below. These should be kept in mind when searching the census by place-name. In … Continue reading

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Searching Irish Civil BMD Records online

Searching Irish Civil BMD Records online Historic Civil BMD records consist of two collections, Registers Books and Index books. The National Registers and Indexes for all of Ireland were kept by the General Register Office (GRO), in Dublin. The head … Continue reading

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Historic Maps of Ireland available Online

Ordnance Survey Maps Detailed modern and Historic map of Ireland – 6″ Historic and 6″ Historic B&W date from c1837 to abt. 1847, and the Historic 25″ date from the late 1890s to early 1900s, from Ordnance Survey Ireland Northern … Continue reading

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