Directory of Irish industrial estates : a mapped guide to 230 industrial estates (1995) Dublin: Kompass Ireland Publishers. Available in James Joyce Library.

General alphabetical index to the townlands and towns, parishes, and baronies of Ireland, based on the Census of Ireland 1851 (1984) Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Available in James Joyce Library and Richview Library.

Printed indexes/gazetteers: Richview Library Complete Maps List: available as a printout in Richview Library’s Map Room.

Thom's Dublin and county street directory. Available in James Joyce Library, Health Sciences Library and Richview Library.

Thom's commercial directory. Available in James Joyce Library and Richview Library.

Visual index maps: these exist for most of the series of maps in stock in the library and provide a visual way of relating the area you require to an Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI) map number. Example: Townland Indexes: (1" index maps) (pdf).

Cork & Kerry Place Names.

Environmental Protection Agency. To search maps on the EPA Website, select “EPA Maps” from the top right hand corner of the pages.

The Townlands Database is also available on the EPA website.

Gazetteer of British Place Names.

The IreAtlas Townland Database. This is a database where you can search Irish counties, towns, baronies and parishes.

Maps in the collection of Richview Library are available for educational purposes to all UCD students and staff. Portions may be copied and printed within copyright restrictions. Portions of sheet maps may be photocopied.

Maps from Ordnance Survey Ireland's E-Commerce system may be viewed and plotted at one scale and printed at another, up to A0 size. Thus maps which are published can be printed at the following scales:

• 1 : 1000
• 1:  2500
• 1 : 5000
• 1: 10000/1:10560

Get more information about Richview Library's Mapping Service.

You must complete the Richview Library map enquiry form.

Information about charges is provided on the form.

Historical maps held in Special Collections can be consulted by students and staff of UCD, and by externals users, in the Special Collections Reading Room.

• You can use Ordnance Survey Ireland mapping supplied by Richview Library in theses, projects and assignments.
• Reproductions of maps must be accompanied by an OSI copyright permit number. More infomation on this guide.
• You should apply for this number in Richview Library by filling in the Richview OSI permit application (doc).

The following are examples of maps of differing scale. Use this composite to compare scales (pdf) guide and then click on the required example or go directly to the examples listed below:

1:1000 (approx. 55" to 1 mile) (pdf): mapping at 1:1000 began at the end of the 1960s for Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford cities. This has extended over the years and this scale is now available for urban areas with a population in excess of 1,500 (approx). Revisions are now running at about every 1-2 years.

1:2500 (25" to 1 mile) (pdf): this scale comprises maps from both the older 25" series and the newer 1:2500 series. The old 25" series covers all areas of the country except for remote rural regions. For more information about the old 25" series see Trinity Map Library's description. The newer 1:2500 series covers suburban and peri-urban areas and is revised approximately every 3 years. The OSI characteristics sheet  provides a guide to symbols used on these maps.

1:5000 (approx. 12" to 1 mile): mapping at this scale covers rural areas and will be updated approximately every 5 years.

1:10,560/1:10,000} (6" to 1 mile) (pdf): maps at this scale are available for the whole of Ireland but have not been updated since the 1930s. For more information about this series see the TCD guide on 6" maps (pdf). The OSI characteristics sheet provides a guide to symbols used on these maps.

1:50,000 (pdf) Discovery Series. Richview Library has complete sets of these series.