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Irish County and Town Maps

This page provides information about historical maps of Irish counties, cities and towns.

Historical maps of Irish counties, cities and towns can be accessed in Richview Library and online. 23 Irish counties are represented on this page and are listed in alphabetical order.

 

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Carlow - Dublin

Carlow

Carlow town maps (1703 & 1735) available in Richview Library.

Clare

Ennis map (1894) available in Richview Library.

Historical Maps of County Clare from 1658-1922 available online via the County Clare Library.

Cork

Copies of maps of Cork city and county held in Richview Library include:

  • John Speed's map of Cork County (1630)
  • John Rocque map of Cork City (1750)
  • Cork City (1899/1900: Phoenix reprint).

Books held in the Library include:

Crowley, J. (Ed.). (2005) Atlas of Cork City with cartography

O’Flanagan, P. (1988) Bandon: Irish Historic Towns Atlas. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy available to borrow.

Donegal

Historical map of Donegal from the Ulster Ancestry website including Letterkenny, Donegal Town, Raphoe, Stranorlar, Lifford, Carndonagh.

Dublin

Copies of maps of Dublin city and county held in Richview Library include:

  • Bernard de Gomme’s map of the city and suburbs of Dublin (1673)
  • Charles Brooking’s map of the city and suburbs of Dublin (1728)
  • John Rocque maps of Dublin city and county (1756/1760) – originals held in Special Collections, facsimiles held in Richview. See a sample of the Rocque maps of Dublin (pdf) 
  • Pool and Cash’s Dublin (1780)
  • Browrigg’s Map 5th Division of Dublin (1799)
  • Thomas Campbell's map of the City of Dublin (1811)
  • Taylor’s Environs of Dublin (1816)
  • William Duncan’s Dublin city and county (1821)
  • Dublin Parish Maps (1865) –{HOT LINK FLASH1 flash file Library availability } is highlighted in blue
  • 5’ to 1 mile maps of Dublin city centre (1836-1864) - originals held in Special Collections, facsimiles held in Richview. See a sample extract of these maps - 5' to 1 mile Dublin sheet 21, 1838 (pdf).

Books and articles held in the Library include:

Clarke, H.B. (2002) Dublin: Irish Historic Towns Atlas. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy available to borrow.

Andrews, J (1967) ‘The French school of Irish land surveyors’. Irish Geography, 5 (4):275-93, features a list of maps made by John Rocque.

Other links to Dublin maps:

  • John Speed’s map of Dublin (1610) – from University of Texas. 
  • Dublin City Library and Archives holds a map collection of ancient and modern Dublin from the 17th century to the present day.
  • South Dublin County images features maps and images of Dublin city and county.

Galway - Louth

Galway

Galway city map (1893/1895) – Phoenix reprint available in Richview Library.

James Hardiman’s The history of the town and county of the town of Galway is available in Richview Library and includes maps.

Kerry

Maps of Killarney (1895) and Tralee (1898) reprints in Richview Library.

Iveragh, Co. Kerry, in 1811 : Alexander Nimmo's map for the Bogs Commissioners of 1809-1814 available to borrow from James Joyce and Richview Libraries.

Kildare

Noble & Keenan's map of the County of Kildare (1752) reprint in Richview Library.

Alexander Taylor's map of County Kildare(1783) reprint in Richview Library.

Andrews, J.H. (1986) Kildare: Irish Historic Towns Atlas. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy available to borrow from James Joyce and Richview Libraries.

Horner, A. (1995) Maynooth: Irish Historic Towns Atlas. Dublin:Royal Irish Academy available to borrow from Richview Library.

Kilkenny

Kilkenny city map (1900) reprint available from Richview Library.

Bradley, J. (2000) Kilkenny: Irish Historic Towns Atlas. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy available borrow from Richview Library.

Laois

Queen’s County maps (1837 & 1881) available online from Irish Midlands Ancestry.

Leitrim

Historic and contemporary Leitrim maps.

Limerick

Limerick City map (1900) reprint available from Richview Library.

Louth

These facsimile maps of Louth are available in Richview Library:

  • Joseph Rauell map of Drogheda (1749)
  • Drogheda (1908)
  • Dundalk (1907/08).

Mayo - Sligo

Mayo

County Mayo Bald Maps (1830) available in Richview Library. See an example of County Mayo Bald Maps (pdf)

Maps of County Mayo available online.

Meath

Simms, A. (1990) Kells: Irish Historic Towns Atlas. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy available to borrow from Richview Library.

Hennessy, M. (2004) Trim: Irish Historic Towns Atlas. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy available to borrow from Richview Library.

Offaly

Maps available online:

Selection of Offaly historical maps.

King’s County maps (1837 & 1881) available on Irish Midlands Ancestry.

Books available to borrow from Richview Library:

Horner, A.A. (2006) Mapping Offaly in the Early Nineteenth Century. Bray: Wordwell available to borrow from Richview Library.

Feehan, J. (2005) An Atlas of Birr. Dublin: Department of Environmental Resource Management available to borrow from Richview Library.

Sligo

Sligo Town (1910) reprint available in Richview Library.

Map of County Sligo available online.

Tipperary - Wicklow

Tipperary

O’Keefe, T. (2003) Fethard: Irish Historic Towns Atlas. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy available to borrow from Richview Library.

Waterford

Waterford city (1901/1905) reprint available in Richview Library.

Westmeath

Athlone (1912) reprint available in Richview Library.

Murtagh, H. (1994) Athlone: Irish Historic Towns Atlas. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy available to borrow from Richview Library.

Andrews, J.H. (1992) Mullingar: Irish Historic Towns Atlas. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy available to borrow from Richview Library.

Wexford

Wexford Town (1903) reprint available in Richview Library.

Wicklow

Davies, K.K. (1998) Bray: Irish Historic Towns Atlas. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy available to borrow from Richview Library.