Topography & Historical Maps

Church of Ireland Dioceses 1906

Church of Ireland Dioceses 1906

The North of Ireland Family History Society (NIFHS) has in its Randal Gill Library a number of topographical books about places and their names.  In the main these cover the origins of place names and Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary and extracts from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs.  There also some books of historical maps.  Some of the more useful books are marked in bold in the list below.  These books are for consultation in the Library and not for borrowing.

The books are shelved in the Randal Gill Library as follows:

  • IR 980 relates to Topography
  • IR 985 relates to Historical Maps

IR 980 relates to Topography

  • CD/IR/MA/01 — Lewis’s Gazetteer of Ireland (Samuel Lewis 1842) and Memorial Atlas of Ireland (L.J. Richards Philadelphia 1901) — shelved in the Office
  • CD/IR/MA/02 — Taylor & Skinner’s Road Maps of Ireland (2nd Ed. 1783) — shelved in the Office
  • IR 980–001 — Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1836 Vol 1 — Lewis
  • IR 980–002 — Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1836 Vol 2 — Lewis
  • IR 980–003 — Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1836 Atlas — Lewis
  • IR 980–004 — Index to the Townlands, Towns & Parishes of Ireland 1851 Thom – Reprint
  • IR 980–005 — Topographical Index of Northern Ireland 1926 — HMSO
  • IR 980–006 — Topographical Index of Northern Ireland 1926 (photocopy of IR 980/005) — HMSO
  • IR 980–007 — Every Stoney Acre has a Name- celebration of townlands — Fed. For Ulster Local Studies
  • IR 980–008 — Townland Distribution of Ireland Booklet — Braid Books
  • IR 980–009 — Loughinsholin, extracts from topographical directory — Lewis
  • IR 980–010 — Templecorran, Ordnance survey memoir for the parish — QUB
  • IR 980–011 — Rath and Ruins – survey of ancient sites in south Derry — Speer, Deirdre
  • IR 980–012 — Co. Down I, Place-Names of N. Ireland, Vol. 1, Newry & SW Down — Institute of Irish Studies, QUB
  • IR 980–013 — Co. Down II, Place-Names of N. Ireland, Vol. 2, The Ards — Institute of Irish Studies, QUB
  • IR 980–014 — Co. Down III, Place-Names of N. Ireland, Vol. 3, The Mournes — Institute of Irish Studies, QUB
  • IR 980–015 — Co. Antrim I, Place-Names of N. Ireland, Vol. 4, Baronies of Toome — Institute of Irish Studies, QUB
  • IR 980–016 — Co. Derry I, Place-Names of N. Ireland, Vol. 5, The Moyola Valley — Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.
  • IR 980–017 — Co. Down IV, Place-Names of N. Ireland, Vol. 6, NW Down/Iveagh — Institute of Irish Studies, QUB
  • IR 980–018 — Co. Antrim II, Place-Names of N. Ireland, Vol. 7, Ballycastle & N.E. Antrim — Department of Celtic Studies, Q.U.B.
  • IR 980–019 — Co. Fermanagh, Place-Names of N. Ireland, Vol. 8, Lisnaskea & District — Department of Celtic Studies, Q.U.B.
  • IR 980–020 — Co. Tyrone, Townland names — McAleer, P.
  • IR 980–021 — Tyrone, Parishes & Townlands of – “Heather, Peat & Stone” — Irish World
  • IR 980–022 — Parishes and Townlands — Photocopied sheets
  • IR 980–023 — Townlands in Ulster, Local History Studies — Crawford, W.H. & Foy, R.H.
  • IR 980–024 — Irish Place Names – a pocket guide — Joyce, P W
  • IR 980–025 — Irish History, An Atlas of — Edwards, Ruth Dudley
  • IR 980–026 — Londonderry Placenames, Parishes & Townlands — Ballinascreen Historical Society
  • IR 980–027 — Roe, The Land of, A Social and Economic History — Mitchell, Samuel P.
  • IR 980–028 — Londonderry County, Sources for Family History — Mitchell, Brian
  • IR 980–029 — Desertmartin & Kilcronaghan Parishes, Co. Londonderry, 1836-1837, Ordnance Survey Memoirs — Ballinascreen Historical Society
  • IR 980–030 — Cos. Fermanagh & Monaghan, Abstracts of Chancery Inquisitions of the 17th Century — Schlegel, D.M.
  • IR 980–031 — Derryaghy Parish, Co. Antrim, 1837, Ordnance Survey Memoir — Barr W.N.C. & Kerr W.C. editors
  • IR 980–032 — Tydavnet Parish, Co. Monaghan, Townlands of — Gilsenan, Canon John
  • IR 980–033 — Ireland, A New Genealogical Atlas — Mitchell, Brian
  • IR 980–034 — Co. Donegal, The Place-Names of Inishowen — O’Dochartaigh, Seoirse
  • IR 980–035 — Co. Donegal, Maps & lists of Parishes — Photocopies
  • IR 980–036 — Co. Wicklow, Placenames of, III The Barony of Talbotstown Upper — Price, Liam
  • IR 980–037 — Co. Antrim, Topographical Dictionary, with maps & engravings (reprint 2002) — Lewis, Samuel (Preface by Walker, Brian) (Donated by Noreen Katzen)
  • IR 980–038 — Co. Londonderry, Townlands of Ballinascreen, An Introductory Study — Ballinascreen Historical Society
  • IR 980–039 — Irish Placenames, The Poolbeg Book of — McMahon, Sean
  • IR 980–040 — County Derry, Place Names of — Mitchell, Brian

IR 985 relates to Historical Maps

  • IR 985–001 — Ireland from Maps — National Library of Ireland
  • IR 985–002 — Ireland, Historical Maps — Swift, M.
  • IR 985–003 — Hiberniae Delineatio, Sir William Petty’s Atlas of Ireland 1685 — (reprint)
  • IR 985–004 — Belfast, Georgian, 1750-1850, Maps, Buildings & Trades — Brett, C.E.B.
  • IR 985–005 — Belfast, Part I to 1840, Irish Historic Towns Atlas No. 12 — Gillespie, Raymond & Royle, Stephen A.
  • IR 985–006 — Belfast, Part II, 1840-1900, Irish Historic Towns Atlas No. 17 — Royle, Stephen A.
  • IR 985–007 — Belfast c1600-c1900, The making of the Modern City — Gillespie, Raymond & Royle, Stephen A.
  • IR 985–008 — Mapping Urban Ireland, Brochure for 2011 Exhibition — Royal Irish Academy
  • IR 985–009 — Co. Londonderry, The Drapers’ Company, Maps of the Estate, 1857-1858, Vol. 1 Moneymore, Vol. 2 Brackagh Slieve Gallion, Vol. 3 Draperstown — Ballinascreen Historical Society
  • IR 985–010 — Carrickfergus, Irish Historic Towns Atlas No. 2 — Robinson, Philip
  • IR 985–011 — Derry-Londonderry, Irish Historic Towns Atlas No. 15 — Thomas, Avril
  • IR 985–012 — Coleraine, The Town Book of — Kane, Andrew