Ireland: Local history studies & Research projects

Allan, Kenneth. *Annaghroe Road, Kilsampson townland, parish of Aghaloo* (2015). Source: Wikimedia Commons *commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/* (accessed 14th Oct. 2023). Edited by Alison Kilpatrick (2023). Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED .

Parish of Aghaloo, county Tyrone
Territories of Ardboe [Arboe], Clonoe, and Balliclogge [Ballyclog], county Tyrone
Claremorris and the parish of Kilcolman (Clanmorris), in the county of Mayo
Parish of Kilrea, county Derry/Londonderry
Parish of Tamlaght O’Crilly, county London:Derry
Maps (list pending)
Short reading list : local history studies
End notes
and more to be added as time and other resources permit …

Please note that many of the local history articles presented on Arborealis follow from the editor’s family history research interests. Thus, the depth and breadth of topics will be specific to certain districts and delimited by certain periods of time.

Short reading list : local history studies :

Crawford, W.H. Townlands in Ulster: Local History Studies. Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation, 1999.
Edwards, Ruth Dudley, and Bridget Hourican. An Atlas of Irish History. London: Routledge, 2006.
Gillespie, Raymond, and Myrtle Hill. Doing Irish Local History: Pursuit and Practice. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, Queen’s University of Belfast, 1998.
^†Lewis, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Published by Samuel Lewis, 1837. — Digital versions askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/ available for download at AskAboutIreland (supported by the Irish Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.)
Maynooth Research Guides. fourcourtspress.ie/books/ Dublin: Four Courts Press.
Mitchell, Frank, and Micahel Ryan. Reading the Irish Landscape. Dublin: Town House, 2003.
^†Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland enwikipedia.org, an incomplete survey of the island of Ireland as the scheme was halted in 1839/40; consists of 40 vols., pub. 1830s, covering the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, and Tyrone, with briefer survey material for counties Cavan, Leitrim, Louth, Monaghan, and Sligo. Sample bibliographical reference:
- ^† Day, Angélique, and Patrick McWilliams, eds. Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland. Parishes of County Armagh. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, Queen’s University in association with the Royal Irish Academy, 1991.
^†Statistical Surveys of many counties around Ireland, including Antrim (1802?), Armagh (1804), ^§Cavan (1802), ^§Clare (1808), ^§Cork (1810), ^§Donegal (1802), Down (1802), ^§Dublin (1801), ^§Galway (1824), ^§Kildare (1807), ^§Kilkenny (1802), King’s [Offaly] (1801), ^§Leitrim (1802), Londonderry (1802), ^§Mayo (1802), ^§Meath (1802), ^§Queen’s [Laois] (1801), ^§Roscommon (1832), ^§Sligo (1802), Tyrone (1802), and ^§Wexford (1807); various authors. Sample bibliographical reference:
- Coote, Charles. Statistical survey of the county of Armagh, with observations on the means of improvement : drawn up in the years 1802, and 1803, for the consideration, and under the direction of the Dublin society. Published in Dublin, 1804.

^† Modern reprints have been published.
^§ Digital copies available for download at AskAboutIreland. Start with that site’s eBooks by County page askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/. Each of the county pages (i.e., those counties in the Republic) also feature county history texts.

End notes :

Source citation for this page: Kilpatrick, Alison. “Ireland: Local history studies and research projects.” Published to Arborealis, online at arborealis.ca/local-history/ireland/, accessed [insert date].

Updated 17th Dec. 2023; edited 28th Dec. 2023.

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