Map Collections at UCD and on the Web: Historic Maps of Dublin
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This guide gives step-by-step details on how to find maps on a variety of websites including the David Rumsey collections, UCD Digital Library, the National Library of Ireland and Harvard's Geospatial Library. Updated July 2020. |
St Jude's Parish Map 1864 |
5 ft to 1 Mile 1847 |
GOAD Fire Insurance Map 1893 |
For details on how to find 6inch and 25inch OSi maps scroll down to the bottom of this page to the box named How to find the date of an OSi six inch or 25 inch historic map.
Historic Maps of Dublin
YEAR | MAP TITLE | MAP MAKER | NOTES | RICHVIEW LIBRARY LOCATION | OTHER LOCATION / INFORMATION |
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DublinHistoricMaps | OpenStreetMap (OSM) | This links out to another website portal which provides images of Dublin maps, ranging from the 1700s to the mid-20th century. Includes maps showing administrative boundaries, e.g. townships, baronies, wards, parishes, etc, | |||
1610 |
John Speed |
Link is to map on Wikimedia Commons website |
Cabinet 2 : Number 8 |
Trinity College Dublin Library and Perry Castaneda Library, University of Texas |
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1673 |
The city and suburbs of Dublin from Kilmainham to Ringsend... |
Bernard de Gomme |
Link is to map in the collections of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich |
Cabinet 2 : Number 10 |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 2, 1610 to 1756 (Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 19), 2008, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 6 |
1673 |
Dublin Castle plan |
Sourced from the Staffordshire Record Office, UK |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 2, 1610 to 1756 (Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 19), 2008, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 7 |
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1681-1851 | Wide Street Commission General Maps | Wide Street Commission | Manuscript maps documenting every aspect of the WSC's work including acquisition of property; development plans; and layout of new streets. Use the search box to search for a street name, e.g. Abbey , Barrow, Essex - use street names of the era, e.g. Great Britain Street not Parnell Street. | ||
1685 |
Thomas Phillips |
Link is to map held in the National Library of Ireland |
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1684 |
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Digitised from The British Library's King’s Topographical Collection |
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1714 |
Herman Moll |
Link is to map held in The National Gallery of Ireland. |
The Dublin map appears as an inset on Moll's New Map of Ireland. This link is to the David Rumsey Map Collection. | ||
1728 |
A map of the city and suburbs of Dublin |
Charles Brooking |
With vignettes of Dublin buildings. |
Cabinet 2 : Number 12 |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 2, 1610 to 1756 (Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 19), 2008, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 12 |
c 1730 | A map of the city and suburbs of Dublin, and also the Archbishop and Earl of Meath's liberties, with the bounds of each parish | Digitised from the British Library's King’s Topographical Collection. Includes engraving 'A Prospect of the City of Dublin from the North'. | |||
1752 |
A Survey of the Present Streets Leading from the River Liffey to Dublin Castle |
Shows the area prior to the existence of Parliament Street. Held in National Gallery of Ireland |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 2, 1610 to 1756 (Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no.19), 2008, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 15 |
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1756 |
John Rocque |
Link is to image of the 4 maps stitched together by Harvard University Library Click on this link to open a georeferenced version of this John Rocque map |
Cabinet 2 : Numbers 18 to 21 |
Reproduced on a single sheet in Dublin Part 2, 1610 to 1756 (Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 19), 2008, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 16
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1756 |
A plan of the city of Dublin and the environs on the same scale of London, Paris & Rome |
John Rocque |
Link is to map held in Harvard University Library |
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1757 |
John Rocque |
Link is to map held in Bibliothèque nationale de France |
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1757 |
A pocket plan of the City and Suburbs of Dublin |
John Rocque |
Cabinet 2 : Number 22 |
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1757 |
John Rocque |
Link is to map held in Bibliothèque nationale de France |
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1760 |
John Rocque |
Available online via South Dublin Historical Mapping website published by South Dublin County Council Select Layers and click in checkbox for Rocque's map |
Cabinet 2 : Numbers 22 to 26 |
Also available in two sections here: |
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1764 |
Jacques-Nicholas Bellin |
Link is to map held in Bibliothèque Nationale de France |
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1767 |
Compiled for Peter Wilson |
Link is to map held in Dublin City Library and Archive |
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1770 - 1840 |
John Longfield / John Brownrigg / Thomas Murray |
Maps are held in the National Library of Ireland. All counties, except Kerry, are included in the collection. Dublin City & County represent more than 40% of all maps. |
The Longfield Maps in the National Library of Ireland : an Agenda for Research This article was published by J.H. Andrews in Irish Geography, 1991 |
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1773 |
John Rocque / Bernard Scalé |
Link is to map held in the UCD Digital Library |
Cabinet 2 : Number 30 |
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1773 |
John Rocque / Bernard Scalé |
Link is to map held in Bibliothèque nationale de France
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1780 |
Robert Pool / John Cash |
Link is to map in Pool & Cash book on the Internet Archive |
Cabinet 2 : Number 34 |
Printed in Pool and Cash's Views of the most remarkable public buildings, monuments and other edifices in the city of Dublin |
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1782 |
Samuel Byron |
This link is to map in Trinity College Library. Map printed for William Wilson in The Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack |
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1782 |
Plan of the city of Dublin : taken from an actual survey from the Universal Scots Almanack |
John Robertson |
Link is to map held in Harvard University Library |
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1790 |
Link is to map held in Dublin City Library & Archive - Wide Street Commission Map 196 |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 3, 1756 to 1847 (Irish Historic Town Atlas, no. 26), 2014, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 9 |
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1797 |
William Faden |
Link is to copy held in The Library of Congress |
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1798 |
Benjamin Baker |
Includes vignette of The Custom House. Link is to British Library digitised image from page 145 of "Observations on Mr. Archer's statistical survey of the County of Dublin. |
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1800 |
Engraved for Wilson's Dublin Directory |
Link is to map in collections of American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries |
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1809 |
Nathaniel Jefferys |
Link is to digital copy of the book held in National Library of Scotland online collections Map printed in An Englishman's descriptive account of Dublin... |
Digital copy also held in Falvey Memorial Library, Villanova University, Pennsylvania, USA |
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1811 |
City of Dublin |
Thomas Campbell |
Cabinet 2 : Number 37 |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 3, 1756 to 1847 (Irish Historic Town Atlas, no. 26), 2014, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 17 |
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1811 |
Link is to map held in Dublin City Library & Archive - Wide Street Commission Map 48_1 |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 3, 1756 to 1847 (Irish Historic Town Atlas, no. 26), 2014, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 15 |
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1812 |
William Corbet for Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge |
Link is to map held in Dublin City Library & Archive |
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1816 |
Taylor's map of the environs of Dublin, extending 10 to 14 miles from the castle |
John Taylor |
Link is to map in McMaster University, Ontario, Canada digital collections Taylor's map is also available to view here overlaid on current mapping - in South County Dublin's collections Select Layers and click in checkbox for Taylor's map |
Cabinet 2 : Number 40 |
Extract enlarged and centred on the City is reproduced in Dublin Part 3, 1756 to 1847 (Irish Historic Town Atlas, no. 26), 2014, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 18 |
1818 |
Link is to map on the Internet Archive in History of the city of Dublin, from the earliest accounts to the present time, by Warburton, Whitelaw and Walsh, published 1818 |
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1821 |
William Duncan |
Available online via South Dublin Historical Mapping website published by South Dublin County Council. Select Layers and click in checkbox for Duncan's map |
Cabinet 2 : Numbers 42-47 |
Colour extract enlarged and centred on the City is reproduced in Dublin Part 3, 1756 to 1847 (Irish Historic Town Atlas, no. 26), 2014, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 19 |
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1822 |
John Cooke |
Link is to map available in the National Gallery of Ireland. Colour map which includes vignettes of many Dublin buildings. |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 3, 1756 to 1847 (Irish Historic Town Atlas, no. 26), 2014, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 20 |
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1836 |
Drawn by W.B. Clarke for Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge |
Link is to map in David Rumsey Map Collection Includes drawings of 14 of the principal buildings in Dublin |
Cabinet 2 : Number 49 |
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1837 |
Drawn by B.R. Davies for Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge |
Link is to map in David Rumsey Map Collection |
Cabinet 2 : Number 51 |
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1843 |
Ordnance Survey |
Link is to OSi's National Townland and Historical Map Viewer which includes Dublin first edition 6inch (1:10,560) maps. Details about how to search this website are available in this PDF.
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Further information about the first edition 6inch mapping series is available here |
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1846 |
Smith |
A bird's eye-view of Dublin. Open the map and zoom in to see buildings and streets in a 3D view. This panoramic view was published with the Illustrated London News |
Cabinet 2 : Number 54 |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 3, 1756 to 1847 (Irish Historic Town Atlas, no. 26), 2014, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Plate number 10 |
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1847 |
Ordnance Survey |
Link is to Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) 19th Century Historical Maps collection in the UCD Digital Library. See section 6.1 33 maps of Dublin city (covers area between the canals) published at scale of 5 feet to 1 mile |
Cabinet 2 : Numbers 70 to 102 |
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1850 |
Drawn by B.R. Davies for Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge |
Link is to map held in UCD Digital Library Published by Edward Stanford |
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1851 | Dublin | Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin and Published by John Tallis. Includes vignettes of Dublin buildings. |
Link is to map in David Rumsey Map Collection | ||
1853 |
Drawn by B.R. Davies for Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge |
Link is to map held in Harvard University Library. Published by George Cox |
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1855 |
Ordnance Survey |
Link is to map held in UCD Digital Library |
This includes the listing of street addresses. | ||
1857 | Plan of the Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, Dublin | Ordnance Survey | Link is to map in David Rumsey Map Collection | ||
1859 |
Ordnance Survey |
Link is to map held in UCD Digital Library |
Street addresses section is missing. | ||
1864 |
Ordnance Survey |
Link is to Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) 19th Century Historical Maps collection in the UCD Digital Library. See section 6.1. 33 maps of Dublin city (covers area between the canals) published at scale of 5 feet to 1 mile |
Cabinet 2 : Numbers 70 to 102 |
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1864 | Maps of the Terenure & Crumlin Estates, Co. Dublin, the property of Sir Robert Shaw, Baronet. | Ordnance Survey | This is a collection of 8 Ordnance Survey Maps surveyed in 1864. These maps show the property of Sir Robert Shaw in 1879, with his holdings marked in, and tenants or lessees written in the various plots. The areas covered include Terenure, Templeogue, Rathfarnham, Kimmage and Crumlin. | Further information is available here: https://www.dublincity.ie/library/blog/maps-terenure-and-crumlin-estates-1879 | |
1860s/ 1870s |
Dublin Parish Maps |
Ordnance Survey |
Originally published at 15 inches to 1 mile. Colour maps. |
Richview Workroom. Search for parish name via UCD Library catalogue |
Approx 80 individual parishes available. Parishes are shown on this map of County Dublin published in the Memorial Atlas of Ireland published by L.J. Richards & Company of Philadelphia, 1901 |
1860s to 1890s |
Ordnance Survey |
Link is to Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) 19th Century Historical Maps collection in the UCD Digital Library. See section 6.2. Maps published at scale of 5 feet to 1 mile |
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1874 to 1898 |
Ordnance Survey |
Link is to 9 copies held in UCD Digital Library Published in Thom's Almanac. The 1890 map shows the boundaries for the Dublin townships. |
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1875 | Dublin | Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh | Link is to map within Black's Guide to Dublin and the Wicklow Mountains available online via the National Library of Scotland | ||
1883 |
Letts, Son & Co |
Link is to copy in David Rumsey Map Collection |
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1893 |
GOAD |
Link is to maps held in British Library. 20 maps published at scale 1:480 |
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1895 | Map of Dublin showing Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway Companies...having termini in Dublin | HENNESSY, A. T. | British Library digitised image from page 24 of "Official Tourist Guide of the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway. Illustrated. Compiled by A. T. Hennessy" | ||
1907 |
M.H. Gill & Sons |
Link is to map held in UCD Digital Library. Tram routes shown in red. |
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1908 | Eason's New Plan of Dublin and Suburbs | Eason | Scale 6 inches to one mile. Link is to American Geographical Society Digital Map Collection at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Click on the top right corner of map to zoom in on it. | ||
1906 to 1909 |
Ordnance Survey |
Link is to OSi free map viewer which includes Dublin 25inch (1:2,500) maps. |
Further information about the 25inch mapping series is available here |
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1909 |
Bartholomew |
Link is to map hosted by the Internet Archive. Use the + button to zoom in on and enlarge this street map of the central area of Dublin. |
The map is contained in the guidebook Ireland (Part 1) Northern Counties including Dublin and Neighbourhood by MJB Baddeley. (Click on the magnifying glass to see better image) |
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1914 | New Plan of Dublin & Suburbs | G.W. Bacon & Co | Scale 6 inches to one mile. Link is to American Geographical Society Digital Map Collection at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Click on the top right corner of map to zoom in on it. | ||
1931 | Dublin and District | Ordnance Survey | Scale 1:20,000. Reduced from the 1:10 560 Scale of 1906-8. Partially revised in 1931. Contour lines shown in light red. | ||
1936 -1937 | Dublin Sheet 22 | Ordnance Survey | Scale 1:10,560. Covers area which includes Rathfarnham, Dundrum, Greenhills, Terenure, Templeogue, Windy Arbour, Churchtown, Sandyford, Goatstown, Edmondstown, Taylor's Grange, Ballyboden | Cabinet 1 | |
circa 1935
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Plan of Dublin |
Geographia Ltd, London
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Each grid square on the map represents half a mile. Notes for dating the map: At bottom of the map it reads "...Saorstat Erieann" (sp.) Saorstat Eireann was dissolved in December 1937 and replaced by Éire. St Laurence O'Toole C.B.S. on Seville Place by Robinson,Keefe & Devane opened in 1936 and this isn't shown on the map. |
Original print map held in UCD Library Special Collections
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1948 | Plan of Dublin | Geographica Ltd, London | Each grid square on the map represents half a mile. The map shows the Dublin city boundary and also the ward boundaries. | ||
1952 | Dublin Popular Edition | Ordnance Survey | Published at scale 1:25,000. Link is to American Geographical Society Digital Map Collection at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Click on the top right corner of map to zoom in on it. | ||
1972 | 9th Popular Edition : Dublin City | Ordnance Survey | Published at scale 1:18,000. Link is to copy held by Princeton University Library. |
How to find the date of an OSi six inch or 25 inch historic map
Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) Irish Townland and Historical Map Viewer allows you view the historic 25 inch and 6 inch mapping series. Instructions are provided in the PDF below and the contents are:
FIND THE RANGE OF MAP SERIES AVAILABLE Page 1
DISPLAY THE TOWNLAND BOUNDARIES Page 3
FIND A TOWNLAND NAME Page 4
VIEW THE DATE OF A MAP Page 6
ADD A MARKER TO YOUR MAP Page 7
VIEW THE ATTRIBUTE TABLE Page 9
FIND THE DATE OF THE FIRST EDITION 6 INCH Page 10
FIND THE DATE OF THE 25 INCH MAPS Page 11
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Finding Townlands and Historic OSi Map DatesThese instructions help you identify and locate townland names in Ireland using the OSi website. 'Irish Townland and Historical Map Viewer'. You can also find historic map sheets, locate them and find their survey dates.
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