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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1680 |
John Greene |
Link is to maps held in Dublin City Library & Archive - Wide Street Commissioner Maps 564 and 565 |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 2, 1610 to 1756 (Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 19), 2008, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map numbers 8 & 9 |
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1685 |
Thomas Phillips |
Link is to map held in the National Library of Ireland |
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1685 |
An exact survey of city of Dublin, and part of the harbour |
Thomas Phillips |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 2, 1610 to 1756 (Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 19), 2008, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 10 |
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1714 |
Hermann Moll |
Link is to map held in Dublin City Library and Archive |
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1721 |
John Greene |
Link is to map held in Dublin City Library & Archive - Wide Street Commission Map 654 |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 2, 1610 to 1756 (Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 19), 2008, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 11 |
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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 |
1747 |
Link is to map held in Dublin City Library & Archive - Wide Street Commission Map 219_1 |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 2, 1610 to 1756 (Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 19), 2008, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 14 |
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1751 |
Survey of the present streets immediately leading to His Majesty's Royal Pallace of Castle of Dublin |
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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1757 |
Jonathan Barker |
Link is to map held in Dublin City Library & Archive - Wide Street Commission Map 162_1 |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 3, 1756 to 1847 (Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 26), 2014, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 8 |
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1760 |
An actual survey of the County of Dublin |
John Rocque |
The area covering South County Dublin is available to view here Select Layers and click in checkbox for Rocque's map |
Cabinet 2 : Numbers 22 to 26 |
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1760 |
A new plan of Dublin |
Compiled for Peter Wilson |
Printed in Wilson's Dublin Directory 1760 |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 3, 1756 to 1847 (Irish Historic Town Atlas, no. 26), 2014, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 6 |
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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 |
John Roe |
Link is to map held in Dublin City Library & Archive - Wide Street Commission Map 355_1 |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 3, 1756 to 1847 (Irish Historic Town Atlas, no. 26), 2014, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 14 |
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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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1793 |
Link is to map held in Dublin City Library & Archive - Wide Street Commission Map 242_2 |
Reproduced in Dublin Part 3, 1756 to 1847 (Irish Historic Town Atlas, no. 26), 2014, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy. Map number 11 |
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1797 |
William Faden |
Link is to copy held in The Library of Congress |
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1798 |
William M Wilson |
Link is to copy on MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online website |
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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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1810 |
An accurate plan of Dublin |
Nathaniel Jefferys |
Map printed in An Englishman's descriptive account of Dublin... |
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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 |
J Cooke |
Link is to map available via Old Maps Online 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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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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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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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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1907 |
M.H. Gill & Sons |
Link is to map held in UCD Digital Library. Tram routes shown in red. |
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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. | ||
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 | |
1939
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Plan of Dublin |
Geographia Ltd, London
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Each grid square on the map represents half a mile
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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. |
How to find the date of an OSi six inch or 25 inch historic map
Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) National 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:
Finding townland names and their boundaries pages 1-5
Finding sheet map numbers pages 6-8
Finding dates for the 6inch & 25inch historic maps pages 9-10
Marking and sharing locations of sites pages 11-13
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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. You can also find historic map sheets, locate them and find their survey dates.
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