Beginning in 1881, and continuing until 1987, the minutes of the meetings of Dublin Corporation were printed and bound. These minutes are a great source for the history of the city.
On this website they are cited as Minutes [Year/Number].
A full set is available to consult in the Dublin City Library & Archive Reading Room, in Pearse Street.
Citation format: Thom’s, [year]. Thom’s Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory was published by Alexander Thom annually from 1844. It’s one of the most important source for the history of Dublin streets, but it’s not infallible.
Saunders Newsletter. Dublin (1745-1879). Saunders News-letter was the successor to Esdal’s News-letter; first published in 1745 by James Esdal, the copyright was bought by Henry Saunders, Esdal’s apprentice, in 1755. Saunders sold the journal in 1774, but it continued in publication until 1879. Several libraries in Dublin have copies, but it is also available online…
Citation format: Rocque, [year]. John Rocque produced several maps of Dublin, but unless otherwise stated, references are to this one: John Rocque, An Exact Survey of the City and Suburbs of Dublin (1756). This is reproduced as map 5 in the IHTA, Part III.
Citation format: OS [scale, year]. A good list of Ordnance Survey (OS) maps, and other historical maps, with links, can be found on the UCD library lib guides at https://libguides.ucd.ie/findingmaps/mapshistdublin. You’ll also find there a very helpful guide to using the Ordnance Survey historical map viewer, which I, for one, find tricky to use. The…
McManus, Ruth, Dublin, 1910–1940: shaping the city and suburbs (Dublin, 2002).
Joyce, Weston St John. The Neighbourhood of Dublin (2nd edition, Dublin, 1921).
