Select a county below to view digital osi letter books in pdf format. A short history of the ordnance survey in ireland ireland within the. The main body of the atlas contains 70 pages derived from the 1. Prime2 is ordnance survey ireland s osi central database of spatial information. It is clear that the ordnance survey memoirs, particularly for counties antrim and derry, offer a unique and fascinating account of emigration from ireland in the 1830s. The librarys very extensive collection of ordnance survey maps date from the first government commissioned survey of the whole of ireland in the early nineteenth century, to the present day. Larcom, colbys assistant in the irish survey, who conceived the idea of compiling a work embracing every description of local information relating to ireland. The study of the ordnance survey in ireland was pioneered by john andrews in a paper landscape 1975.
All of these historical maps at least up to 1922 are in the public domain and while the. Brian friels play, translations, depicts the ordnance survey of 1825 1841 the remapping of ireland, which by now had been under british control for over 700 years. A short history of the ordnance survey of great britain. Ordnance survey of ireland archive royal irish academy. What some writers have taken to be the starting point is a survey of scotland at one inch. With our ireland series maps you will get the most out of the great irish outdoors. Complete road atlas of ireland by ordnance survey of ireland and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Catalogues and databases national library of ireland. Maps and atlases published in book and spiral bound format are catalogued and stored with the irish book collection and can be consulted in the main reading room. Ordnance survey conducted the topographical mapping of ireland as proposed by the springrice report of 1824. Historical archaeologists routinely use historical maps in. The metric national grid reference system was launched, together with the 1. See the accessing maps section to find out how to consult maps. Ordnance survey ireland abebooks shop for books, art.
S elect a county below to view digital osi letter books in pdf. Browsing ordnance survey memoirs antrim irish history. This book seeks to examine cultural and ethnographic aspects of the ordnance survey of ireland, established in 1824. We shall want the name books of t he ne x t c ount y as s oon as poss i bl e i n orde r t hat t he e x t r ac t s may be c ol l e c t e d. This road atlas is a joint publication between ordnance survey of northern ireland and ordnance survey of ireland. Historic osi maps online the national library participated in a major digitisation project by the ordnance survey of ireland. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Suirbheireacht ordanais eireann is the national mapping agency of ireland. Each one covers an area of 40km x 30km at the scale of 1. Ordnance survey ireland we believe in a world where.
A third of ordnance survey s civilian staff was called up and its printing presses were kept busy with war production. Ordnance survey ireland has produced a variety of historical maps from 6inch to. Ordnance survey ireland books and biography waterstones. The first thing that strikes the reader is the sheer. The survey was intended to facilitate a uniform valuation for taxation purposes. Presented on a parish by parish basis, alphabetically and with interactive maps. Captain thomas larcom of the survey intended to produce an encyclopaedialike series of county memoirs to accompany the maps, a great survey that would explain ireland literally, as the maps would represent it graphically. S elect a county below to view digital osi letter books in pdf format. Ireland thus became the first country in the world to be entirely mapped at such a detailed scale. Placenames in ireland, loyalty to a place of origin is unusually strong. Field name books of limerick, limerick city council. The ordnance survey os was established in 1824, under the direction of colonel. The valuation involved military engineers, through the ordnance survey, mapping and setting administrative boundaries and assessing the productive capacity of all property in the country in a uniform way. Ireland s progress against each goal is measured using a.
In 1825, the british parliament made the decision to carry out a full survey of ireland. The ordnance survey office was established in 1824 under the direction of colonel thomas colby to undertake a townland survey of ireland and to map the entire country at a scale of 6 inches to one mile. Ordnance survey ireland is the national mapping agency of ireland. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. It is the successor to the former ordnance survey of ireland. Ordnance survey was set on course for the 20th century. The irish ordnance survey, begun in 1825, is easily. Kerry english, sheet map, folded ordnance survey ireland. At the same time the uneven quality of the english and scottish maps was being improved by engravers under benjamin baker. The ordnance survey of ireland was established in 1824. This is ireland s collaboration platform for reporting on progress towards the sdgs and sharing information on sdg initiatives.
Information that could not be fitted onto the survey maps was provided in an accompanying series of aide memoirs or simply memoirs. As in britain, the formal start of identifiably ordnance survey work in ireland was preceded by a military survey. Most are town plans which were surveyed at either five or ten foot to one mile scale between 1837 and 1896. A golden jubilee story and index to contents of fifty annuals county donegal historical society. Ordnance survey ireland osi 19th century historical maps. It and the ordnance survey of northern ireland osni are the ultimate successors to the irish operations of the british ordnance survey. They also give a brief description of the physical features of each townland and the.
Between 1829 and 1842 ordnance survey ireland completed the first ever. Sixinch map of ireland, part of sheet 19, county monaghan 1836. This page was last edited on 22 december 2018, at 12. A short history of the ordnance survey of great britain the formal foundation date for the ordnance survey is usually taken to be june 1791, but its origins lie further back. You can apply for historical maps in either pdf or tiff format. Ordnance survey memoirs of ireland family history library. Catalogues of ordnance survey maps in the national library. If the ordnance survey map is better, can i find it easily once i get to ireland.
The memoirs are a uniquely detailed source for the history of the northern half of ireland immediately before the great famine. Irish statute book, acts of the oireachtas, ordnance survey ireland act, 2001. Launched in 2015, it has all the normal details youd expect to find in a spatial database like buildings, field boundaries, roads, etc. The ordnance survey s sojourn in ireland would be a colourful saga of imperialism, translation, cultural nationalism and local attempts to sabotage the mapmakers measurements. The ordnance survey letters are the surveyors field notes, commentaries and. Author title publication details sample location comment. Knowledge, and representation on nineteenthcentury irish. This material is of interest to researchers in the fields of family history, local history and academic study.
Ordnance survey field name books compiled during the 1st ordnance survey of county mayo in 1838, these books give a list of townlands in each parish, their names in irish and their meaning. Explore books by ordnance survey ireland with our selection at. Abstract a collection of mainly 19th century maps of almost 150 cities, towns, and villages in the republic of ireland. A short history of the ordnance survey in ireland ireland within the united kingdom. The discovery series are designed for tourist and leisure activities. The ordnance survey memoirs are a uniquely detailed source for the history of the northern half of ireland immediately before the great famine. There are also a large number of general printed maps many of them in atlases and tour books.
They were written in the 1930s to accompany the 6 ordnance survey maps, but with one exception were not published at the time. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Uk walking guide books, walking guides, cycling guides, geology books and outdoor skills books from the ordnance survey shop with free uk delivery. In these new editions they act as a 19th century domesday book and are essential to the understanding of the cultural heritage of their communities. Brian mitchell is coordinator of the derry genealogical centre. The original survey at a scale of 6 inches to 1 mile was completed in 1846 under the direction of major general colby. By the time colby retired in 1846, the production of sixinch maps of ireland was complete. For anyone interested in local history in rural ireland they are a magnificent treasure trove. Discover book depositorys huge selection of ordnance survey ireland books online. They were written in the 1830s to accompany the ordnance survey maps, but were not published at the time. About ireland, ordnance survey, 1824 1846 the detailed maps of ireland that make up this database took 20 years to complete and offer an unparalleled look at 19thcentury ireland around the time of.
Days book, glimpses of irelands past in 2014 and other academy osrelated publications. Yet a darker period loomed as the second world war broke out. The complete road atlas of ireland by ordnance survey. Should i take rick steves advice and get the ordnance survey road atlas or will a michelin ireland map suffice.
It was also the context in colby developed far greater ambitions for the ordnance survey of britain p. This is a cultural and intellectual history of the ordnance survey, which mapped ireland from 1824 to 1846. Click here to view the entire archive of historic maps. Field name books of limerick field name books of the county and city of limerick with the placenames, english and irish as explained and fixed by john odonovan.
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