Category Archives: Ireland

Show list of all towns in Registration District (or P.L.U.)

Posted on 24 February 2016 by Shane

The new townland explorer may be used to show a list of all the town within any Superintendents Registrar’s District, more usually referred to as Registration Districts. Civil records are indexed by Registration districts and these appear in the original National GRO … Continue reading →

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Milners’ Safes Advert – 1917

Posted on 14 December 2015 by Shane

from Thom’s 1917, advertisement for Milners’ Safes with testimonials from Hamilton Long, Apothecary & Chemists, J. Gaynor & Son Merchants and mention of a safe retrieved with contents intact from the ruins of the G.P.O. (see transcript below) Milners’ Safes … Continue reading →

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Historic Maps of Ireland available Online

Posted on 5 December 2015 by Shane

Ordnance Survey Maps Detailed modern and Historic map of Ireland – 6″ Historic and 6″ Historic B&W date from c1837 to abt. 1847, and the Historic 25″ date from the late 1890s to early 1900s, from Ordnance Survey Ireland Northern … Continue reading →

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