Maynooth Research Guides for Irish Local History

The archives of the valuation of Ireland, 1830–65

Frances McGee

Between 1830 and 1864, every piece of property in Ireland was valued, from houses on tiny plots of land to the great landed estates. The work of valuation creat…

Medieval Irish buildings, 1100–1600

Tadhg O'Keeffe

The Irish landscape is dotted with thousands of medieval buildings, most of them in ruins. They are an invaluable resource, individually and collectively, for m…

Business archival sources for the local historian

Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh & Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh

This book provides a practical guide to the major collections of business archives for the whole of Ireland and to their appropriate use in historical research.…

A guide to sources for the history of Irish education, 1780–1922

Susan M. Parkes

This book is an introductory guide for students and researchers in the history of Irish education from 1780–1922. The nineteenth century saw the foundation of t…

Medieval Gaelic sources

Katharine Simms

This short book is intended to serve as a practical guide to Gaelic language sources (as opposed to administrative or ecclesiastical records in Latin, French, o…

Travellers' accounts as source material for Irish historians

C.J. Woods

This book is intended as an aid to Irish historians on the use of travellers’ accounts as source-material. It consists of a discursive introduction, annotations…

The big houses and landed estates of Ireland

A research guide

Terence Dooley

This book is designed to provide historians and all those interested in local history, specifically the history of landed estates and Irish big houses, with prac…

Exploring the history and heritage of Irish landscapes

Patrick J. Duffy

This book highlights the principal themes and elements in the making of the landscape, and the sources which can assist historians and historical geographers in…

Church of Ireland records

Raymond Refaussé

This revised and updated guide contains an overview of the Church of Ireland's administration and the records which it produced, a guide to published catalogues…

A guide to sources for the history of material culture in Ireland, 1500–2000

Toby Barnard

In recent years, archaeologists, anthropologists, sociologists and specialists in design, architecture and art have developed techniques that are now being expl…

Sources for the study of crime in Ireland, 1801–1921

Brian Griffin

This book provides a summary of the contents of the documentary and published sources for the study of crime held in Irish and British repositories, offers sugg…

A guide to Irish military heritage

Brian Hanley

This guide is designed to help those conducting research in to all aspects of Irish military history. Commissioned by the Military Heritage of Ireland Trust, wh…