United Kingdom & Ireland - Ireland > Maps, places and surnames
Skibbereen Heritage Centre, West Cork, Ireland, Online Databases
The online databases include:• Loan Fund Records - a searchable database of the five local Loan Funds in West Cork. These ‘annals of the poor’ offer an insight into the circumstances … more
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) - Historical Maps Viewer
The PRONI - Historical Maps Viewer can be used to search and browse seven historical Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland maps and four modern base maps (including aerial imagery). The viewer displays … more
Irish Ancestors by John Grenham
This extensive site offers access to a wealth of information via several databases. These include: • Irish Surnames - a search returns the surname mapped, a list of variants, surname histories … more
Maynooth University - All-Island Research Observatory (AIRO) - Census Mapping Ireland
The maps provide visualisations of population data for all 32 Irish counties from 1841 to 2002. New more
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage - Ireland
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) is a section within the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. The work of the NIAH involves identifying and recording the … more
Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland - Map Shop - Historical Maps
This site has for sale up-to-date maps for all six counties of Northern Ireland, both as paper products and downloadable digital products. There is also a range of online historical maps in … more
FamilySearch Place Research Tool
This new tool has replaced the Place Standard Finder and performs the same functionality and more. It provides access to standardized information about locations and can assist researchers in … more
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online (TGN)
The TGN includes names and associated information about places. Places in TGN include administrative political entities (e.g., cities, nations) and physical features (e.g., mountains, rivers). … more
The OldMapsOnline Portal is a gateway to historical maps in libraries around the world. It allows the user to search for online digital historical maps across numerous different collections via a … more
Place Names of Northern Ireland
This database includes historical administrative names of counties, baronies, districts, parishes, townlands etc, and names of rivers, lakes, mountains and other physical details in the six … more
This County Clare Library map resource overlays modern maps onto historical maps and can map surnames into hotspots. Search by surname and heat maps where clusters or instances of the name from the … more
The Heritage Council (Ireland) - Heritage Maps
Heritage Maps allows viewing of a wide range of unique heritage data sets on a map. These data sets have been collected by government departments and local authorities through the County Heritage … more
Historypin lets you share historical pictures and stories by pinning them to a location on a world map. Google Street View can be overlaid with the historical photos for a modern comparison. Museums, … more
The Down Survey of Ireland was undertaken by the Cromwell regime in 1656-1658. It created the first recognizable maps of Ireland and a detailed national survey which measured all estates to be … more
Findmypast - Full list of Irish Family History Records
The commercial site Findmypast has a vast collection of world records. Use this list to see what Irish records are available. They are arranged by the following categories:• Census, Land & … more