United Kingdom & Ireland - Ireland > Maps, places and surnames

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

Old Maps Online

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

Clare GenMaps

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

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

Down Survey Maps

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