Hi Dan - Check out the "Ireland of the Welcomes" (magazine) website at www.irelandofthewelcomes.com and see if they have back issues about the specific places you want to see. Each issue also has a "Byways rather than Highways" column by Christopher Moriarty that takes you off the beaten path with mileage and detailed directions. I have a 1985 "Irish Touring Guide," published by Salem House/Appletree Press that contains a Road Atlas with 15 maps that include each Irish county. While it doesn't show boundaries, it has a map key that tells you in which county each town is located and each page relates to the one before and the one after. I see that there are some used copies on the Internet you can buy for about nine dollars. Maps to buy in Ireland: Train travelers can do fine with a simple rail map (available as part of the free Intercity Timetable found at Irish train stations) and city maps from tourist information offices. (The places I stayed in Ireland recently (i.e. hotels/B&B's) also had local maps and we also purchased some at the local tourist information offices - some were even free. Virtually every town in Ireland has a tourist information center. In Dublin, you can pick up everything you'll need for Ireland in one stop at the TI in the old church on Suffolk Street. The general nationwide tourist information phone number for travelers calling from within Ireland is 1-850-230-330. We were very impressed that the Irish people on the street were so friendly and happy to stop and answer questions. Get free maps of Dublin and Ireland from Irish Tourism before you go. Ireland's national tourist office in the USA is called Tourism Ireland, offers a wealth of information on both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. You can contact them at 345 Park Ave., 17th floor, NY, NY 10154 - www.tourismireland.com and ask about maps, events, calendar, golfing, outdoor activities, walking routes, horseback riding, and historic sights. Request a vacation planner packet. If you are driving, get a detailed road atlas covering all of Ireland. Ordnance Survey, AA, and Barthlomew editions are available for about 12 euros in tourist information offices, gas stations, and bookstores. Drivers, hikers, and bikers may want more detailed maps for Dingle, Connemara, County Donegal, County Wexford, the Antrim Coast, the Ring of Kerry, and the Boyne Valley (easy to buy locally). Before you buy a map, look at it to make sure it has the level of detail you want. You may want some supplemental travel guidebooks. It may hurt to spend $25 to $35 dollars on extra books and maps, but when you consider the money they'll save you and the improvements they'll make in your $3,000 vacation, it is money well spent. "Rick Steves Ireland" guide-books are updated each year, unlike some others. Check out his website for tips and feedback from travelers. For cultural and sightseeing Michelin and Cadogan guides to Ireland are good. The best budget travel guides to Ireland are said to be the Lonely Planet and Let's Go guidebooks. Lonely Planet's guidebook is more thorough and informative but not updated annually. Let's Go Ireland is updated annually and youth-oriented, with good coverage of nightlife, hostels, and cheap transportations deals. Idea -- Shop around for maps in book form with ring binders that lie flat on one's lap that can be referred to without struggling to open, close and refold. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "sean troy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [IGW] [IRELAND] Fw: Saw your note on Origins > > Hi, > Sorry, I am not able to help you with this. In fact, I am having the same > problem myself. > > The best thing is to find someone who used to live in Ireland, I guess! > > All the Best, > sgtroy > >>From: "Donal O'Kelly" <[email protected]> >>Reply-To: [email protected] >>To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> >>Subject: [IRELAND] Fw: Saw your note on Origins >>Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:18:38 -0700 >> >>What IS the best source for maps of Ireland? >>Don >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: Dan O'Mara >>To: [email protected] >>Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 9:43 PM >>Subject: Saw your note on Origins >> >> >>Hi Donal O'Kelly, >>Say, do you know any place on line , or even a good mail source for maps >>that would show all the County and Townland boundaries etc.? >>(My family was from Urra Townland but I don't have good maps that show >>those boundaries. I plan to go back there in a bout six months, so I am >>trying to study-up now... >>Regards, >>Dan O'Mara >> >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.13/725 - Release Date: 3/17/2007 >>12:33 PM >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes >>in the subject and the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get Out Of The House - Ski, Skate & Sun > http://local.live.com/?mkt=en-ca/?v=2&cid=A6D6BDB4586E357F!147 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.14/727 - Release Date: 3/19/2007 > 11:49 AM >